Everyone loves avocados—the tasty, nutritious green fruit that turns meals into heavenly delicacies. You’ve probably seen avocado branded beauty products before but did you know you could fry food using the oil? Below are all the benefits and uses of avocado oil

Avocado Oil: The Healthy Fat

History shows the fruit was being cultivated for food 5000BC in Central America. The Spanish helped export the fruit to Europe and to the rest of the world during Spain’s colonization of Mexico.

For many centuries, avocado oils have become highly marketable around the world owing to their countless health benefits. Their high smoking point also means they can be used to deep fry anything without breaking down into harmful components.

When it comes to nutrients, avocadoes carry five of the most important vitamins: Vitamin A, C, D, E, and K. They also consist of Palmitic, linoleic, lecithin, Beta and Docosadienoic acids, all of which are beneficial to your health.

Benefits of Avocado Oil

Avocados are unusual fruits. You can eat them raw, cook, extract for oils or apply directly on your skin. Some of the benefits you get by using avocados include:

Great Moisturizer

Khloe Kardashian and Lupita Nyong’o are two of many celebrities that love the moisturizing benefits of avocado oils. Avocado oils are able to moisturize thanks to the presence of skin nourishing minerals like potassium and lecithin effectively. With the addition of other healthy acids, the fruit’s oils are absorbed into the skin faster and smoother than any other type of fruit oils.

Helps Treat Wounds

The Vitamin C components in the fruit combined oleic acid help promote collagen synthesis. They also aid in the formation of new tissues where you are injured, all without increasing inflammation.

Slow Skin Aging

Want to look younger for longer? Consider avacado oils. They not only soothe your skin when damaged by the sun but they also remove dark circles and improves skin elasticity. The oils also strengthen your nails and heal brittle nails quicker than many alternatives. 

Cleansing and Massage

Skin cleansing helps remove the ‘bad’ oils trapped inside your skin. This can be done using many products, but few of them are as effective as avocado oils. Unlike most products, avocado oil cleanses all types of skins; from dry skins to the oily and sensitive skin types. If you fancy your trips to the massage parlor, have your masseur use avocado oils one day. Their thick composition works incredibly.

Prevents Many Diseases

Some of the oils in avocados break down bad fats and convert them into more healthy components. Bad oils are often linked to cardiovascular diseases like heart attacks, meaning avocados help keep your heart healthy.

While more research is required, the carotenoid content in avocados helps reduce the explosion of prostate cancer cells. Additional health benefits of avocado oil include stabilizing blood pressure and enhancing the absorption of nutrients in your body.

Things you can do with Avocado Oil

Avocado oil uses are many. Some of them and the kind of benefits you get in the process include:  

Use it in your Food

Because it’s healthy and doesn’t change the taste of your food, add avocado oil to all your favorite dishes. Pour some over your smoothie in the morning or drizzle it over soups, it will always produce savory tastes. If you love baking, avocado oil is a must-have ingredient. It's also great for frying chicken and preparing popcorns.

Apply it on the Skin

Avocado oil is a weak form of sunscreen. So, if you are ever out in the sun and avocado oil is all you have, never shy ways from applying it on your skin. Besides protection from the sun, apply avocado oil for the many skin benefits we already mentioned.

Moisturizing your Hair

Moisturizing hair is an important routine for any that mean good for it. Avocado oils are a proven regimen for hair moisturizing and work efficiently when applied on freshly cleaned hair. Most women say the oils leaves them feeling soft and fresh.

Because we care and don’t just want to tell you how avocado oil benefits you, we’ve shared 4 great recipes to help you implement our tips.

Recipe for using avocado oil for Hair Conditioning

Ingredients

• 1 avocado and 1 banana
• 1 tablespoon of avocado oil
• 1 tablespoon of honey and coconut oil

Procedure

Mix the avocado with the banana using a blender and wait until you get a smooth mixture. Add the oils plus the honey to the mixture and apply the results to your hair. Leave the paste to mask your hair for 20 minutes or longer. Wash off the paste using warm water or a chemical free shampoo.

Recipe for Cooking with Avocado Oil

We could create a library-worthy book if we began listing all the dishes you could cook using avocado oils. Like any kinds of cooking oils, you could use avocado for just about any meal. In baking, substitute butter and coconut oil for avocados. Spread it on toast, use it for dressing salad or for grilling vegetables. It’s up to you to decide how to best use avocados.

Recipe for Treating your Skin

You don’t need any more ingredients besides avocado oil skin for this treatment. However, you could add a solid avocado to create a paste that lasts longer on your skin. For the procedure, make sure you’ve washed your hands and the case. Add the oil to the avocado and mash the mixture to create a paste.

Apply the paste on your face and leave it for 20 minutes. Wash off the face mask afterward using clean water or a face cleaner.

If you would like to benefit from the anti-aging benefits of the cream, you will require some more ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons of beeswax
• A half teaspoon of Vitamin E oil
• Shea butter
• Avocado oil
• Water

Procedure

 Mix all the ingredients listed above and add them to one half-filled glass of simmering water. Stir the mixture until they melt. Pour the mixture to a second jar and let it sit. After it hardens, place a lid over it and store it in a cool place. Apply it afterward on your skin as a cream.