Podcast Episode 150: Avocados, Weight Loss & the Gut Microbiome – Marisa Moore

May 19, 2020

This episode is sponsored by Fresh Avocados – Love One Today® and we thank them for their support of the podcast. Love One Today® is a science-based food and wellness education program that encourages Americans to include fresh Hass avocados in everyday healthy eating plans to help increase fruit and vegetable intake and as a delicious, heart healthy, whole food source of fiber and naturally good fats. Marisa Moore, MBA, RDN is a spokesperson for Fresh Avocados – Love One Today®.

The misperception that eating fat causes weight gain may lead consumers to avoid nutritious foods like avocados, which are primarily composed of beneficial monounsaturated fats.”

Hass Avocado Inclusion in a Weight Loss Diet Supported Weight Loss and Altered Gut Microbiota: A 12 Week Randomized Parallel-controlled Trial published in Current Developments in Nutrition

This study was a randomized parallel-controlled trial including 51 healthy participants 20-60 years old and of BMI 27-35kg/m2. Each were randomly assigned to a hypocaloric meal plan either with or without one fresh Hass avocado per day for 12 weeks. They also all received biweekly counseling from an RD. The hypocaloric diet was defined as a 500 calorie deficit, consisting of 30-35% calories from fat, 15-20% from protein and 45-55% from carbs. This study was supported by the Hass Avocado Board as part of the Love One Today® education program.

Tune in to this episode to learn key takeaways from this study about:

  • body weight and composition
  • satiety
  • gut microbiome
  • inflammation
  • limitations
  • future research

As in all research, the study has its limitations, so more research is needed to generalize the results to all people, however, these findings support the growing body of evidence connecting eating avocados and a positive impact on body weight and satiety.

This study demonstrated that including one Hass avocado daily in a hypocaloric diet not only supported weight loss efforts, but also offered additional potential metabolic and anti-inflammatory benefits.”

Marisa Moore, MBA, RDN

Marisa Moore, MBA, RDN Marisa Moore, MBA, RDN is a nationally recognized registered dietitian nutritionist and communications and culinary nutrition expert. She helps busy people get on the path to lifelong health one morsel at a time. Her integrative and practical approach to providing simple and delicious recipes coupled with science-based nutrition advice is regularly featured in the nation’s leading media outlets including CNN, the TODAY Show, Dr. Oz. Show, Women’s Health, Prevention, and many more. She is a consultant to food and nutrition companies, contributing editor for Food and Nutrition Magazine and contributor to People, U.S. News and World Report, EatingWell and others. Before launching her consultancy, Marisa worked as an outpatient dietitian, corporate nutritionist for a restaurant chain, and managed the employee worksite nutrition program at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She now spends her days doing a variety of work in front of and behind the camera as a media dietitian and content creator at MarisaMoore.com.  When Marisa isn’t in front of the camera or cooking up something in the kitchen, you can find her doing yoga, salsa dancing or hanging out with her dog, Biscuit.

We know avocados are a good source of dietary fiber (3g per one third of a medium avocado), making them a great fresh fruit option to help boost fiber intake.”

Resources:

Study overview | Published study – Hass Avocado Inclusion in a Weight Loss Diet Supported Weight Loss and Altered Gut Microbiota: A 12 Week Randomized Parallel-controlled Trial published in Current Developments in Nutrition

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2 Comments

  1. Letty Andrews on July 6, 2020 at 1:08 pm

    Enjoyed this podcast very much! Thank you!

    • Melissa Dobbins on July 15, 2020 at 3:50 pm

      Letty,
      Thank you so much for listening and sharing your thoughts! I’m so glad you enjoyed it and hope you will tune into the next one, too!
      Melissa

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