Coconut Water For Our Healthy

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Water was one of the elements of nature that was very important in the human life. Water was needed to guarantee the functioning of the organs in the body. Water is important for the human body because of the functioning as the media for the process of cell metabolism, the transport of vitamins, oxygen and the remnants metabolism, prevented the increase in the temperature of the body, and maintaining the form and the function of the cell. The lack of water or dehydration could disrupt cell metabolism so cause cell damage, the disturbance of the function of the organ and the death.

Nature provided the source of water that filled the condition as the rehydration liquid that was gotten in the young coconut water. The myth that young coconut water can caused very stiff when being drunk after playing sport was not yet proven scientifically. It’s proven that the content of electrolytes and glucose in the young coconut water was isotonic so it’s very good to drink as the rehydration liquid of the replacement of the liquid that was lost because of various causes. The young coconut water composition was sugar totaling 4, 4, natrium 42 mg, potassium 290 mg, calcium 44 mg, magnesium 10 mg, the iron 106 mg, and copper 26 mg.

Beside glucose and electrolytes, the young coconut water also contained vitamins and protein that important for the body. Protein was the compiler's component of the cell membrane and organelle, functioned in the formation of the network, the enzyme and the hormone, and the energy reserve. There is 12 important protein kinds that were received in the young coconut water in part alanin, arginin, acid aspartat, acid glutamat, histidin, fenilalanin, tirosin, et cetera.

The vitamins kind that was received in the coconut juice young was the group of vitamin B, that was the co-enzyme in source metabolism of good energy the carbohydrate, fat, and protein, and the formation of the cell.Gotten by 7 vitamin B kinds that were received in the young coconut juice that is acid nikotinik, acid pantotenat, biotin, riboflavin (B2), acid folat, tiamin (B1), and piridoksin (B6).The content of glucose, electrolytes, vitamins, and protein caused the coconut juice not only functioned as the replacement of water but also as the source of energy and to speed up the restoration phase.

Compared with sport drink, the coconut juice young had several surpluses.Results of the research proved the coconut juice young had the Rehidrasi Index (the indicator of the number of rehydration liquids that was given that was utilised the body) better compared with normal water and the drink of artificial electrolytes.The Rehidrasi index was higher meant the young coconut juice more effective and faster improved dehydration.The other surplus was to have the feeling was more delicious and was easy to be tolerated by the side so as the young coconut juice could be drunk in the number enough.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Union's body of nations that were in charge of food recommended the young coconut juice as the natural rehydration liquid and the energetic drink was suitable for anyone especially the athlete and they who had the quite high activity.FAO recommended that the young coconut juice was patented and marketed in the package without reduced it seems that was delicious, the content of electrolytes, glucose, protein and vitamins.

Air Kelapa Untuk Kesehatan Kita

Versi Indonesia

Air adalah salah satu unsur alam yang sangat penting dalam kehidupan manusia. Air dibutuhkan untuk menjamin berfungsinya organ-organ di dalam tubuh. Air penting bagi tubuh manusia karena berfungsi sebagai media bagi proses metabolisme sel, transportasi zat-zat makanan, oksigen dan sisa-sisa metabolisme, mencegah peningkatan suhu tubuh, dan mempertahankan bentuk dan fungsi sel. Kekurangan air atau dehidrasi dapat mengganggu metabolisme sel sehingga menyebabkan kerusakan sel, gangguan fungsi organ serta kematian.

Alam telah menyediakan sumber air yang memenuhi syarat sebagai cairan rehidrasi yang terdapat dalam air kelapa muda. Mitos air kelapa muda menyebabkan pegal-pegal bila diminum setelah berolahraga belum terbukti secara ilmiah. Terbukti bahwa kandungan elektrolit dan glukosa dalam air kelapa muda bersifat isotonik sehingga sangat baik diminum sebagai cairan rehidrasi pengganti cairan yang hilang karena berbagai penyebab. Komposisi air kelapa muda adalah gula sebanyak 4,4%, natrium 42 mg%, kalium 290 mg%, kalsium 44 mg%, magnesium 10 mg%, besi 106 mg%, dan tembaga 26 mg%.

Selain glukosa dan elektrolit, air kelapa muda juga mengandung vitamin dan protein yang bermanfaat bagi tubuh. Protein merupakan komponen penyusun membran sel dan organel, berfungsi dalam pembentukan jaringan, enzim dan hormon, dan cadangan energi. Terdapat 12 jenis protein penting yang terdapat di dalam air kelapa muda antara lain alanin, arginin, asam aspartat, asam glutamat, histidin, fenilalanin, tirosin, dan lain-lain.

Jenis vitamin yang terdapat dalam air kelapa muda adalah golongan vitamin B, yang merupakan koenzim dalam metabolisme sumber energi baik karbohidrat, lemak, maupun protein, dan pembentukan sel. Terdapat 7 jenis vitamin B yang terdapat dalam air kelapa muda yaitu asam nikotinik, asam pantotenat, biotin, riboflavin (B2), asam folat, tiamin (B1), dan piridoksin (B6). Kandungan glukosa, elektrolit, vitamin, dan protein menyebabkan air kelapa bukan saja berfungsi sebagai pengganti air tetapi juga sebagai sumber energi dan untuk mempercepat fase pemulihan.

Dibandingkan dengan sport drink, air kelapa muda memiliki beberapa kelebihan. Hasil penelitian membuktikan air kelapa muda memiliki Indeks Rehidrasi (indikator banyaknya cairan rehidrasi yang diberikan yang dipergunakan tubuh) lebih baik dibandingkan dengan air biasa dan minuman elektrolit buatan. Indeks Rehidrasi lebih tinggi berarti air kelapa muda lebih efektif dan lebih cepat memperbaiki dehidrasi. Kelebihan lain adalah memiliki rasa lebih lezat dan mudah ditoleransi lambung sehingga air kelapa muda dapat diminum dalam jumlah cukup banyak.
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), badan Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa yang mengurusi pangan merekomendasikan air kelapa muda sebagai cairan rehidrasi alami dan minuman berenergi cocok bagi siapa saja terutama atlet dan mereka yang memiliki aktivitas cukup tinggi. FAO menganjurkan agar air kelapa muda dipatenkan dan dipasarkan dalam kemasan tanpa mengurangi rasanya yang lezat, kandungan elektrolit, glukosa, protein dan vitamin.