COCONUT WATER

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COCONUT WATER IS GOOD FOR YOU (Health Watch)

 

I know that coconut water was used to rehydrate cholera

victims.........

 

http://www.cocowater.com

 

Why Drink Coconut Water?

 

CocoWater is naturally:

Low in Carbs

99% Fat Free

Low in sugars

 

Coconut Water contains organic compounds possessing healthy

growth-promoting

 

properties that have been known to help:

 

* Keep the body cool and at the proper temperature

* Orally re-hydrate your body; it is an all-natural isotonic beverage

* Carry nutrients and oxygen to cells

* Naturally replenish your body's fluids after exercising

* Raise your metabolism

* Promote weight-loss

* Boost your immune system

* Detoxify and fight viruses

* Cleanse your digestive tract

* Control diabetes

* Aid your body in fighting viruses that cause the flu, herpes, and

AIDS

* Balance your PH and reduce risk of cancer

* Treat kidney and urethral stones

* Boost poor circulation

 

Coconut Water Information

Compilied by John Kohler

 

The English name coconut, first mentioned in English print in 1555,

comes from Spanish and Portugese word coco, which means 'monkey

face.' Spanish and Portugese explorers found a resemblance to a

monkey's face in the three round indented markings or 'eyes' found at

the base of the coconut. On the Nicobar Islands of the Indian Ocean,

whole coconuts were used as currency for the purchace of goods until

the early part of the twentieth century.

 

Coconuts are the fruit of the coconut palm, botanically known as cocos

nucifera, with nucifera meaning 'nut-bearing.' The fruit-bearing

palms are native to Malaysia, Polynesia and southern Asia, and are

now also prolific in South America, India , the Pacific Islands ,

Hawaii and Florida. The light, fibrous husk allowed it to easily

drift on the oceans to other areas to propagate. In Sanskrit, the

coconut palm is known as kalpa vriksha, meaning 'tree which gives all

that is necessary for living,' since nearly all parts of the tree can

be used in some manner or another. The coconut itself has many food

uses, including milk, meat, sugar and oil as well as functioning as

its own dish and cup. The husk was also burned for fuel by natives,

but today a seed fibre called coir is taken from the husk and used

to make brushes, mats, fishnets, and rope. A very potent fermented

toddy or drink is also made from the coconut palm's sap. Coconut oil,

a saturated fat made from dried coconut meat, is used for commercial

frying and in candies and margarines, as well as in non-edible

products such as soaps and cosmetics.

 

Although it takes up to a year for coconuts to mature, the trees

bloom up to thirteen times a year, so fruit is constantly forming

yielding a continuous harvest year-round. An average harvest from one

tree runs about 60 coconuts, with some trees yielding three times

that amount. The coconut's name is a bit of a misnomer, since it is

botanically classified as a drupe and not a nut. It is the largest

seed known.

 

If you've ever opened a fresh coconut, you will have seen the thin,

opaque almost clear coconut juice or water which has a slight almond

flavor. Contrary to popular belief, this is not the coconut milk.

However, the water is consumed as a drink fresh from the coconut by

many, and it can also be used in recipes. Here is some information

about Coconut Water http://www.rawguru.com/store/raw-

food/organic_wild_young_coconuts.html

 

It's a natural isotonic beverage, with the same level of electrolytic

balance as we have in our blood. It's the fluid of life, so to

speak.' In fact, during the Pacific War of 1941-45, both sides in the

conflict regularly used coconut water - siphoned directly from the

nut - to give emergency plasma transfusions to wounded soldiers.

 

Most coconut water is still consumed fresh in tropical coastal areas -

once exposed to air, the liquid rapidly loses most of its

organoleptic and nutritional characteristics, and begins to ferment.

 

* Coconut Water is More Nutritious than whole milk - Less fat and NO

cholesterol!

* Coconut Water is More Healthy than Orange Juice - Much lower

calories

* Coconut Water is Better than processed baby milk- It contains lauric

acid, which is present in human mother's milk

* Coconut water is naturally sterile -- Water permeates though the

filtering husk!

* Coconut water is a universal donor-- Its identical to human blood

plasma

* Coconut Water is a Natural Isotonic Beverage - The same level we

have in our blood.

* Coconut water has saved lives in 3rd world countries thru Coconut

IV

 

Coconut water is the very stuff of Nature, biologically Pure, full of

Natural Sugars, Salts, and Vitamins to ward off fatigue... and is the

next wave of energy drinks BUT natural!', according to Mortin Satin,

Chielf of the United Nation's Food & Agriculture Organization.

 

Coconut water contains more potassium (at about 294 mg) than most

sports drinks (117 mg) and most energy drinks.

 

Coconut water has less sodium (25mg) where sports drinks have around

41mg and energy drinks have about 200 mg!

 

Coconut water has 5mg of Natural Sugars where sports and energy

drinks range from 10-25mg of Altered Sugars.

 

Coconut water is very high in Chloride at 118mg, compared to sports

drinks at about 39mg. Data is based on a 100ml drink