Coconut, a bulky fruit in shape grown mostly in coastal areas has several medicinal and health benefits. A few years down the line, it was a drink that people used to enjoy on beaches. Further, it was used in form of hair oil or added to few curries in coastal parts of our country. It was used for religious purposes in our country.
During the last decade, its usage and sale have increased exponentially due to its medicinal and health values. It was with growing cases of dengue in our country, hospitals and vendors were going out of stock for coconut for patients. With COVID 19 trend, the price of coconut was touching the sky. The demand was manifold than its supply. This proves its worth for patients. We use this wonder product in the form of milk, oil, water, and fruit. The understated study outlines few benefits of this wonder fruit:
- OIL FOR HEALTHY HAIR AND SKIN: Coconut oil has been used for ages in our country for getting healthy and beautiful hair. Coconut oil plays wonders for your skin especially dry skin and chapped lips.
- COCONUT OIL FOR COOKING: Coconut oil these days is also used in your kitchen for cooking too. Coconut oil helps in keeping your heart and digestive tract healthy. The fatty acids present in coconut oil help our body to burn excess fat. It also provides our brain and body with quick energy.
- HELPS IN REDUCING CONSTIPATION PROBLEM: As raw coconut is high in fiber, eating raw coconut early morning relieve us from constipation problem. But limit your intake, as an excess of everything is bad.
- HELPS IN LOSING EXTRA OUNCES OF WEIGHT: Raw coconut and coconut water play wonder in losing weight and belly fat. Triglycerides present in coconut helps in reducing weight. Further drinking coconut water increases our metabolism, thus giving us more stamina for exercising.
- KEEPS US HYDRATED: Drinking coconut water on a daily basis helps in hydrating our body. If we are hydrated we feel better.
- IMMUNITY BOOSTER: Coconut is a great immunity booster and has been proved from the spread of this pandemic. Patients who were on liquids especially coconut water had a high recovery rates. It helps in increasing platelets exponentially during dengue fever.
- HEALTHY BLOOD: Regular intake of coconut water helps in the reproduction of more RBCs, thus improving this much-required fluid of our body.
- IMPROVED BONE HEALTH: Coconut is rich in manganese, which helps in keeping our bones stronger and healthy.
- HIGHLY NUTRITIOUS: Coconut is rich in proteins, carbohydrates, iron, minerals, selenium, etc. Thus a complete health package.
- KEEPS OUR HEART HEALTHY: Coconut helps in increasing HDL and lowering LDL. When our cholesterol levels will be fine, our heart will pump in the best possible way.
Eat and drink healthily in form of coconut. Take an intake of 1-2 cups of coconut water daily. Instead of shelling those 80 bucks on a fast-food burger, payout 60 bucks for this health drink.
EAT HEALTHY! DRINK HEALTHY! STAY HEALTHY!
Written by Mrs. Ruchi Mehta
Health Blogger
