How to Eat an Avocado Seed for Weight Loss

by Jari Love

Eating the meat of the avocado and throwing away the pit is a lot like going for a jog but skipping your weight-room session: It’s bound to slow your weight loss results.

Thanks to its metabolism-boosting oleic-acid content, noshing on the mighty green fruit can help shrink your waist. But eating the meat and the pit may bolster your results. How? The pit is filled with calcium, soluble fiber, magnesium and potassium, four nutrients that have been shown to support total health, fitness recovery, and weight loss. (Avocados not your thing? Learn about other easy ways to burn more fat.) And once you crush the seed with a meat mallet and grind it in the blender, there are tons of tasty ways to eat it. Here are a few of our favorites:

The easiest way to consume an avocado seed is through a straw. To make a smoothie with the oft-overlooked superfood, combine:

  • two apples
  • a peeled lemon
  • half a banana
  • a half-cup of spinach
  • ginger to taste
  • half a ground avocado seed

and blend until smooth.

Believe it or not, a grated avocado seed is a perfect ingredient to balance the flavor of spicy mole recipes. Since the pit is quite bitter and has a strong flavor, we suggest using no more than one ground pit per batch.

Invest in a tea ball infuser and throw a chopped avocado pit inside (a pulverized seed will seep out through the holes). Toss the infuser into a mug and then pour boiling water over it. Since avocado seeds are a bit bitter, you may need to add a bit of sweetener or honey to make your drink more palatable.

Are your goals geared towards building muscle? Check out Top Foods to Gain Muscle by Jari Love.

This post is intended for informational purposes only. Please consult your physician for personalized medical advice.

Jari Love – original creator of Get RIPPED! DVD series and group exercise classes. The hot-selling and critically acclaimed Get RIPPED! series enables individuals of any fitness level to burn up to three times more calories than the traditional weight-training program, and has received rave reviews from fitness critics throughout North America since the first title debuted in late 2005.

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  • Chiyedza Shamu - June 21, 2021

    Am starting my journey tomorrow morning. Will see how far the avocado seed takes me. Good luck to me

  • Adeola - June 09, 2021

    I started drying my avocado seed today for weight loss..will come back to give my feedback about it.I hope it work for me

  • Vivian Oboh - June 09, 2021

    Thanks for sharing your views.
    I have been drinking avocado tea for some time now and the results are great.
    I slice it, dry it and grind it into powder and then I add the power to any food I eat. Also add some in hot water and sieve it and add pure honey and drink first thing in the morning. There is a great change in my tommy.

  • Chika - June 09, 2021

    I will try, I have been looking for a a way out since, thanks for sharing 👍

  • Tabitha - June 09, 2021
    I love the comments. Am going to try it out today.
  • edward M saunders JP - June 09, 2021

    Just stumbled upon the use of the Avocado seed uses .How effective is it when it is consumed with a regular full diet . I made a smoothie with the sed and added fresh pineapple chunks to break the green taste and it was really good .

  • Sphindile - June 09, 2021

    Thanks a lot I started drinking avocado tea from January I weighed 113 today I weigh 98.7 now started to drink avocado seed tea. I’m extremely happy. Nothing comes to avocado tea for weight loss

  • Gail Webb - June 09, 2021

    Starting tomorrow have the seeds

  • Zinhle Dube - June 09, 2021

    I grind ovacodo and mango seed . Take a teaspoon of the mixed powder in a glass of water every day. My skin flawless…hair and scalp is very healthy

  • Mercy - June 09, 2021

    The seed is really healthy and now I’m going to try using it for a flat tummy workout.

  • Patsy urquhart - June 09, 2021

    I grated my seed come red powder how much do I take..

  • Cheryl Brown - June 09, 2021

    How long can you keep the seeded powder and can you freeze the powder?

  • GOODNESS MKHABELA - June 07, 2021

    Thanks so much for this information I’ve been throwing away the seeds ever since but now no more i will use it to loose weight and for my health

  • Waku Mass - June 07, 2021

    I want to lose belly fats

  • Mary Connolly - June 07, 2021

    I dry out the seed , then peel the outer skin off. Next I finely chop it n grind it in my coffee bean grinder. I put 1/2 teaspoon into my smoothie everyday, is this enough to get the benefits you speak of ?

