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Coconut Water Product Resources |
Coconut Water is an amazing food. It has been used for as IV solution during world war II, as a wonderful fluid replacement for the thirsty, and as a aid to elderly, and ill. Coconut water is similar in pH to that of the blood. It is loaded with electrolytes, energy, and nutrients such as cytokinins which protect DNA as it replicates in the cell. Surprisingly, the properties of the coconut water really does not change a lot as it matures. Learn about coconut water and how it changes as the nut matures. And here is a link to India Info Line which will give you an India perspective on Coconut Water taking over the Sports Drink market. Visit YoungCoconuts.Com for good information about coconut water. Read what the Coconut Development Board in India says about Coconut Water. Coconut Water is very similar in pH to the blood. And very similar to cell salts. Read about its use as a sports drink (Written by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations). The IndiaTimes Women has a related article called "Coconut Water Beat the Heat". Doctors in the Philippines have used Buko juice to dissolve kidney stones. While in the Philippines Dr. Dayrit showed us several studies they had done with patients experiencing kidney stones. They had their patients drink lots of buko juice and infused the kidney with the juice by catheter at the hospital. This practice use to go on routinely in South East Asia. Though western medicine has heavily influenced most of the world now, they have actually taken another look at the traditional ways and have begun checking them out to see how effective they actually are. The alkalinizing effect of the coconut water dissolved the stones when they used the oral and catheter treatments. According to Dr. Dayrit, during World War II, when IV solution was scarce, they used the water from young coconuts as IV solution!! In Asian countries, where coconuts abound, it is this very same water that is considered one of the most healthy drinks available. On PubMed (which publishes current medical research) there is a research article where they compared rehydrating people who were experiencing diarrhea using (1) soft drinks and (2) coconut water. The pH of soft drinks is much lower than coconut water, much sweeter, and much lower in electrolytes. There is another article at PubMed that came from research during a cholera epidemic on the Pacific Ocean atoll of Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. There is a nice write up about oral rehydration therapy in developing countries where children are experiencing diarrhea. Read what Raw and Living Foods says about coconut water. Buko juice also contain special molecules called Cytokinins. Cytokinins are protective factors to the cells as they undergo cell mitosis (cell division). As cells replicate the DNA is constantly being copied. Without cytokinins there is on occasion mistranslating of the DNA molecules, however, with cytokinins present the DNA is replicated perfectly every time. Cytokinins are the subject of current research. There are a few sources where cytokinins are quite high. Not surprising, the juice from young coconuts is one of the best sources of cytokinins! Interesting Reads:
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