Coconut is a common plant in the tropical region. Plant with Latin names cocos nutifera have benefited very much. By local residents, palm tree that is old and unproductive used as building materials. The fruit of old could be taken as a vegetable oil. Old juice can be fermented to alcohol.
For the locals, the young coconut fruit is a very popular beverage . With thick-skinned fruit and protected by a shell, young coconut juice is very hygienic.
Besides being very refreshing and hygienic, it turns out the young coconut water is an isotonic fluid, making it very suitable as a replacement drinks for body fluids when we exercise.
Young coconut water content in brief is as follows:
Besides being very refreshing and hygienic, it turns out the young coconut water is an isotonic fluid, making it very suitable as a replacement drinks for body fluids when we exercise.
containing 2.6 percent sugar, 0.55 percent protein, 0.74 percent fat, and 0.46 percent minerals. Type of sugar that is contained glucose, fructose, and sucrose.
But as isotonic drinks, young coconut water is not fit to drink for those who exercise heavily, because the sodium content on this natural isotonic beverage is a little.
According to the Agriculture Agency (FAO), young coconut water can be used as a tonic for a natural energy. This is because coconut milk is rich in potassium (potash), sugars, and proteins. Naturally, young coconut water has a mineral composition and sugar is perfect, so similar to human body fluids.
In contrast to isotonic drinks in containers that are harmful if taken carelessly, coconut water is relatively safe for consumption.
In order properties of coconut water was lost, better to drink fresh coconut water from a newly opened shell. Drink without any mixture, like syrup. Just add ice cubes and a bit of sugar to feel more freshness.