Nutritional value and benefits of coconut

Coconut is the fruit of the palm tree. It is a typical tropical fruit. Hainan in my country is rich in coconuts. Coconut is shaped like a watermelon. The outer peel is thin and dark brown-green. The middle peel is a thick fibrous layer. The inner peel is horny. There is a large cavity in the fruit to store coconut milk. When it is ripe, it contains coconut juice, which is as clear as water, as sweet as honey, and crystal clear. It is an excellent product for cooling and quenching thirst.

The more mature the coconut fruit is, the more protein and fat it contains, which is incomparable to other southern fruits. Both coconut milk and coconut meat are rich in nutrients. Coconut milk is as clear as water and as sweet as honey, and it tastes sweet and delicious; coconut meat is fragrant, smooth and crisp, as soft as cream, and can be eaten directly, or used to make dishes, candied fruits, or made into shredded coconut and shredded coconut for consumption; coconut kernels can be used to make handicrafts.

Nutritional Value of Coconut

Coconut has high nutritional value. Chinese medicine believes that coconut meat is sweet and neutral in nature, and has the effects of nourishing the spleen and stomach, killing insects and eliminating malnutrition; coconut juice is sweet and warm in nature, and has the functions of promoting body fluid and promoting diuresis. Modern medical research shows that coconut meat contains protein and carbohydrates; coconut oil contains sugar, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, etc.; coconut juice contains more nutrients, such as fructose, glucose, sucrose, protein, fat, vitamin B, vitamin C, and trace elements and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron. It can be seen that coconut is a good product for both medicine and food. When the spleen and stomach are tired, the appetite is poor, the limbs are weak, and the body is weak, chop the coconut meat into pieces, add an appropriate amount of chicken and glutinous rice, and eat it after steaming. The effect is better, because chicken, glutinous rice and coconut meat are all nourishing, and the tonic effect is more significant when processed in the form of stewing soup; adding winter melon seeds to coconut can relieve lung fire; adding snow meat or yellow ear can neutralize the warm and dry coconut; when suffering from cold cough, you may also eat some coconut meat, which can relieve cough and reduce phlegm. People with excessive heat in the body should not eat coconut; if you sleep at night for a long time, like to eat fried food, easily lose temper, and have dry mouth, you should also remember not to eat too much coconut.

Benefits of Coconut

In addition to the great use of its fruit, the other parts of coconut are also very useful: coconut shells can be used to burn activated carbon or process coconut sculptures and musical instruments; coconut husks can be processed into coconut oil; coconut wood is hard and has beautiful patterns, and can be used to make furniture or building materials. There are more than 360 kinds of coconut comprehensive utilization products, and it is known as the "treasure tree" and "life wood" abroad.

1. Nutritional supplement: Coconut contains sugars, fats, proteins, B vitamins, vitamin C, and trace elements such as potassium and magnesium, which can effectively supplement the body's nutrients and improve the body's disease resistance;

2. Diuretic and detumescent: Coconut water is rich in potassium, magnesium and other minerals. Its composition is similar to that of intracellular fluid, which can correct dehydration and electrolyte imbalance, achieving the effect of diuresis and detumescence.

3. Killing insects and eliminating malnutrition: Coconut meat and coconut juice can kill intestinal parasites. Drinking its juice or eating its meat can expel ginger worms and tapeworms. It is used in clinical practice, not only with reliable efficacy, but also without toxic side effects. It is an ideal food for killing insects and eliminating malnutrition.

4. Preserving beauty: Coconut juice contains sugar, fat, protein, growth hormone, vitamins and a large amount of trace elements necessary for the human body. Drinking it regularly can replenish intracellular fluid, expand blood volume, moisturize the skin and have a preserving beauty effect.

Coconut is suitable for people

People with clear bowel movements should avoid eating coconut meat; people with excessive heat in the body should not eat coconut often; at the same time, patients with viral hepatitis, fatty liver, bronchial asthma, hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, pancreatitis, diabetes, etc. should also avoid eating coconut meat.

Dosage

Edible effects

Coconut is sweet and neutral in nature. It enters the stomach, spleen and large intestine meridians. It has the effects of tonifying deficiency, strengthening body, replenishing qi and dispelling wind, eliminating malnutrition and killing insects. Water: It has the effects of nourishing, clearing away heat and quenching thirst. Long-term consumption can make people's face moisturized, improve people's strength and tolerance to hunger, and treat children's tapeworm and ginger worm disease. Water: It is mainly used to treat thirst caused by heat and thirst caused by lack of body fluid. Coconut shell oil can treat ringworm and bayberry sore.

Tips

1. If you have poor sleep for a long time, love to eat fried food, are easily angry or have dry mouth, remember not to eat too much coconut;

2. The taste of coconut milk changes when it leaves the coconut shell. The coconut milk poured out in the morning is sweeter, and in the afternoon it is lighter.