{"id":23371,"date":"2013-08-08T17:15:20","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T21:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=23371"},"modified":"2013-08-08T17:15:20","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T21:15:20","slug":"6-reasons-you-need-to-drink-coconut-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=23371","title":{"rendered":"6 Reasons You Need To Drink Coconut Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Coconut water is all the rage right now and for good reason! Coconut water is said to be the most valuable super food on earth and nature\u2019s most refreshing drink. Consumed worldwide, coconut water is packed with a variety of health benefits. It is the purest liquid second only to water itself. If that\u2019s not enough to sell you on this delicious, healthy and beneficial drink, here are a few more reasons.<\/p>\n<p>6 health benefits of Coconut Water<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1. Prevents dehydration.\u00a0 Refuels and rehydrates \u2013 coconut water maintains the body\u2019s fluid levels and its potassium content helps maintain water pressure within cells and blood.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2. Fuel for brain and muscles.\u00a0 Due to its electrolyte content, coconut water improves nervous system functioning and nerve transmission. \u00a0\u00a0It also helps to prevents cramps and spasms in the muscles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3. Heart and kidney healthy.\u00a0 Reduces the risk of hypertension and strokes and helps prevent or resolve kidney stones.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4. Anti-aging.\u00a0 Contains compounds (cytokinins) that protect cells from aging and cancer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5. Digestive Aid.\u00a0 Improves digestion and metabolism via bioactive enzymes. Aids absorption of food and efficacy of drugs due to its electrolytic effect. Soothes intestinal pain\/spasm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6. Supports immune function.\u00a0 Its Lauric acid content is anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and anti-viral. It boosts the immune system in fighting infection whilst helping to eradicate intestinal worms and candida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Coconut water is all the rage right now and for good reason! Coconut water is said to be the most valuable super food on earth and nature\u2019s most refreshing drink. Consumed worldwide, coconut water is packed with a variety of health benefits. It is the purest liquid second only to water itself. If that\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88889,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/88889"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}