Grilling season is here!

FALLBROOK – Before firing up the BBQ to fix hamburgers for friends and family, make sure to have all the right toppings – such as avocados! Not only are avocados delicious on burgers, but they can also reverse some of the bad effects of red meat.

A recent study conducted by Dr. David Heber at UCLA’s Center for Human Nutrition, published in Food & Function, showed that when healthy male subjects (18 to 35 years old) ate hamburger patties with and without fresh Hass avocado halves, certain biological measures of heart and vascular health appeared better when the avocado and the burge...