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California must be the closest thing to Heaven on Earth because it is where 86% of the nation’s avocados come from. And for those familiar with the saying that this fruit is the butter of gods (or God’s butter,) you’ll be delighted to know that the 2013 crop is looking fantastic! Last year’s California avocado crop<\/a> came in at about 460 million pounds, a substantial increase over the prior year, and an even larger crop is anticipated this year.\u00a0 Celebrate at the Fallbrook Avocado Festival<\/a>!<\/p>\n Here are just a few avocado attributes:<\/strong><\/p>\n Rich in vitamins A, B-complex, C, E, H, K and folic acid California must be the closest thing to Heaven on Earth because it is where 86% of the nation’s avocados come from. And for those familiar with the saying that this fruit is the butter of gods (or God’s butter,) you’ll be delighted to know that the 2013 crop is looking fantastic! Last year’s California avocado […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11195"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHave buffering minerals critical in neutralizing excess acidity, magnesium, copper, iron, calcium, potassium
\nPerfect food provides ALL 18 essential amino acids
\nContain 7 fatty acids, including omega 3 and 6
\nMore protein than cow’s milk
\nFats – 63% monounsaturated and 17% saturated serving as food energy fuel rather than glucose or proteins
\n20% polyunsaturated fats for cellular construction
\n76 mg of beta-sitosterol inhibits cholesterol absorption in the intestine, results in lower blood cholesterol levels, and\u00a0 may inhibit prostate tumors
\nContains 3 times more glutathion than bananas, apples, cantaloupes, grapes, plums and cherries, buffering acids that cause cell damage in aging process, heart disease and cancer
\nHighest fruit source of lutein to protect against cataracts and macular degeneration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"