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Does anyone else unofficially count avocado as HEB?

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Blimeyherewegoagain · 10/05/2022 12:59

I’ve just done some calculations and 6 Syns of avocado gives 11g fat and 5.2g fibre compared with walnuts at 11g fat and only 1.2g fibre. Wholemeal bread gives 1.6g fat and 3.4g fibre.
It looks like avocado is the best for healthy fats AND fibre.
Why isn’t it included as an official HEB?

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SnowdaySewday · 10/05/2022 20:50

Syn values also take into account the food's satiety value, ie if you ate the avocado portion you describe, would it make you feel as full as the walnuts or bread?

I don't like avocado so couldn't answer my own question, but you'd get less than 1/2 a fruit for 6 syns, which doesn’t look like a lot once you take the stone out..

Blimeyherewegoagain · 11/05/2022 20:54

Well, both fibre and fat help with satiety , and there’s more fibre in avocado than than the nut allowance. I’d much rather have the avocado, I think.

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PeonyBlush22 · 24/09/2022 11:26

I do, and I use white bread for my hex B sometimes too. Shoot me 🤷‍♀️ it's all calories at the end of the day.

Whitney168 · 27/09/2022 13:28

I use 10g of butter instead of a cheese HEA too ... as long as you're not fooling yourself, I am sure it's fine.

ALittleBitConfused1 · 30/04/2023 12:26

Please tell me doing this wouldn't affect your loss, I love avocado. I'm going to check the calories in both the nuts and avocado too. Thanks for other nutritional value poster.

ALittleBitConfused1 · 30/04/2023 12:30

Ok so there is a shed load more cals in the walnuts than in avacado too so it cant be that. More cals and less fibre that's done it for me I'm going to try it as a swap a couple of times next week and see if it affects anything.

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