除了好吃以外，牛油果到底有多好？

Avocados have been showing up everywhere the past few years -- on menus, in beauty products, and on the many lists of superfoods you.should be eating, like, starting yesterday. But is this bumpy green fruit really deserving of all the hype?
在最近的幾年，牛油果（鱷梨）的身影隨處可見，不管是在菜單上，美容產品中，有許多菜單上出現的超級食品，就像是你應該從昨天就開始食用它。但是這個表皮坑坑窪窪的綠色水果真的是實至名歸麼？

In a word: YES. For starters, they're pretty, but more importantly, they’re extremely good for you. Need more reasons to love avocados? Behold: They've got the good fat
一言以蔽之：是的，對於初次嘗試它們的人來說，確實是非常的好，但更重要的是，食用它們會對你的身體非常好。還需要一些喜歡牛油果的理由？那就是：它所含的脂肪都是有益的。

Let's get it out of the way: Avocados are fatty, but not all fats are created equal. The vast majority of the fat in avocados is monounsaturated, which is a polysyllabic way of saying that it can decrease LDL (bad) cholesterol levels and improve overall heart health.
讓我們來揭開它的祕密：牛油果富含脂肪，不是所有的脂肪都是一樣的。（科普時間到~脂肪由甘油和脂肪酸組成，其中甘油結構簡單，爲不變量。因此，脂肪因所含脂肪酸種類不同而有所變化，脂肪酸分爲飽和脂肪酸和不飽和脂肪酸，其中不飽和脂肪酸又分爲單不飽和脂肪酸和多不飽和脂肪酸兩類。以上是天然食品中的所含的脂肪酸，還有一類爲反式脂肪酸，大多出現在人造食品中。）牛油果所含的絕大部分的脂肪是單不飽和脂肪酸，所以它能夠有效的降低體內膽固醇的水平，提升整體健康。

1. Nutrient absorption never tasted this good
又營養又好吃

With avocados, it's all about the smooth, buttery texture and fresh, grassy taste. Nutritional value is just a bonus, which makes the following even more exciting: In addition to offering upwards of 20 vitamins and minerals, including vitamin E (fights free radicals and boosts the immune system) and vitamin K (important for blood clotting and bone health), avocados can help your body better absorb nutrients like beta-carotene from other foods.
牛油果有着黃油般綿密順滑的質感又有清新口感，而且營養價值又爲它加分，它富含多達20中維他命和礦物質，其中包括維生素E（對抗自由基並提高免疫系統）還有維他命K（對於血液凝結和骨骼健康至關重要）。牛油果還能保住吸收其他食物中的營養成分，比如貝塔胡蘿蔔素。

2. They keep you young
讓你永葆青春

It's doubtful that avocados will make you live forever, but studies show that these fabulous fruits (technically, berries) can make your time on Earth a little bit easier. It turns out that the antioxidants found in avocados can protect against the effects of aging, which might explain why people in LA love them so much.
毋庸置疑，牛油果能讓你長生不老，但是研究表明這些超棒的水果（尤其是莓類水果）能夠讓你的壽命更長。牛油果中含有抗氧化物質，能夠對抗老化，這也許就解釋了爲什麼在洛杉磯的人們這麼喜歡牛油果。

3. They have their own festival
它有自己的節日

Most of the avocados we eat here in the United States are Hass avocados grown in California, but there are lots of varieties, including one called Bacon (no relation). If you happen to live in the Golden State, check out the annual California Avocado Festival, which has been around for 30 years and includes musical acts, an avocado auction, and the world’s largest vat of guacamole.
美國大部分的牛油果產自加利福尼亞地區叫Hass牛油果，它們的種類很多，甚至有一種叫培根。（和培根肉沒有半毛錢關係），如果你正好住在加州，你可以查下加州牛油果節，該節日承辦了30年，包括音樂表演，牛油果拍賣，還展示世界上最貴的牛油果醬。

4. There are countless ways to enjoy them
有各種各樣的食用方法

Guacamole is the gateway appetizing staple that gets most people hooked, but that's just the beginning of the avocado's potential. From simple avocado toast and tasty green smoothies to satisfying salads and sandwiches, the rich, creamy flesh can be incorporated into almost anything, including dessert. People have even proposed using a halved avocado instead of a bun for a burger, and you can wash it all down with avocado beer.
牛油果醬是許多人喜歡的開胃菜，但這只是品嚐牛油果食品的入門級。從簡單的牛油果吐司、美味牛油果慕斯到牛油果沙拉、牛油果三明治，奶油般豐潤的口感，幾乎可以和所有的食材配搭，還包括，甜點。有人甚至還建議把漢堡包的麪包皮換成切一半的牛油果，然後配着牛油果啤酒大快朵頤。

5. Don't eat the seed (but if you're REALLY into it, you can)
不要吃它的核（如果你實在愛好，那吃點也無妨）

First of all, if you don't know how to remove the seed in the center of the avocado, get on that. Now, a warning: Despite recent claims that we should all be eating avocado seeds, including research showcasing their nutritional value, the California Avocado Commission actually advises against consuming the seed, but mostly because there hasn't been enough research on it.
首先，如果你不知道怎樣把牛油果中間的核弄掉，那就吃了它。現在，注意了：儘管最新的輿論建議我們應該吃掉牛油果的核，包括舉證它的營養價值，但是加州牛油果協會還是不建議我們使用，因爲沒有足夠的研究證明（牛油果核的營養成分）。

6. Share the love
牛油果還能用來分享愛

The best news of all? You can share an avocado with your dog.
獨樂樂不如衆樂樂？把牛油果和你的狗狗一起分享~