So let’s talk about avocados. The latest food trend is grinding the avocado seed and sprinkling it on different things or cooking with it... Lately I’ve had a lot of questions about whether or not eating the avocado seed is safe. Currently, eating the avocado seed is not recommended. The avocado seed does have a ton of phytochemicals. But, it also contains some toxic compounds. For now, there just hasn’t been enough research to prove that eating the seed is beneficial.