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• June 18, 2013 12:24 p.m.

  Coconut water is amazing. It's benefits outweigh it's negative ones. Which is by far very small in comparison to the alternative beverages out there. Naturally found water from plants are the most pure, in my opinion. The best tasting I've had yet other than coconut water, would be water from bamboo. I love coconut water. I can feel it in my face it is so hydrating. I do not drink sodas, and I love water. This year it has been flavoring my own water. I make a green sun tea in my water bottle. I use a glass bottle because it is re-usable. Plastic makes water taste like it's chemical. *oh wait. Plastic is* I also sometimes just use fresh peppermint leaves. Now I've got coconut water again. Take nothing for granted. It's nutritious...

  - Indira

• June 13, 2013 11:18 p.m.

  I love coconut water! I barely drink regular water because i dont have a filter and i hate the weird taste. (I drink bottled water, when i go out.)That makes me a target to dehydrate easy. Then i started drinking coconut water, its like i had new energy,BIG DIFFERENCE.

  - Stephanie

• June 13, 2013 1:25 p.m.

  Wow, didn't feel like that article gave coconut article enough credit. :) Personally, I love coconut water! Although, I drink plain water throughout the day, coconut water is my go to after a workout or when I need some extra hydration (eg super hot day). Yes, it has electrolytes, like sodium, but that can be a good thing. It is much healthier choice to sports drinks like Gatorade. Coconut water and Gatorade have sugars/carbs, but coconut water are natural sugars, rather than refined. Big difference. So, I suppose it depends how/when you drink it. If you drink any sugary drink all day, yes that's extra calories. But, when choosing a drink for hydration/electrolytes, coconut water is a great, healthy choice!

  - telsa

• May 31, 2013 1:25 p.m.

  A couple of days ago, at the health food store where I shop, a young man selecting coconuts to buy told me that the water from the coconut was very nutritious, that it was loaded with electrolytes, and that just the juice from two to three coconuts would give a great deal of energy and sustain him for a whole day. That night, I drank the juice from two coconuts and felt nothing special. I even felt slightly worse. On the following, yesterday, I did not feel any better or worse. Very early this morning, I drank the juice from a “young coconut” from the health food store. I did not like the taste of the water and actually felt worse after drinking it. Also, what I find unusually, I, some thirteen or more hours later, can still detect the smell of the water, which apparently must be emanating from the pores of my skin and/or my gut. I won’t be drinking anymore coconut water because it seems not to agree with me.

  - Carlos

• May 25, 2013 1:37 a.m.

  I like coconut water when I have an upset gut ... Very soothing after diarrhrea or vomiting.

  - Sam

• May 12, 2013 8:19 p.m.

  I love coconut water!!! It was my saving grace when I was in Goa, India getting another certification for yoga. My "coconut water" guy chucked them for me from the tree in his front yard and would freeze it for me in my large water bottle. It was average 93 degrees each day and I drank regular water too which we had to pay for to get large amounts that were CLEAN. I still drink it daily here in the states and practice a heated style of yoga and it's been one of the best things to keep me hydrated. I'm not worried about any weight gain. I stay active enough, and I don't drink alcohol, coffee, or soda, rarely a juice unless I juice it myself.

  - Asavari

• May 3, 2013 11:03 a.m.

  I received a Kidney Transplant last year and one thing I was told to make sure I drink plenty of fluids. I try to drink water, but cannot seem to keep up with the amount I should drink. Then I found Coconut water and loved the taste. I feel hydrated and I eat everything low sodium and adding this to my diet has helped me a lot. I found a brand ZICO at Costco and I travel with it where ever I go. I have absolutely no desire to drink Soda or Juices. I love my Coconut water!!

  - Ann

• March 22, 2013 9:00 p.m.

  The idea that a 65cal drink would cause 5 pounds of weight. The human body can easily handle the calories without gaining weight. And if you are drinking more coconut water you are probably drinking less soda or fruit juice.

  - dee

• February 23, 2013 8:19 p.m.

  coconut milk, which is an emulsion of coconut water and fresh grated coconut. uh no..... who doesn't know that coconut milk is what you get from mature coconuts... the water is from the young green ones

  - phil

• January 31, 2013 6:54 a.m.

  I live in the tropics and drink about 48oz of fresh from the coconut, it's water. It is not store bought. We have a grove of coconut palms. I start every morning with a large glass and feel rehydrated, rejuvenized and not to mention love the taste. But I do worry if the calorie intake is too much. I have been known to drink the entire pitcher in a day, especially if we have been out on the water. The only effects I have found have been positive. It helps with regularity, I suffer with indigestion and it helps with that too. When we are traveling and I do not have my daily dose, I feel the difference. That is my 2cents worth of the wonderful coconut water.

