Coconut Fruit-Tree of Life

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Known as “the tree of life”, the wonderful fruit of the coconut palm is rich in specific fats that have incredible health benefits. Its meat, juice and oil are popular all over the world due to its delicious taste and abundance of vitamins, minerals and nutrients.

Coconut meat contains lauric acid, which helps fight bacteria from intestinal parasites and wards off countless infections ranging from HIV to the common cold. Coconut water helps the kidney and bladder maintain proper functioning. Eating coconut helps fight gas, constipation, ulcers, and other digestive and stomach ailments. Coconut also supports thyroid function and can help prevent goiter (an enlarged thyroid) because it naturally contains iodine. Coconut has even been shown to protect the body from cancer and osteoporosis, dissolve kidney stones, reduce epileptic seizures, and reduce symptoms associated with pancreatic disorders.

Coconut oil (and all saturated fats) has been blamed for many years as a cause of bad cholesterol levels, which supposedly leads to heart disease. But studies done on traditional tropical populations that consume large amounts of coconut oil show just the opposite. One of the best ways to study the affects of coconut oil on human nutrition is to look at tropical populations that get most of their caloric intake from the saturated fat of coconut oil. Logic would dictate that if the saturated fat/cholesterol theory of heart disease and obesity were correct, those populations with the highest consumption of saturated fats would be the most overweight and have the highest rates of heart disease.

Coconut water contains vitamins, nutrients, sugars, minerals and salts. It’s also free cholesterol, fat free and is naturally low in calories. It is suitable for all ages. So why not drink the coconut water instead of throwing it. Below are some reasons why we should consume coconut water:

1.Coconut water has more nutrients than the whole milk because it has no cholesterol, low fat, low in carbohydrates and low in natural occurring sugar.

2.Coconut water has a natural balance of potassium, calcium, sodium and magnesium.

That is the reason why it is a healthy electrolyte drink. Potassium can help our body to regulate the blood pressure and heart function. Coconut water can stabilize electrolytes in the body.

3.Coconut water can normalize digestive system, because it contains a certain kind of acid. The coconuts are also used to raise metabolism by helping to prevent intestinal gas, helps in removing toxins and increases the digestive system’s ability to absorb nutrients. Coconut water balances acid levels and flushes toxins out.

4.Coconut water heals damage induced by antibiotics and toxins in the digestive system. People know those coconuts are anti-viral, anti-fungal and anti-microbial. Coconut water enhances antibody and fights virus that may cause disease.

5.For people who suffers urethral stone kidney, it is very good to drink coconut water regularly since it will help to destroy the stone in the kidney and help them to out from the body.

6.Coconut water also helps people who have difficulty to urinate. A glass of coconut water will heal the pain because of difficulty eliminating urine.

7.If you feel drank, a glass of coconut water can help you to recover soon.

8.For menopausal women, calming and cooling benefits of coconut water relieves burning sensations and hot flashes thus restores emotional stability.

9.Since coconut water regulates the functioning of the intestine, it will promote smoother and prettier skin for the user.