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Myth avocado: Does the super food really contain vitamin D?
10.07.2023, 08:13 | Reading time: 2 minutes
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Avocados are considered to be a particularly healthy and rich food. They are said to be a source of vitamin D. Is that actually true?
Berlin. The Internet often advises that if you want to take vitamin D, you should eat avocados. Especially in the winter months, the popular vegetable should Vitamin deficiency equalize But is that really true?
Several blogs and online articles state that the superfood is said to contain 3.43 micrograms of vitamin D. If you look at scientific sources, however, this cannot be confirmed.
Already one a year Study from the USA published in 2013 clearly showed: Avocados have many important vitamins – but vitamin D is not one of them. Also a report from Max Rubner-Instituts refutes this myth. There it says: “The vitamin D content of (. . .) Raw avocado with 3.43 micrograms was analytically determined by an accredited contract laboratory, but might not be confirmed by subsequent measurements.” Instead, no vitamin D can be found in raw avocados.
Avocado: False information particularly widespread in Germany
So how did the misinformation get out into the world? In fact, the avocado myth is mainly spread in German-speaking countries. Reason might be an incorrect entry of the German federal food key be, which has now been corrected. This information was probably picked up by many food blogs and nutritionists.
Avocados are high in vitamins, but vitamin D is not one of them.
Photo: picture alliance / Westend61 | Simona Pilolla
Nevertheless, avocados are very healthy and have many important nutrients. The vegetables do not contain vitamin D, but they do Vitamins K, A and E
However, an actual shortcoming of avocados is their bad quality life cycle assessment. Avocados are usually harvested immature in Peru or Chile and then per Container Ship transported to Europe. Large amounts of energy are required for transport alone. In Europe, they are then specially stored for maturing. Added to this is the high water consumption on the avocado plantations. A kilo of avocados needs an average of 1000 to 1500 liters of water. (ari)
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