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avocado and Reduced Blood Cholesterol

Research synthesisVery low evidenceSmall effect4 studies · 2 beneficial · 2 neutral · 0 harmful

Across 4 studies on avocado for reduced blood cholesterol, 2 reported beneficial small-sized effects and 2 reported neutral effects. The only study with a reported duration lasted 21 days. The most-studied population includes adults with elevated cardiometabolic risk. Evidence is mixed, with half of the studies showing a beneficial effect and half showing no significant effect.

  • Effective dose range: 1 avocado (∼180 g/d, ∼300 kcal/d) to 30-500 g/day
  • Studied populations: adults with elevated triglycerides (135-499 mg/dL), individuals with dyslipidemia, overweight, and diabetic populations

Caveats: Evidence base is small (only 4 studies). Many of the included studies did not reach statistical significance — effect may be smaller than the predominant direction suggests. One high-quality RCT (evidence score 5) found no significant effect on cholesterol outcomes, which tempers the positive signals from meta-analyses.

Generated Jun 10, 2026
Doses used in studies
  • g/day: 30–500 (median 222.5, IQR 67.5–420) — 2 studies
Time to effect
Median: 3 weeks · IQR 3 weeks–3 weeks · Range 3 weeks–3 weeks — Reported in 1 of 4 studies
4 of 4 papers
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