Healing Power of Coconut Water

It’s a powerhouse of nutrition containing a complex blend of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, carbohydrates, antioxidants, enzymes, health enhancing growth hormones, and other phytonutrients.

Because its electrolyte (ionic mineral) content is similar to human plasma, it has gained international acclaim as a natural sports drink for oral rehydration. As such, it has proven superior to commercial sports drinks. Unlike other beverages, it is completely compatible with the human body, in so much that it can be infused directly into the bloodstream. In fact, doctors have used coconut water successfully as an intravenous fluid for over 60 years.

Coconut water’s unique nutritional profile gives it the power to balance body chemistry, ward off disease, fight cancer, and retard aging. History and folklore credit coconut water with remarkable healing powers, which medical science is now confirming. Published medical research and clinical observation have shown that coconut water:

• Makes an excellent oral rehydration sports beverage
•  Aids in exercise performance
•  Reduces swelling in hands and feet
•  Aids in kidney function and dissolves kidney stones
•  Protects against cancer
•  Helps balance blood sugar in diabetics
•  Provides a source of ionic trace minerals
•  Improves digestion
•  Contains nutrients that feed friendly gut bacteria
•  Helps relieve constipation
•  Reduces risk of heart disease
•  Improves blood circulation
•  Lowers high blood pressure
•  Improves blood cholesterol levels
•  Helps prevent atherosclerosis
•  Prevents abnormal blood clotting
•  Possesses anti-aging properties
•  Restores strength and elasticity to skin
•  Reduces discolored aging spots on skin
•  Reduces wrinkles and sagging skin
•  Enhances healing of wounds and lesions
•  Supports good vision and prevents glaucoma
•  Contains potent antioxidants
•  Enhances immune function
  
  
  By Bruce Fife, N.D.

No Excepyional Leader in Africa: Mo Ibrahim African leaders prize unclaimed again

 

Mo Ibrahim says only exceptional leaders will get the prize

The world's most valuable individual prize - the Mo Ibrahim prize for good governance in Africa - has gone unclaimed yet again.

The $5m (£3.2m) prize is supposed to be awarded each year to an elected leader who governed well, raised living standards and then left office.
This is the fourth time in five years there has been no winner.
A committee member said the group looked "for excellence in governance but in leadership also".
Kenya's Mwai Kibaki met at least one of the criteria, after he stepped down as president earlier this year.
However, his 2007 re-election was tarnished by disputes which turned violent, leading to the deaths of some 1,200 people.
His opponent, Raila Odinga, said the poll had been rigged in favour of Mr Kibaki, who denied any wrongdoing.
Three people have won in the seven years since the prize was launched: Cape Verde's Pedro Verona Pires; Festus Mogae from Botswana and Mozambique's Joaquim Chissano.
Sudan-born telecoms entrepreneur Mr Ibrahim launched the prize in an attempt to encourage African leaders to leave power peacefully.
The $5m prize is spread over 10 years and is followed by $200,000 a year for life.

Culled from BBC News