CLOSE
What's Hot in Barbados
CLOSE
More About Barbados options

Coconut Health Benefits and Nutrition

Living on Coconuts

Keith Cumberbatch tells us that coconut water is better that any sports drink. He should know being a veteran marathon runner and coconut vendor who climbs the tree, partly to make a living and mostly to stay fit and strong for the race.

Coconut Nutritional Facts
Coconut Nutritional Facts
Source: http://www.mercola.com/2004/mar/10/coconuts.htm
The Barbados coconut marathon man

From the above website: "Fresh coconut juice is one of the highest sources of electrolytes known to man, and can be used to prevent dehydration, for instance in cases of diarrhoea or strenuous exercise, instead of a sports drink. Some remote areas of the world even use coconut juice intravenously, short-term, to help hydrate critically ill patients and in emergency situations."

Its a natural isotonic beverage, with the same level of electrolytic balance as we have in our blood. 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. Most coconut water is still consumed fresh in tropical coastal areas - once exposed to air, the liquid rapidly loses most of its organoleptic and nutritional characteristics, and begins to ferment.

Coconut Nutritional Facts
from www.living-foods.com
  • Coconut Water is More Nutritious than whole milk - Less fat and NO cholesterol!
  • Coconut Water is More Healthy than Orange Juice - Much lower calories
  • Coconut Water is Better than processed baby milk - It contains lauric acid, which is present in human mother's milk
  • Coconut water is naturally sterile - Water permeates though the filtering husk!
  • Coconut water is a universal donor - It's identical to human blood plasma
  • Coconut Water is a Natural Isotonic Beverage - The same level we have in our blood
  • Coconut water has saved lives in 3rd world countries through Coconut IV

More about Coconuts...SEE MARATHON MAN - running on coconuts

Buy Online

Can't wait to get to Barbados to enjoy some coconut water? Order this taste of the tropics online...

Was this helpful?
Back To Top