8 Science-Based Health Benefits of Coconut Water by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE

In recent years, coconut water has become a very trendy beverage. 

It is tasty, refreshing and also happens to be very good for you.

It is loaded with several important nutrients, including minerals that most people don't get enough of.

​Here are 8 health benefits of coconut water.

1. Good source of several nutrients

Coconuts grow on large palm trees known scientifically as Cocos nucifera. Despite the name, the coconut is a fruit rather than a nut.

Coconut water is the juice found in the center of a young, green coconut. It helps nourish the fruit.

As the coconut matures, some of the juice remains in liquid form, while the rest ripens into the solid white flesh known as coconut meat (1).

Coconut water is produced naturally in the fruit and contains 94% water and very little fat.

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