Health benefits of coconut water
- Coconut water is packed with simple sugars, electrolytes, and minerals to replenish dehydration conditions inside the human body.
- Research studies suggest that cytokinins (e.g., kinetin and trans-zeatin) in coconut water found to have significant anti-ageing, anti-carcinogenic, and anti-thrombotic (anti-clot formation) effects.
- Coconut water is offered to patients with diarrhea in many tropic regions to replace the fluid loss from the gastrointestinal tract and to reduce the need for hospitalisation.
- Coconut water is composed of many naturally occurring bioactive enzymes such as acid phosphatase, catalase, dehydrogenase, diastase, peroxidase, RNA-polymerases, etc. In effect, these enzymes help in the digestion and metabolism.
- Coconut water carries a good amount of electrolyte potassium. 100 ml of water has 250 mg of potassium and 105 mg of sodium. Together, these electrolytes help replenish electrolyte deficiency in the body due to diarrhea.
Coconut Water Nutrition Facts (Nutrition Value per 100 g)
| Energy | 19 Kcal |
| Carbohydrates | 3.71 g |
| Protein | 0.72 g |
| Total Fat | 0.20 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1.1 g |
| Vitamin-C | 2.4 mg |
| Vitamin-E | 0 mg |
| Vitamin-K | 0 μg |
| Sodium | 105 mg |
| Potassium | 250 mg |
| Calcium | 24 mg |
| Copper | 40 mcg |
| Iron | 0.29 mg |
| Magnesium | 25 mg |
