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Get paid Dh1,100 to eat one avocado per day

Or you can choose to eat only two avocados per month.

A California university is inviting people to participate for a weight loss study where consuming one avocado a day is compulsory. Moreover, participants can get paid up to $300 (Dh1,100 approx) for their efforts, Loma Linda University announced. "Be willing to either eat one avocado per day for six months or eat only two avocados per month for the same period," the school said.
Joan Sabaté, MD, PhD, said in an online statement on Tuesday, "The study will examine whether eating one avocado per day reduces visceral adipose fat in the abdomen." However, there are certain requirements for the project that the participants should meet including men and women signing up must have waist measurements of 40 and 35 inches or more, respectively. All subjects also have to be at least 25 years old.
Fox News quoted Loma Linda University's explanation on how the study will work. "The test group will be given 16 avocados every two weeks and required to eat one avocado per day throughout the six-month study," the school said. "The control group will be required to eat no more than two avocados per month during the same period," it added.
Participants will get a free MRI and health screening and should meet monthly with a dietician. "Upon successful completion of the study, participants in both groups will be paid $300 each, and members of the control group will be given 24 avocados to enjoy," it further added.
Not only this, Tufts University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and Penn State University will also sign up 250 people for the avocado weight-loss study.