Young coconuts- yum!

[Guest guest]

These are one of my favorite things on earth! I get em at the asian

markets- shake first buy only the ones full of liquid. They look white

cause the green outside is cut away before being shipped from Thailand

or Phillipines. I usually just drink the water or sometimes blend w/ the

soft flesh inside. Many raw foodist make this the first food after

breast milk or in addition to...along w/ mashed bananas, avocados, and

raw apple sauce! Warning: can be addictive!

Love, Elizabeth

 

Young Coconut Water - The Fluid of Life

Pure Rainforest Water

 

A young coconut between six and nine months contains about 750 ml of

water. The coconut is a natural water filter that takes almost 9 months

to filter each liter of water. This prehistoric plant can survive many

months floating at sea with fresh water stored sterile in the nut itself.

 

Get 'em While They're Young!

 

Coconuts in their young stage of growth are the most health enhancing.

As the coconut matures its juice eventually becomes hard flesh and it

looses some of its nutritional benefits.

 

A Drink Your Liver Loves

 

Besides being highly nutritious, young coconuts have also been

exceedingly revered as having medicinal qualities for heart, liver and

kidney disorders.

 

A Great Blood Purifier - Drink Right For Your Blood Type!

 

Plasma makes up 55% of human blood, and coconut water is identical to

human blood plasma, which makes it the universal donor. By drinking

coconuts we give ourselves an instant blood transfusion. In fact, during

the Pacific War of 1941-45, both sides in the conflict regularly used

coconut water - siphoned directly from the nut - to give emergency

plasma transfusions to wounded soldiers.

 

High in Electrolytes

 

Coconut water is one of the highest sources of electrolytes known to

man. It's a natural isotonic beverage, with the same level of

electrolytic balance as we have in our blood. However, coconut water

contains less sodium, more potassium, more magnesium and has added

medicinal benefits.

 

High in Minerals, Vitamins and Amino Acids

 

Coconut water contains most minerals such as potassium, sodium, calcium,

phosphorous, iron, copper, sulphur and chlorides. It also contains both

ascorbic acid and B vitamins. It is high in amino acids and even

contains small amounts of protein. The percentage of arginine, alanine,

cystine and serene in the protein of coconut water is higher than those

in cow's milk.

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