• Avocado trees grow up to 20m tall
• Half an avocado provides one of the five-a-day portions of fruit or vegetables
• They contain 60% more potassium (which regulates blood pressure) than bananas
• They are also high in monounsaturated fat, which lowers LDL cholesterol (the bad one)
• A ripe avocado is firm but yields to gentle pressure.  Put them in a brown paper bag with an apple overnight to speed up the ripening process.

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