The Healthy Coconut Water

If you were ship-wrecked on an island with nothing but your clothes on, how can you survive? Just look for a coconut, and you will live. Probably one of the most versatile plants around is the coconut. For most Southeast Asians and Pacific Islanders, the coconut plant has proven to be an all-around useful plant in meeting their day to day needs. With its wood and leaves, you can build a whole house for yourself. You can build a chair, a table, a bed and a broom. You can sew the leaves together to create a grass skirt. With its shell, you use it for cooking or burning wood. With its meat, you can eat it for food. With its juice, you can drink it for water.

Coconut water seems just that - coconut with water.
But unlike ordinary water, coconut water contains all the health benefits that one can get from coconut. It tastes delicious and quenches one's thirst by its refreshing and relaxing properties. In fact, because of its high potassium content, it can be cheaper and healthier substitute for other energy drinks such as Red Bull or Gatorade.

What is also great about coconut water and the other edible parts of the coconut plant are the medicinal properties you can get from it. It has been shown that the coconut plant is good for the kidneys and liver, skin and metabolism. It facilitates kidney function by dissolving undigested food and calcified stones that could get stuck in the urinary passageways. It is good for the skin because of vitamins and minerals such as magnesium, potassium, Vitamin A & D. It also increases metabolism due to the presence of enzymes that facilitates the digestive process. This is contrary to previous claims that coconut increases cholesterol levels and fat content. In fact, some studies have shown that people who are regularly eat coconut meat or drink coconut juice have fewer health problems and maladies. The reason being is that coconut also wards off illnesses by boosting one's immune system and slowing down the aging process, thereby preventing the development of age-related problems such as cataracts, wrinkles, and heart disease.

So what else is new with coconuts these days? What about using it as decorative or gift inspiration? Organic candles such as coconut candles can be a great addition to one's own living room or bedroom. Plus, it can cheer up someone with its natural and relaxing aroma. Going nuts over coconuts may be an exaggeration, but it is what people have been doing for centuries in order to spice up their lives.

by Krystal Bennion

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