(Editor's Note: Arlo Haskell, a new contributor here, did get his piece in on time to run on Monday, but the photo department was running around until just this moment trying to find a coconut in New York City--tougher than you might imagine. Haskell edits the blog of the Key West Literary Seminar, Littoral.)
A cruel paradox of drinking too much is how thirsty it leaves you the
next day. Commercial sports beverages like Gatorade re-hydrate your
body better than water partly because they are isotonic,
meaning they contain essential salts and minerals in the same
concentration as in your body. This makes them ideal for replenishing
fluids lost to vigorous, uh, exercise. Coconut water– faintly sweet,
slightly metallic, and cloudy– is even more effective, the tree-borne
super-beverage Gatorade wishes it could be.
Compared to Gatorade, the naturally isotonic liquid from the nut of cocos nucifera contains five times as much vitamin C, four times as much iron, seventeen times as much potassium, and eight times as much manganese. It also contains healthy doses of calcium, riboflavin, and magnesium. Drinking a pint or two of coconut water will quickly and effectively rehydrate your body and settle your stomach, restoring your digestive system’s normal functioning and enriching your depleted bloodstream with important minerals. Now, about that headache…
this is awesome news. is canned coconut water still as good? any brand recs? im going to stock up.
Posted by: samo | May 28, 2009 at 02:48 PM