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The Truth About Coconut Water

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Low in calories, naturally fat- and cholesterol free, more potassium than four bananas, and super hydrating – these are just a few of the many benefits ascribed to America’s latest health craze: coconut water.

Dubbed “Mother Nature’s sports drink” by marketers, the demand is skyrocketing, propelled by celebrity and athlete endorsements and promises to hydrate the body and help with a whole host of conditions, from hangovers to cancer and kidney stones.

But is coconut water capable of delivering on all the promises or is it hype?

What Is Coconut Water?

Naturally refreshing, coconut water has a sweet, nutty taste. It contains easily digested carbohydrate in the form of sugar and electrolytes. Not to be confused with high-fat coconut milk or oil, coconut water is a clear liquid in the fruit’s center that is tapped from young, green coconuts.

It has fewer calories, less sodium, and more potassium than a sports drink. Ounce per ounce, most unflavored coconut water contains 5.45 calories, 1.3 grams sugar, 61 milligrams (mg) of potassium, and 5.45 mg of sodium compared to Gatorade, which has 6.25 calories, 1.75 grams of sugar, 3.75 mg of potassium, and 13.75 mg of sodium.

 
Better Than Some Sugary Drinks

Coconut water has less sugar than many sports drinks and much less sugar than sodas and some fruit juices. Plain coconut water could be a better choice for adults and kids looking for a beverage that is less sweet. But don’t overdo it, says Lillian Cheung, DSc, RD, of Harvard School of Public Health. “One 11-ounce container has 60 calories and if you drink several in one day, the calories can add up quickly,” Cheung says.

Cheung, co-author of Savor Mindful Eating, Mindful Life, suggests being mindful about beverage choices and reading labels to choose plain coconut water and avoid those with added sugar or juices, which are no different from other sugary beverages.

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Washington State …


A picture of King County … and

The Lung Association has rated King County an F

Here’s How Dirty Puget Sound’s Air Really Is

Due to … climate change, wildfires, burning wood, diesel creating smog or pollution, and though Cali is still probably worse, the Puget Sound is in transition and changes need to be made asap … more asthma, upper respiratory diseases, coughing, and early death … read the article …

The picture and information above were first posted in 2019. It is now 2025, and I have no idea if things have improved, but my response would be no, because of the asthma and allergies that I personally experienced. The fires from Oregon and California have increasingly found their way into the air here, and on many occasions, left not only dark skies but ash and high pollution warnings.

Source:  patch.com

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ALS ~Allow people access to the drug “CuATSM” under FDA Compassionate Use -SIGN The Petition!


MICHAEL H started this petition to Collaborative Medicinal

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IMMEDIATE MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH ALERT:

“ALS” (aka Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis, aka “Lou Gherig’s Disease”) is a terminal, progressive, and utterly devastating disease that eventually causes death in 100% of diagnosed cases, occurring on average between 3 to 5 years after diagnosis. About 6 in every 100,000 people contract the disease across the world.

ALS causes the motor neurons in the human body to fail completely, thus leaving sufferers 100% paralyzed, unable to care for themselves, and immobile until death. For the first time in history, a compound exists that has shown “remarkable” progress in halting progression of this evil, insidious disease.

In 2014, a currently available drug that has already been proven to be safe in humans, and which is already FDA approved and used as a “contrast dye” in PET scans called “CuATSM” was theorized for use as a treatment in ALS by amateur biologist Dr. Joseph Beckman from the Linus Pauling Institue (LPI).

The reason that CuATSM works so well to treat ALS is because it has the unique ability to pass the “blood brain barrier” in several minutes, which heretofore had been the major obstacle in treating ALS and other neurological disorders. “CuATSM” delivers a missing copper molecule directly to misfolded proteins right where the help is needed- in the spinal canal and the brain.

More recently, and after further investigations over the last 3 years, a company in Australia just completed a traditional, devastatingly slow “double blind placebo” Phase one “safety study” on CuATSM as a treatment for ALS in humans, and to determine appropriate dosing levels. Needless to say, these results were labeled as a “remarkable breakthrough” by everybody involved with the compound.

In fact, the compound CuATSM worked so well in this first study that it was able to demonstrate a remarkable 70% reduction in the speed of progression of ALS symptoms. Needless to say, this potential result is BEYOND incredible, and represents the first time in history that any drug or treatment for ALS has shown such promise.

Therefore:

We the people afflicted with ALS hereby request immediate access to the currently available drug “CuATSM”, within the guidelines of current FDA “compassionate use” laws. We the people who are suffering from ALS will not stand idly by and die quietly for two more years while irreplaceable time is wasted by more unethical, cruel, “placebo”based trials that employ human beings like test animals – when a drug exists right now that could literally change the world!

There is simply no time to waste. We must force people with access to the drug to do the right thing. People currently afflicted with ALS are already “terminal” in nature, have nothing to lose, are in VAST agreement in this effort, and the fact that a currently FDA approved drug that IS ALREADY AVAILABLE IN THE USA means that people in dire need of help could slow down the progression of their disease- TODAY.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN THIS CRUCIAL FIGHT. For the very first time in history, a drug exists that has shown a REMARKABLE ability to slow ALS. It also holds great promise for Parkinson’s, Alzheimers, and other “incurable” neurological conditions.

WE DEMAND THE RIGHT TO TRY THIS DRUG IMMEDIATELY, WITHOUT DELAY.

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