  - Kim

• January 8, 2013 10:09 a.m.

  I drink several liters of water a day anyway, but coconut water is just soooo... tasty! I like that it's not from concentrate, unlike so many other juices. Can't say I drink it daily, but treat myself to it often.

  - CallMeQuirky

• October 16, 2012 10:36 a.m.

  Is coconut water goood or healthy for type 2 diabetes people?

  - HJ

• October 3, 2012 7:58 p.m.

  I have been drinking coconut water for about 2 years and i drink it when i want to and when i remind myself. I play competitive sports like ice hockey and soccer and i find that its similar to taking a vitamin but in a drink form. Coconut water is SUPER hydrating and refreshening after you get past the shocking taste that comes with the naturalness of it. I am 100% pro coconut water but dont let it replace water because it does have things like carbs.

  - Tanner

• September 11, 2012 3:10 p.m.

  I LOVE coconut water. It has to be flavored (chocolate and mango are the best) so that adds more sugar than is necessary so I try not to drink it too often. I think that it helps to hydrate you more than other beverages. I agree with Tim below that if you drank a little too much the night before, coconut water is a dream in the morning :)

  - Gina

• August 4, 2012 9:17 a.m.

  I used to suffered from severe legs cramps at night. Sometimes when exercising I would get a terrible leg cramp. After I was recomended to drink coconut water my cramps are gone. I drink only a quater of a cup after exercising.

  - GR

• July 26, 2012 6:19 p.m.

  Question: Most of what I've seen published about the value of coconut water relates to fresh water obtained first-hand from a fresh coconut - no intermediaries. Since exposure to oxygen rapidly depletes coconut water of its valuable components, is the bottled stuff any good at all, or is it just another attempt of the food industry to capitalize on the latest health fad? The bottled stuff is inordinately expensive, and to bottle it, you have to expose it to oxygen (and to light, which also has a tendency to destroy certain vitamins, etc; and presumably to heat as well). Is there anything of value left when all that is done? BTW, this question comes from a resident of Chicago, where it's pretty hard to come by fresh coconuts with any regularity. ^_^

  - Lethe

• April 27, 2012 1:03 a.m.

  I love coconut water as it always hydrates me when I am parched. It works wonders if you have a hangover fyi!

  - Tim

• April 10, 2012 8:42 p.m.

  It is a very refreshing break during hot yoga, as others have mentioned. I dilute it with 1 part tap water to 1 part coconut water, mixed in a thermos, to cut the sweetness and reduce the calorie load.

  - Jane

• March 23, 2012 1:29 p.m.

  I think coconut is one of the best... its water is as beneficient as ....... :)

  - frank

• March 21, 2012 1:11 p.m.

  I'm surprised no one has mentioned that the calories and carbs in coconut is not stored in the body as fat but goes straight to energy, this according to researchers on the "Dr. Oz" show.

  - HoustonGal

• March 21, 2012 7:49 a.m.

  Drink from the naturally packed green coconut and feel the difference. Packaging damages most nutritions in most foods. Drinking the packaged coconut water does not give the actual effect. No need to balance the minerals, no fear of high salt level, no restriction for any disease, sufficient energy content to refresh you, no need to sterilize before use. Don't waste on packaging as the green coconut comes without any expiry date. Promote it to reduce your carbon footprint.

  - nibedita

• March 17, 2012 8:40 a.m.

  I live in India. The coconut is pretty commonly used in variety of foods here and the "coconut water" is called as "tender coconut water" over here. It is very popular especially during the summer season here and you can drink it almost at any roadside place where they're selling it freshly from the coconut itself. The water is highly sterile and during the WW2 wars long back, British troops who were injured and were short on saline / glucose, were directly injected with coconut water :) Regards, Murthy.

  - Murthy

• March 16, 2012 8:38 a.m.

  I am surprised thara you didn't talk about the diuretic properties of coconut water. This is one of the main reasons doctor's recommend it here in DR; mainly fresh Regards rita

  - rita

• March 15, 2012 7:08 p.m.

  I like coconut water, but I haven't yet tried the packaged variety. I'm diabetic, and I take a tablespoon of coconut oil a day for my blood sugar. It has come down 10-15% so far. Very happy.

  - Carol

• March 15, 2012 11:40 a.m.

  As a raw nutritionist, research has shown that coconut water is most like our blood plasma. In one year of consumption of coconut water, my platelets have increased from 140,000 to 218,000. This is pretty remarkable to me. I believe that it would be important for cancer patients who have low platelet counts to have this infomation. It might help them!

  - Angela H.