Avocado

What happened to the brains of people who ate an avocado every day for half a year?

Avocados are considered one of the healthiest foods, but when researchers examined whether eating them daily improves brain function, the results managed to surprise even them.

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Avocado harvesting.

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New Israeli invention can help you find the perfect ripe avocado

For the first time in Israel, a lab will check if avocados are ripe and ready to eat before marketing.

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This trick will help you get ripe avocadoes in no time

Nothing worse than a rock-hard avocado right? Find out how you can ripen avocadoes faster.

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How can you open an avocado in the best way to preserve it longer?

Metal knives, especially those that contain iron and copper, cause avocados to brown faster.

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Meet the Israeli startup using avocado to combat wrinkles

Israeli start-up company AvoMed will develop a technology to produce a unique and natural compound from avocado seeds for the treatment of skin damage and inflammatory disorders.

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New Israeli innovation could mean more avocados for everyone in the near future

Researchers at MIGAL Galilee Research Institute have developed a way to produce avocado starts in sterile tissue cultures- a global first.

 Dr. Lior Rubinovich in the experimental part of the new avocado seedlings

What are the main benefits of eating avocado?

You don’t need any excuses to eat avocado every day, but if you have a guilty conscience about it for some reason, here are the results from five studies that will absolve your feelings.

Israel exports about 45% of its avocado produce.

Green gold: People who eat more avocados consume fewer calories

Avocados are pictured as volunteers from a culinary school attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest serving of guacamole in Concepcion de Buenos Aires, Jalisco, Mexico September 3, 2017

Israeli researchers find the perfect temperature to save avocados

The rise in temperature due to global warming has led to a shortage of the popular avocado plant, driving researchers to seek out the optimal conditions for its survival.

 Dr. Lior Rubinovich in the experimental part of the new avocado seedlings

Israel looking to expand avocado production into Morocco

The largest grower and exporter of citrus in Israel is leaving the country to grow avocados to meet the rising demand for the fruit.

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Avocado: Israel's most economic crop

The demand for the popular fruit is rising endlessly * Israel exports about 45% of its avocado produce.

Israel exports about 45% of its avocado produce.