These are the health benefits of buko juice or coconut water.
BUKO JUICE – Is buko juice good for your health? These are the benefits drinking coconut water can bring to our body and overall health.
A refreshing drink famous in the Philippines is buko juice or coconut water. It has a fresh taste with a delicate sweetness. This natural drink is also highly recommended by many health experts and nutritionists. Not only is this juice refreshing and nutritious, but it is also inexpensive.
Basically, this juice is a mixture of young coconut water, young coconut meat, and milk.
This juice is filled with electrolytes and minerals. It can be drunk as an energy drink. It has anti-aging, anti-carcinogenic, and anti-thrombotic properties and better mineral components compared to other fruits like calcium, iron, manganese, magnesium, potassium, sodium, and zinc.
In making this, you just need juice and meat from three fresh young coconuts, condensed milk, and ice cubes.
A cup or 240 ml of this has 60 calories and the following:
- Carbs: 15 grams
- Sugar: 8 grams
- Calcium: 4% of the daily value (DV)
- Magnesium: 4% of the DV
- Phosphorus: 2% of the DV
- Potassium: 15% of the DV
Based on a post from Healthline, here are some of its benefits:
- It can help lower blood sugar.
- It can prevent kidney stones.
- It may support heart health.
- Its electrolytes such as potassium, magnesium, sodium, and calcium may help restore hydration and replenish the loss of electrolytes. It is a good drink after an intense workout – a great aid in post-workout recovery.
- It has a low amount of calories which makes it good for weight loss and has bioactive enzymes that boost metabolism.
- It has a high fiber content for good stool formation and promotes bowel regularity.
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