Avodaco bread?

Avocados are versatile as a salad ingredient or in guacamole, but have you tried them as a sandwich spread or in a recipe instead of oil?
And why would you want to?
Plant fats, such as avocados, nuts, seeds, olives and oils made from plants like sunflowers, olives, soybean, and safflower, tend to have a higher proportion of monosaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids which are much healthier than saturated fats found in animal fat.  According to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, animal fats are associated with increased total and LDL cholesterol, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk.  In addition to using olive oil, for example, as you improve the types of fat in your diet, think of the whole foods packaged the way Mother Nature intended us to eat it: packed with healthy fats, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals and free of trans fats. For example, numerous studies have found benefits for including nuts in the diet. While most of the research has focused on the benefits of eating nuts for better heart health, nuts have also been linked with bone health, cancer prevention, improved cognitive function, and diabetes prevention and treatment.  Also it is easy to use fresh peanut butter or almond butter or mashed avocado instead of mayo or refined margarine-based spreads.

I sampled some delicious banana bread recently which had been made substituting one avocado for half the bananas called for.  Plus it included chopped walnuts which are a great healthy and crunchy snack instead of chips or crackers.  Keep a zip lock bag of them in your freezer -- they do not freeze hard but stay very fresh.

What It Does:
Some studies suggest that garlic may cause a moderate, short-term reduction in total cholesterol of about 4% to 12%, including decreases in triglycerides and LDL (bad) cholesterol. Garlic alone is probably not sufficient to treat people with significantly elevated cholesterol levels and garlic does not improve HDL (good) cholesterol levels.
There are more than 200 chemicals in garlic and some may interfere with other medications.
Quality Concerns and What ConsumerLab.com Tested for:
Some non-aged garlic preparations may not generate the amount of allicin regarded by some as effective due to use of poor quality (low allicin yield) garlic and/or low recommended dosages.
 
CL purchased fourteen garlic products and tested them for garlic-related compounds to determine whether or not they met their claims and the minimum standards for garlic quality applied in this review
 
What CL Found:
Not all garlic products are created equal. Eight out of the 14 products did not meet standards!
Our recommendations?
 
AVOID!
In 30 years of medical practice, I have never seen Garlic products significantly reduce cholesterol levels. (I wonder how much Larry King got paid for his testimonials!)
Save your money.