  • Kefas - June 07, 2021

    I will surely start trying it tomorrow

  • kabutu - June 07, 2021

    I’ve been mixing with tea and the grated product isn’t acidic. It tastes very nice.

  • Temptation Murefu - August 28, 2020

    I am going to start avocado seed tea as l feel and got motivated by those comments above.

  • Dela - June 07, 2021

    I chew it raw after eating the fruit. Keep the whole seed in the refrigerator and bit it little by little. There is a great reduction and can confidently wear my wedding gown with boldness,cute and attractive body.
    Pls note after few days the fluid inside the seed get totally dry even though it’s kept within the fridge. Let’s all try for healthy life.

  • Diane McMahon - August 28, 2020

    I have been drying the nut first boil it until it’s soft enough to crush, I add to salads, smoothie and drink the boiled water, I’m starting to feel more energy and not so bloated, I have about 15 lbs to loose around my belly so hopefully this will help

  • Catherine Tsitsi Mhlanga - August 28, 2020

    Inspired by your comments I’ve started having avocado tea today and I’m looking for to great results. I’m not going to stop my daily work out though

  • saly - August 28, 2020

    wow am gonna try it ASAP

  • Tinasha tee - August 28, 2020

    Wow can’t wait to try

  • Karen Chingwanangwana - May 18, 2020

    Thank you for the tips. I have been throwing away the avocado seeds. I have just put out 10 seeds outside to dry for i really want to lose belly fat. Thank you.

  • Rutendo Maonei - March 30, 2020

    I will come back with the results soon .will start to drink it tumoro

  • Eliza - March 30, 2020

    I want to lose wait also tummy

  • Neria Mukungulushi - August 01, 2019

    will try and com back wth results

  • Heather Matinyarare - June 05, 2019

    Amazing!!! I started drinking the avocado seed Tea,l grated the seed with 1litre water and boiled it for 30mins and l strained it.
    I drink it every morning before l go for work out, l have managed to loose 5kl within a week.Thanks for sharing health and wellness ideas….

  • Heather Matinyarare - June 05, 2019

    Amazing!!! I started drinking the avocado seed Tea,l grated the seed with 1litre water and boiled it for 30mins and l strained it.
    I drink it every morning before l go for work out, l have managed to loose 5kl within a week.Thanks for sharing health and wellness ideas….

  • Egunyu Amutojo - May 13, 2019

    Amazing. I started taking avocado seed powder three weeks ago and the benefits are enormous.

    A quick one, can one roast avocado seed like you do green coffee?

  • Egunyu-Amutojo - May 13, 2019

    Hey Robert,

    Thank you for sharing the various ways one can use the pit of avocado and for your thoughts.

    I have also been grating the pit, dry it indoors and only place it under the sun for a day just to ensure there’s no moisture in it. I then grind it in the blender and boom, the powder is ready to be taken in any form.

    I confirm, doing it that way somehow does away with the bitter taste.

    I mostly use my powder in beverages (by adding fresh ginger, a spoon of honey and baobab powder Or okra seed powder with turmeric and honey or brown sugar if I really must have a sweetener). I feel good.

    Note: That’s me. I guess we need nutritional & medical evidence for the feel good factor.

    I will try out your recipes.

  • Egunyu Amutojo - May 13, 2019

    Amazing. I started taking avocado seed powder three weeks ago and the benefits are enormous.

    A quick one, can one roast avocado seed like you do green coffee?

  • Nyaaba Christiana - February 25, 2019

    I want to have flat tummy can I use the seed of avocado pear

  • Robert STillwell - February 25, 2019

    I have been using the pit of the avocado and drying it and grounding it in to a power it ends up a rust color I cut it dry it and grind it in a neutra bullet grounder I don’t fine it bitter like everyone claimed I have mixed the powder with garlic and onion power and use it on everything I cook I also sprinkle it on my scrambled eggs and avocado for breakfast you can mix it with cinnamon and put it on your oatmeal for breakfast put it on fruit apples banana anything u want it on don’t throw the seed away I mix it with v-8 juice also

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