The Benefits of Coconut Water

Consumption of coconut water for health has been known for a long time. People use it to evade certain diseases and some treatment such as healing ailment caused by poison, where at this condition, coconut water functions as antidote.

Coconut water is a natural isotonic. The features of this natural isotonic drink are:

• water content in one coconut fruit is 400 - 465 cc.
• coconut water contains vitamin C and several vitamins B, such as niacin, patotenat acid, biotin, riboflavin, folic acid and thiamin.
• coconut water also contains some minerals such as natrium, kalium, kalsium, magnesium, iron, copper, phosphor, sulfur and chlorin.
• coconut water contains many kinds fo amino acid.
  

Health Benefit

• neutralize poison
• cure wormy
• cure burned wound
• relieve from dysentery
• ease itchiness caused by eczema
• relieve from dengue
  

Beauty Benefit

• evade acne
• prevent against wrinkle
• prevent against gray hair
  

Other Benefit
1. increase sexual desire
2. make clear of voice.

Comments from Some Institutions About Coconut Water

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization )
At September 14, 2000, FAO recommended coconut water as an natural energy drink.

Journal of Medicinal Food, J Med Food. 2006 Fall;9(3):400-7
Coconut water has cardioprotective effect because it can decrease the level of bad cholesterol in a research. (V.G. Sandhya, Dr., Professor T. Rajamohan. Department of Biochemistry, University of Kerala, India)

Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY and Applied Human Science Vol. 21 (2002)
Drinking coconut water after physical exercise is the best way to rehydration. It can make body feel saturated, and it can be consumed much, comparing with any other drinks like fresh water and drinks contain KH and electrolite.