Sunday, September 30, 2007

Coconut Water


It’s called “cocos nucifera”, the botanical name meaning nut-bearing. Otherwise it is commonly regarded as an energy drink. You feel refreshed the moment you gulp that refreshingly cool water widely known as the coconut water to millions! It’s not just water though in real sense. Much, much more.

Welcome to the nature’s wholesome beverage that is most nutritious and sugar-free product! Ayurveda defines it as an unctuous, sweet, increasing semen, promoting digestion and clearing the urinary path".

You can’t really miss this nutritious drink for anything else. Also known as the nature’s own soft drink, it is very low in carbohydrates, as well as sugar-free and almost totally fat-free, three most predominant properties besides umpteen others.

It helps boost your blood circulation to a great extent. Among other properties it helps reduce the risk of cancer while helping to treat urethral stones (kidney ailment). Last but not the least, control of diabetes is one more major plus besides promoting weight-loss though one is not sure about it.

Coconut water has long been a popular drink in the tropics, especially in the tropical Asia, North America and most other places. Today it is also being made available afresh as bottled drinks, what with coconut cakes and other varieties.

While it is a natural fat-free and low in food energy (16.7 calories or 70 kJ per 100 g) the mineral and sugar content along with the coconut water had been successfully used as liquid in intravenous therapy in emergency situations. Its usages, as said, are mind-boggling, literally.


O.N.E.™ Coconut Water is naturally fat free, contains no added sugars, colors, or preservatives, refreshes with five natural electrolytes and fights cramping with more potassium than a banana.