Instant Genius Podcast: Is the avocado a nutritional superfood or environmental disaster?

Instant Genius Podcast: Is the avocado a nutritional superfood or environmental disaster?

Just how healthy – both to your body and planet Earth – is the ever-popular fruit?

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Published: January 22, 2024 at 8:00 am

Since their first appearance on our supermarket shelves several decades ago, avocados have gone from mere exotic curiosity to a regular feature on many millennials’ breakfast tables. But how has this happened and what does it mean for our diets, the food industry and the environment?

In this episode, we speak to Honor May Eldridge, a food and farming expert and author of the book The Avocado Debate. She tells us about the avocado’s fascinating journey from an everyday staple in traditional South and Central American cuisine to a Western superfood, how nutritious the fruit really is –and whether or not we should feel guilty for eating smashed avocado on toast.

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