Coconut Water and Its Benefits

Coconut water is the liquid inside coconuts.

Nutritional value:

Coconut water provides 19 calories in a 100 milliliters amount, coconut water is 95% water, 4% carbohydrates, protein and total fat content under 1% each. Coconut water contains vitamins and dietary minerals in small amounts.

As 'Everything in excess is opposed to nature's

Excessive consumption of coconut water is an excess of potassium in the blood, inducing loss of consciousness, acute kidney failure, and eventually death.

Here are health benefits of coconut water.

1.     Have Antioxidant Properties

Free radicals are unstable molecules produced in your cells during digestion. Production of free radicals increases in response to stress or injury.

At the point when there are excesses of free radicals, your body enters a condition of oxidative stress, which can harm your cells and increase disease risk.

Research on animals has shown that coconut water contains antioxidants which adjust free radicals, so they no longer cause harm.

Up until now, no studies have investigated this antioxidant activity in humans.

2.     Good Source of Several Nutrients

Coconuts grow on palm trees scientifically known as Cocos nucifera. Coconut water is the juice found in the center of coconut.

As the coconut matures, few amounts of juice remain in liquid form while the rest ages into white flesh known as coconut meat.

Coconut water contains 94% water and very less fat.

One should not be confused with coconut milk, which is made by adding water to grated coconut meat. Coconut milk contains about 50% water and is very high in coconut fat as comparison to coconut water.

One cup (240 ml) contains 46 calories, just as:

Carbs: 9 grams

Fiber: 3 grams

Protein: 2 grams

Vitamin C: 10% of the RDI

Magnesium: 15% of the RDI

Manganese: 17% of the RDI

Potassium: 17% of the RDI

Sodium: 11% of the RDI

Calcium: 6% of the RDI

3.     May Help Prevent Kidney Stones

Drinking enough fluids is important to prevent kidney stone.

One study suggests that coconut water may be even better than the plain water.

Kidney stones form when your urine contains more crystal-forming substances for example, oxalate, calcium and uric acid than the liquid in your urine can dilute. Simultaneously, your urine may lack substances that prevent crystals from sticking together, making a perfect situation for kidney stones to form.

Presence of potassium in coconut water helps in dissolving kidney stones, which plays a vital role in urine alkalizing and preventing kidney stones.

Researchers believe that coconut water helps in reducing free radical production in response to high oxalate levels in urine.

Keep in mind that this is the study examining coconut water's effects on kidney stones. More research is required here.

4.     May Reduce Blood Pressure

Coconut water may be great for lowering and controlling blood pressure.

Coconut water improved systolic blood pressure (the higher number of a blood pressure reading) in 71% of participants.

Moreover, coconut water contains around 600 mg of potassium in 8 ounces (240ml). Potassium helps in lowering blood pressure in people with high or normal blood pressure.

Likewise, one animal study found that coconut water has hostile to thrombotic activity, which means it might avoid the formation of blood clots.

5.     Beneficial After Prolonged Exercise

Coconut water might be the ideal drink for reestablishing hydration and renewing electrolytes lost during exercise.

Electrolytes are those minerals which play several important roles in our body, that includes maintaining proper fluid balance.

They include potassium, magnesium, sodium and calcium.

Studies found that coconut water is better than water and equal to high-electrolyte sports beverages in restoring hydration after exercise.

Coconut water causes less nausea and stomach discomfort.

However, another study found that comparing high-electrolyte beverages with coconut water, found that coconut water tended to cause the most bloating and stomach upset.