Benefits Of Coconut Water

Introduction

Coconut it is widely grown in tropical areas. It's also known as Cocos Nucifera Linn.

Largest producer of coconut in the world in Indonesia. The variety of coconut, in general is divided into two groups.

Drawf coconuts and Deep coconuts

Dwarf Coconuts

This coconut yields nuts every four to six years after plantation. Example: King Malabar (Pretiosa), Coconut King (Regia), and Quali (Pumila).

Deep Coconuts

This coconut yields nuts every 15 years after plantation. The height of tree can reach up to 30 metres. Example: Red Coconut (Rubseens), and Green Coconut (Viridis).

Coconut trees are up to 30 metres long and can live up to 70 years. The coconuts they produce grows in clusters.

One coconut tree contains around 5 to 12 coconuts on one side and produces a new cluster every month. 

One coconut tree can also produce between 100 to 140 coconuts per year.

The taste, size, nutrition, water, and coconut's texture depends upon the coconut's variety.

The coconut water is the most healthy part of the whole coconut. It takes 6 to 7 months to produce the maximum sugar and water content.

Nutritional Composition

Amino Acids: L-asparatic, l-glutamic, l-glutamine, l theorine, l-glycine, l arginine,    l alanine, and l-tyrosine.

Minerals: Coprum, iron, magnesium Mangnum, zinc, natrium, potassium, phosphorus.

1 cup of coconut water contains:

0 gram fat, 2g of protein, 45 kcal energy, and 9 grams of carbs with 2.6 gram fibre, 600 mg potassium, 60 mg magnesium, 252 mg of sodium, 57.6 mg of calcium, and 0.3 mg of magnesium.

It completes 8% riboflavine and 10% Vitamin c requirements for a day.

Now let's talk about the benefits of Coconut Water.

1). Natural Isotonic Drink

Remember, CW = Coconut Water.

CW is a great natural drink that may become a replacement of energy and sports drink.

As mentioned, it contains a lot of potassium and sodium, which are the electrolytes that used in energy drinks, 

which also provide an extra boost of energy between exercise and workouts.

It's important to consume CW if you workout daily, especially in summers, when you sweat a lot and loss a lot of salts.

These electrolytes may prevent dehydration and helps in regulating fluid balance.

Sports drink contains added sugars which add unnecessary calories, but CW is 100% sugar free if you drink directly from coconut. 

2). Provide Important Minerals

Calcium and magnesium are two vital minerals that our body need on day to day basis.

Many foods like dark chocolate, avocados, nuts, coconut and many more contains these essential minerals.

Strong bones and teeth are results of high calcium consumption, and magnesium helps in movement of potassium and calcium into every muscle to aid in relaxation and contraction.

After every workout and exercise your bones get microfractures, and your body may gets depleted in magnesium which produce spasm and cramps.

That's why sports drink are considered after workout. But some sports drink may contain sugars and unwanted calories.

So, it's better to drink natural drinks such as coconut water, which also have higher content of magnesium and calcium then sports drinks.

3). Control Hypertension

Because of high content of potassium, it helps in balancing electrolytes and thus, control hypertension.

A study found that consuming 300 ml of CW daily for 14 days may helps in balancing blood pressure.

It may also protect against cancer, help blood sugar to balance, helps in digestion process, reduce risk of heart disease, improve blood circulation, prevent abnormal blood clotting, contains anti-

aging properties and boost immune system.

4). Provide Amino Acids

Basic building blocks of Haman body is protein and building block of protein in Amino Acid.

CW is a great source of L-Arginine, serine, and alanine which are important for your body.

Some of them like arginine is responsible for your response to stress. Amino acid also builds lost tissues and cells.

5). Antidiabetic Property

Research on diabetic mice with mature CW showed reduced blood glucose levels.

Insulin and liver glycogen levels increases from CW and it also reduce glycated hemoglobin levels.

6). Anti-inflammatory

The unique composition of coconut water results in Anti-inflammatory properties.

Composition of sugars, minerals, Vitamins, cytokinins, amino acids is pretty unique than other foods.

7). Reduce MDA

The contents of inorganic and organic ions in CW plays very important role in antioxident system of a human.

They may increase antioxidents activity, Increase hemoglobin, Increase bone formation, gene expression, amino acid metabolism, carbohydrates and fats.

8). Cardioprotective

Studies shows that high levels of HDL may help in preventing many heart diseases such as stroke, and ischemic.

Bottom Line

Coconut is a natural and Healthy drink that may help your body to prevent dehydration and many risks of several diseases.

It's more useful and Important after hard workouts in summers, when your body sweat a lot and lose its essential salts and minerals.

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