Avocado is a fruit originated from South America and Mexico. Today avocados are grown in southern Europe. Due to the high fat content (20-30%), aborigines called this delicious fruit "a forest butter". Avocado is a pear-shaped fruit. Its peel is smooth, wrinkled or mastoid. A color of avocado varies from light green to dark green. It is sturdy and a bit like an animal skin. Ab avocado flesh is most often pale green, like a cream or butter, soft, easy melting, with a tart nutty flavor. In the middle of the avocado fruit you can find a solid brown stone. A fat contained in the avocado is easily digested due to the large quantity of unsaturated fatty acids. Avocados are very rich in minerals, trace elements and vitamins, especially those of B group and E group. Remember, that your figure won't be slender after eating avocado, although there are almost no carbohydrates in it. Interested why? The answer is simple. Avocados are the most high-calorie fruit (1 avocado contains 223 kcal).