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that reduce liver damage. A study funded by the Ministry of Education in Japan, in cooperation with Kagome (a Japanese food and beverage manufacturer), found five compounds in avocado that are potent liver protectants. Researcher Hirokazu Kawagishi, Professor of Applied Biological Chemistry at the Shizuoka University in Japan, reported the findings at the International Chemical Congress of the Pacific Basin Societies in 2000 at Honolulu, Hawaii. In his study, each of the five avocado compounds was tested in rats that had been treated intentionally with a chemical that induced liver injuries. These injuries resembled those caused by viruses, sug- gesting that the compounds might help in the treatment of viral hepatitis (a virally caused inflammation of the liver). In …show more content…

One that is not yet ready to eat will be hard to the same pres- sure. Store an unripe avocado at room temperature. You can speed up the ripening process by putting the avocado in a brown paper bag, closing it tightly, and storing it at room temperature. This practice confines the gases given off by the avocado that help the ripening process. Either an uncut, ready-to-eat avocado or one that you have ripened at room temperature will keep in good condition in the refrigerator for several days. To pre- serve the color in a cut avocado, coat the surface with lemon juice or vinegar. Both will add a slight acidity to the avocado, which serves well if the avocado is used in salad or guacamole. If you want to keep the flavor neutral, coat the surface with milk, oil, or butter. Cover the cut surface with foil or wrap before you return it to the refrigerator for further storage. Tomatoes are classified as a fruit, and the old terms for them, such as “love apple” or “golden apple” would seem to identify them as fruit. Yet, we generally associate tomatoes with vegetables, as they appear in vegetable salads or com- bined with other vegetables, such as onions and

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