prevents inflammation of the blood vessels helps maintain a normal heart rhytm helps maintain a normal blood vessels improves sperm count helps increase chances of fertilzation prevents clumping together of the sperm cells bosts the immune system to fight against infection facilitates faster healing of wounds helps fight against the effects of air pollution cancer prevention lowers risk of colon cancer including thsose of breast mouth skin and prostate gland due to its healthy fats lowers the risk for colon cancer with its high fiber content helps reguolate blood sugar enhances satiety or feeling of fullness also good for preventing constipation maintaining a healthy digestive tract regulating mood sleep and appetite helping lower the risk for alzheimers and parkinsons disease preventing birth defects like spina bifida and neurl tube defects improving bone health by increasing calcium absorption and reducing urinary excretion of calcium tips a nd precautions a firm avocado will ripen in a apper bag or in a fruit basket at a room temperature within a few days they ripen faster when stored with other fruits like apples and bananas unripe avocados should not be refrigerated it is best to refrigerate them whole to prevent browning to store slices of avocado beeficial carotenoids avocados may cause allwergic reactions