Health benefits of coconut waterIn continuation to previous article "Health drinks" good or bad- A Birds-eye view",  let us take deep view on one of the good natural health drink which is "Coconut water". I hope many of you reading the article would have enjoyed the tasty and quenching "Coconut water" many times, but how many of  know the exact Health benefits of coconut water? If you don't know you will come to know at the end of the reading or if you already know this article will help you to understand better.

coconut water nutrition:

                  It is very important to know the nutrition components of coconut water for clear understand of the usefulness of coconut water.

100g of coconut water contains:

Major nutrients- potassium(300 mg), carbs(4.5 g).
Minor nutrients- calcium(31 g), sodium(100 mg), cytokine, kinetins.
Note: Above mentioned values are approximate.
buko juice

Facts and benefits of coconut water

  • homemade electrolyte drink
  • sports and energy drinks
  • Anti-aging effects
  • Anti-cancer effects
  • cardio friendly drink
  • calorie in coconut water
  • ongoing research on health benefits:

Homemade electrolyte drink:

            Since it contains good amount of one of the electrolyte “potassium” and water content and it called homemade, since it is easily available and does not require any cooking methods to prepare. It can be used as electrolyte drink when you suffer from diarrhea. we need more electrolyte in order to correct it’s imbalance.

Sports and energy drinks:

            It is best suited for person doing sports activities and exercises because during those activities body tends to lose sodium, potassium and water and becomes dehydrated as per “American society for Nutrition”

Anti-aging effects:

            One of good properties of coconut water is to fight against the free radicals produced during oxidation process. As we reduce the free radicals, we reduce the aging effects.

Anti-cancer effects:

            It produces the anti-cancer effects because of presence of  cytokines and kinetin substances in coconut water.

Cardio friendly drink:

            Arginine present in the coconut water helps for blood vessels dilatation thus making the drink to be cardio friendly one.

Calorie in coconut water:

            Since the natural coconut water does not contain added sugar (present in so called packed health drinks available in super market) which is responsible for weight gain, it has lower calorie value in terms of carbohydrate. Hence coconut water is more suitable for diabetes. For more details about added sugar please check out here “Addedsugar” and “Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics”

Ongoing research on health effects:

            Research shows it can reduce the lipid level in some animal and still the research on the topic is ongoing.

I hope now you would have understood better in terms of coconut water nutrition, coconut water good for and Health benefits of coconut water.

Buko  juice vs coconut water:

Buko  juice is completely different from coconut water. It is necessary to differentiate the tow terms i.e.
1.      Buko  juice- milk of coconut
2.      coconut water- clear liquid inside the coconut

 I hope you would have enjoyed the article. Know nutrition and stay healthy. Thank you all.