Do Coconut Oil and Coconut Water Provide Health Benefits?

This was a very interesting article about coconuts. There is a Farm in India who I feel is at the cutting edge of commercial coconut production, and is worth some friendly investigating. Coming from the UK I can confirm that I have seen for myself that all the 'Deejay Farm' trees have been producing +300 nuts each year. I will not lie to you these coconut tree seedlings are expensive, but I feel are well worth this extra cost for those in the business. As if you only plant every 60 years you should plant the very best quality available. The palms come from an Indian farm call Deejay’s who has an office in Bangalore. Their palms are the best I have ever seen and are flowering much faster (two years) and nuts (which are very big) are arriving amazingly in the third year, rather than in the 5/6 year. These are commercial trees so they are easy to harvest and it’s all achieved through decades of cross-pollination by their science team. Their Facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/pages/Deejay-Farm-Coconut-Seedling-Farm/137167996461059 and in my opinion is well worth a visit.

colinblackstag 12:26AM April 01, 2013

I think you're making a common mistake here by assuming that coconut water is made up of ONLY water, sugar, salt, and potassium. Combine those things from your cupboard and I promise it won't turn out the same. There are phytonutrients, plant hormones, amino acids, all kinds of little important things that make it different and better than sport drinks. So it has a teeny, teeny bit less salt, big deal. Give it a shake or two from a saltshaker.

C of AZ 2:14AM March 25, 2013

Read the ingredient list on both a bottle fo gatoraide and coconut water... I think the choice is clear on which to drink...

Chip of IA 9:27AM October 15, 2012

Sat., Sept.29, 2012: Coconut water is most advisable for the Chronic Stable Hypertension & Chronic Congestive Heart Failure patients who take prescription pills such as Diuretic Pills. These patients usually suffer adverse side effects of those pills such as Marked Dehydration from Severe Electrolyte loss with Potassium, Sodium & Calcium.

As far as the Coconut Oil, it can also replace the expensive Olive or Canola Cooking oils. As was extensively studied, the Coconut oil does not contain the Transgender fats found in some ordinary breakfast meal items like Butter have. They contain just the Medium Fatty Acid Chains, thus, are found in the good cholesterol type which is the High-Density Lipoprotein that we need as opposed to the bad cholesterol which is LDL or Low-Density Lipoprotein which is associated with the Long-Chain Medium Fatty Acid Chains & which are also likely responsible for future coronary events like heart attack or Myocardial Infarction. = From Doc Zory (Z.B.Ibarra,md)

Dr. Zorayda Leopando 12:09PM September 29, 2012