Replenish your Electrolytes with Pure Coconut Water
Coconut water is a great sport drink alternative and natural way to re-hydrate after exercise. Many sports beverages are loaded with sugar, high fructose corn syrup, artificial colors and flavorings. Pure coconut water however, is naturally low in carbohydrates, sugar and filled with electrolytes. A 10 oz drink is only about 60 calories with 650mg potassium, 25mg of magnesium, and 35 mg of sodium!
For intense workouts such as running a marathon, you may need a sports drink with more sodium but for most other exercise, coconut water is ideal. It is also easy on the digestive system. Doctors have been known to give it to babies and children because it is easy on their systems and similar to Pedialyte. This is good because it won’t upset your stomach during exercise if you drink it before or in the middle of you workout. It is also identical to human blood plasma and has been given through IVs to save lives in 3rd world countries.
I usually have a 10oz coconut water before doing Bikram Yoga, which is practiced for 90 minutes in a room heated to 105 degrees and it is easy on my stomach and keeps me hydrated throughout the class.
Pure Coconut is now gaining popularity in the U.S. and you can usually find it in most stores. If it’s not in your local grocery store, try any health food store and they should carry it.
Have a happy, healthy work out!
I have doing yoga since age 12. But I started doing Bikram's Hot Yoga about 10 years ago since it is the most therapuetic for the body. Actually the article said that it was nicknamed torture chamber yoga since it was so challenging.
ReplyDeleteIf you ignore coconut water for a minute and check all the different juices, you will find that orange juice has the highest amount of potassium of any juice. But coconut water has more potassium than orange juice.
If you do a search you will find all these places that say to consume more potassium and less sodium. A federal study was done on this recently saying this and many newspapers covered it. People consume too much sodium due to salt.
Foods are less than 1% sodium or any mineral but salt is not a food and is 40% sodium. So a teaspoon of salt has more sodium than what is in 100 pounds of unprocessed (no salt added) food.
Due to this high sodium to potassium ratio, 40% of Americans over age 40 have high blood pressure.