There's a lot of information out there about the best foods that help us lose weight,

to prevent cancer-fight inflammation, the list goes on.

In fact, for everything about our health, we try and improve their someone out there

with a new theory on how to do it.

But what does the science say?

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

And I'm here to give you the evidence-based approach to take the mystery out of the best

way to live a healthier, longer life.

Today's show was all about that melt-in-your-mouth fruit you spread on toast.

And no, I'm not talking about jam.

I'm talking about the ever-popular avocado.

Can avocado lower our cold-lest draw as well as other whole fat food sources such as nuts?

Or is it just avocado industry spin?

If you look at avocado-board-sponsored reviews, they like to brag that avocados are the richest

known fruit source of phytosterols, which are cholesterol-lowering nutrients found in

plant foods.

The operative word, though, is fruit.

Yes, there are more phytosterols than avocados compared to other fruit.

But the reason that's such a misleading statement is that phytosterols are fat-cibalsutenses.

Most other fruits hardly even fatten them at all.

So of course avocados are going to come out on top compared to other fruit.

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