Dueep J. Singh - The Magic of Coconuts For Cooking and Health

Dueep Jyot Singh and John Davidson

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Introduction

The moment you hear the word nut youvisualize a small, well, nut with a hard shell, which needs to beremoved. So how did the coconut get to be called a nut, when it isdefinitely not a nut, but a drupe?

Whether drupe or nut, the name Coco was givento this native of South America, by Spanish explorers, because theythought that it resembled the face of a monkey [Coco.] In fact, theeyes as well as the hairy appearance of the enough, made them thinkof a monkey, but in ancient eastern mythology, it was considered tobe the face of Lord Shiva the destroyer in Hindu mythology who hadthree eyes

For generations, the coconut has beenconsidered to be the tree of life, because it has provided peopledown the ages, with everything they wished. Oil, juice, food to eatin the shape of coconut meat, coconut milk and everythingnourishing, which you can get from the coconut is readily availableat hand. All you have to do is climb the tree like a Coco andgather coconuts.

Did you know that more than one third of theworld subsists on coconuts for survival? Many Countries have basedtheir economies on coconut products. And that is why, in many partsof the East, cutting down the coconut tree is taboo, because of itsspiritual, emotional, and traditional associated bond with humanbeings.

Coconuts are extremely rich in minerals,vitamins and in fiber. Doctors in coastal areas know that they donot have to worry about any harm coming to victims of typhoons andepidemics, as long as they are coconuts around.

Asian, Eastern and Pacific cultures have longuse the products of coconut, for healing and curing, especially inalternative medicines. Coconut oil is considered to be the bestmoisturizer as well as healing base for medical preparations sinceancient times. So everything from massaging to conditioning yourhair and making beauty cosmetics from coconut have been a part ofEastern, Pacific and Asian culture for millenniums.

The West has finally woken up to the medicaland healing potential of the coconut and its products. Thanks toextensive research being done in the UK and in the USA, people havegot to know all about the healing power of the coconut. However, itwas only when Jennifer Aniston was seen in the supermarket withlots of coconuts, that it began to become really popular in Americaas a healthy food item. Until then, it was just used as a hairconditioner or a skin moisturizer and in other natural beautypreparations.

Nobody can suffer from malnutrition ordehydration, if you have a coconut tree around.

It is surprising how recently modern researchhas found out that coconuts are both antiviral and antibacterial.In ancient Eastern medicine, people knew how to cure throatinfections, mouth infections, bladder and urinary infections,kidney related diseases, influenza, pneumonia and other diseasescaused by bacteria, viruses and fungi for millenniums. In fact, ifyou had a tree of life in your garden, you would live almost aslong as did the tree.

That is because you were eating itself thefruit, which would keep you healthy and with a strong autoimmunesystem throughout your life.

Children, who were fed coconuts sincechildhood, developed healthy muscles, teeth and strong bones. Thatis because of the high quantity of magnesium and calcium present incoconuts. Also, anybody suffering from osteoporosis would have beenfed with lots of Coconuts and its milk, so that he could get hisbone density back to normal.

People do not know one secret about thelongevity of people living in coastal areas who eat lots ofCoconuts throughout their lives. This good health, slow anti-agingprocess, continuous energy and excellent system is all due tococonuts. In fact, it may look like I am praising this plant to thehigh heavens, but ancient Eastern mythology says that coconuts weregiven to the humans by gods and goddesses in order to live long andhappy lives on earth.

This is the reason why coconuts are alwaysused in religious ceremonies, especially in Hindu ceremonies, wherethe gods are summoned to an auspicious occasion with the breakingof a coconut. Traditionally, the gods are supposed to lookfavorably on to the proceedings, if the priest breaks the coconutbefore the idol on the very first blow against the ground.

The coconut meat is then distributed amongthe worshipers, as holy prashad. In the same manner coconutsare used in religious, traditional and cultural ceremonies all overAsia.

People suffering from chronic fatigue havebeen cured with a diet of Coconuts and coconut milk. However, eventhough coconut water and coconut milk is considered to be verynourishing and healthy, you will be advised by your doctor not todrink them in such large quantities if you are suffering fromcholesterol. But he is just talking about information that he hasgot from his peers. That is not so.

Coconut oil, and all the products of thecoconut have fat which is quite different from other natural fats.That is why coconut all does not have any side effects when it isused in cooking. It also can be considered to be one of thehealthiest cooking oils and mediums available to you fromnature.

The Philippines is the worlds largestproducer of Coconuts, because a major part of its economy is basedon this plant.

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