{"id":30315,"date":"2010-09-16T08:43:53","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T13:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=30315"},"modified":"2011-12-27T14:26:52","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T19:26:52","slug":"dip-in-to-these-healthy-guacamole-recipes-for-national-guacamole-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/dip-in-to-these-healthy-guacamole-recipes-for-national-guacamole-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Dip in to these Healthy Guacamole Recipes for National Guacamole Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, September 16, is National Guacamole Day! It&#8217;s also Mexican Independence Day. Who knew?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"guacamole\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/dip-in-to-these-healthy-guacamole-recipes-for-national-guacamole-day\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-30322\" title=\"guacamole\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/guacamole.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>This doesn&#8217;t mean that you should go crazy with the chips transporting said guacamole into your mouth. But guacamole is an amazing source of heart-healthy monounsaturated fat. Avocados contain the same type of fat found in olive oil and almonds. Avocados are one the best choices in fruit for magnesium, vitamin E and folic acid. They have 60% more potassium than bananas. If that&#8217;s not enough reason to make avocados a part of your daily diet, they are also free of sodium, cholesterol and <a title=\"trans fats\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/trans-fats-do-you-know-what-foods-have-them\/\" target=\"_self\">trans fats.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In one study, volunteers who ate avocados every day for a week experienced an average 17% drop in total blood cholesterol (<em>Archives of Medical Research, Winter 1996<\/em>). Try guacamole on a grilled chicken breast, as a spread for a whole grain turkey sandwich, or dip your carrots into it for an out of this world snack.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Grab and <a title=\"how to peel an avocado\" href=\"\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/videos\/learn-to-pit-and-peel-an-avocado\/\" target=\"_self\">peel an avocado<\/a>, stir up a dish of guacamole today and feel good that you&#8217;ve done something good for your diet!<\/p>\n<p>For dipping, try veggie sticks, blue corn tortilla chips, or a dollop on a salad.<\/p>\n<p>Try some of these amazingly delicious and healthy guacamole recipes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Holy Guacamole Recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/holy-guacamole\/\" target=\"_self\">Holy Guacamole Recipe<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Jillian Michaels Guacamole\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/jillian-michaels-guacamole\/\" target=\"_self\">Jillian Michaels&#8217; Guacamole Recipe<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Mexican Pizza and Guacamole Recipe\" href=\"\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/videos\/mexican-pizza-and-guacamole-recipe\/\" target=\"_self\">Mexican Pizza and Guacamole Recipe<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, September 16, is National Guacamole Day! It&#8217;s also Mexican Independence Day. Who knew? This doesn&#8217;t mean that you should go crazy with the chips transporting said guacamole into your mouth. But guacamole is an amazing source of heart-healthy monounsaturated &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/dip-in-to-these-healthy-guacamole-recipes-for-national-guacamole-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3956,2483,3159,4022,84,340,1492,29],"class_list":["post-30315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","tag-avocado","tag-appetizer","tag-avocados","tag-guacamole","tag-healthy-snacks","tag-holidays","tag-mexican-food","tag-nutrition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30315"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30319,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30315\/revisions\/30319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}