Coconut

My family and I, have been on vacation in Thailand for two weeks. We just LOVED IT - it was beautiful nature, warm, amazing and incredibly nice people and among all so much different & good tasting fruits. But there was especially one fruit which was our favorite - coconut. We had at least three a day. When they bring it to you you always get it together wit a straw and spoon. After that you haven drinking up the juice you can scoop out some coconut meat which just tastes amazing.
Here, back home we always drink (bought) coconut water (me and my husband) after Bikramyoga class - it gives us some kind of amazing energy after hard and sweaty class!

I also use coconut in my daily diet (recipes) like coconut water, coconut meat or shredded coconut.

I wanted to have some more information regarding coconut and I found out that this full of nutrition's and miners. I also found some interesting facts on the web page  www.coconutresearchcenter.org. Below you can read some of it!

The scientific name for coconut is Cocos nucifera. Early Spanish explorers called it coco, which means "monkey face" because the three indentations (eyes) on the hairy nut resembles the head and face of a monkey. Nucifera means "nut-bearing."

The coconut provides a nutritious source of meat, juice, milk, and oil that has fed and nourished populations around the world for generations. On many islands coconut is a staple in the diet and provides the majority of the food eaten. Nearly one third of the world's population depends on coconut to some degree for their food and their economy. Among these cultures the coconut has a long and respected history.

Coconut is highly nutritious and rich in fiber, vitamins, and minerals. It is classified as a "functional food" because it provides many health benefits beyond its nutritional content. Coconut oil is of special interest because it possesses healing properties far beyond that of any other dietary oil and is extensively used in traditional medicine among Asian and Pacific populations. Pacific Islanders consider coconut oil to be the cure for all illness. The coconut palm is so highly valued by them as both a source of food and medicine that it is called "The Tree of Life." Only recently has modern medical science unlocked the secrets to coconut's amazing healing powers.
People from many diverse cultures, languages, religions, and races scattered around the globe have revered the coconut as a valuable source of both food and medicine. Wherever the coconut palm grows the people have learned of its importance as a effective medicine. For thousands of years coconut products have held a respected and valuable place in local folk medicine.

In traditional medicine around the world coconut is used to treat a wide variety of health problems including the following: abscesses, asthma, baldness, bronchitis, bruises, burns, colds, constipation, cough, dropsy, dysentery, earache, fever, flu, gingivitis, gonorrhea, irregular or painful menstruation, jaundice, kidney stones, lice, malnutrition, nausea, rash, scabies, scurvy, skin infections, sore throat, swelling, syphilis, toothache, tuberculosis, tumors, typhoid, ulcers, upset stomach, weakness, and wounds.

I also would like to wish you all A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 with a lots of good, organic GMO free foods full of nutrition's! Also to be happy, be loved and give love to everybody and everyone on this planet! 

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(Thank you in Thai)