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Drink Coconut Water Why Drink Coconut Water?

Coconut Water 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 o ygen to cells. !aturally replenish your body"s #luids a#ter e ercising. $aise your metabolism. %romote weight loss. &oost your immune system. 'eto i#y and #ight viruses. Cleanse your digestive tract. Control diabetes. (id your body in #ighting viruses that cause the #lu) herpes) and (*'+. &alance your %, and reduce ris- o# cancer. .reat -idney and urethral stones. &oost poor circulation.

Coconut Water .he /nglish name coconut) #irst mentioned in /nglish print in 0111) comes #rom +panish and %ortuguese word coco) which means 2mon-ey #ace.2 +panish and %ortuguese e plorers #ound a resemblance to a mon-ey"s #ace in the three round indented mar-ings or 2eyes2 #ound at the base o# the coconut. On the !icobar *slands o# the *ndian Ocean) whole coconuts were used as currency #or the purchase o# goods until the early part o# the twentieth century.

Coconuts are the #ruit o# the coconut palm) botanically -nown as cocos nuci#era) with nuci#era meaning 2nut-bearing.2 .he #ruit-bearing palms are native to 3alaysia) %olynesia and southern (sia) and are now also proli#ic in +outh (merica) *ndia) the %aci#ic *slands) ,awaii and Florida. .he light) #ibrous hus- allowed it to easily dri#t on the oceans to other areas to propagate. *n +ans-rit) the coconut palm is -nown as -alpa vri-sha) meaning 2tree which gives all that is necessary #or living)2 since nearly all parts o# the tree can be used in some m anner or another. .he coconut itsel# has many #ood uses) including mil-) meat) sugar and oil as well as #unctioning as its own dish and cup. .he hus- was also burned #or #uel by natives) but today a seed #ibre called coir is ta-en #rom the hus- and used to ma-e brushes) mats) #ishnets) and rope. ( very potent #ermented toddy or drin- is also made #rom the coconut palm"s sap. Coconut oil) a saturated #at made #rom dried coconut meat) is used #or commercial #rying and in candies and margarines) as well as in non-edible products such as soaps and cosmetics. (lthough it ta-es up to a year #or coconuts to mature) the trees bloom up to thirteen times a year) so #ruit is constantly #orming yielding a continuous harvest yearround. (n average harvest #rom one tree runs about 45 coconuts) with some trees yielding three times that amount. .he coconut"s name is a bit o# a misnomer) since it is botanically classi#ied as a drupe and not a nut. *t is the largest seed -nown. *# you"ve ever opened a #resh coconut) you will have seen the thin) opa6ue almost clear coconut 7uice or water which has a slight almond #lavor. Contrary to popular belie#) this is not the coconut mil-. ,owever) the water is consumed as a drin- #resh #rom the coconut by many) and it can also be used in recipes.

Here is some more information about Coconut Water 2*t"s a natural isotonic beverage) with the same level o# electrolytic balance as we have in our blood. *t"s the #luid o# li#e) so to spea-.2 *n #act) during the %aci#ic 8ar o# 0990-91) both sides in the con#lict regularly used coconut water - siphoned directly #rom the nut - to give emergency plasma trans#usions to wounded soldiers.

3ost coconut water is still consumed #resh in tropical coastal areas - once e posed to air) the li6uid rapidly loses most o# its organoleptic and nutritional characteristics) and begins to #erment.

Coconut Water is More

utritious than whole milk - Less Fat and !o cholesterol.

Coconut Water is Healthier than !range "uice - 3uch lower calories. Coconut Water is #etter than processed baby milk - *t contains lauric acid) which is present in human mother"s mil-. Coconut water is naturally sterile - 8ater permeates though the #iltering hus-. Coconut water is a universal donor - *t:s identical to human blood plasma. Coconut Water is a atural $sotonic #everage - .he same level we have in our blood. Coconut water has saved lives in ;rd world countries thru Coconut *<.

2Coconut water is the very stu## o# !ature) biologically %ure) #ull o# !atural +ugars) +alts) and <itamins to ward o## #atigue and is the ne t wave o# energy drin-s &ut natural2) according to 3ortin +atin) Chie# o# the =nited !ation"s Food > (griculture Organi?ation. Coconut water contains more potassium @at about A99 mgB than most sports drin-s @00C mgB and most energy drin-s.

Coconut water has less sodium @A1mgB where sports drin-s have around 90mg and energy drin-s have about A55 mg. Coconut water has 1mg o# !atural +ugars where sports and energy drin-s range #rom 05-A1mg o# (ltered +ugars. Coconut water is very high in Chloride at 00Dmg) compared to sports drin-s at about ;9mg.

Data is based on a %&&ml drink'

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