Friday, September 10, 2010

Coconut Water for your Skin


Coconut water health benefits offers the body so much goodness, coconut water is a very pure liquid second to water, so it is no wonder it will benefit you in your quest for anti aging.


This is definitely one of mother natures best drinks, it is a powerhouse of anti aging properties to help keep you looking younger, and many celebrities are drinking it by the dozen, one in particular I have read about is Madonna.
The coconuts are picked unripe, so there is still liquid in them otherwise if they are allowed to ripen, the liquid inside will become part of the white flesh of the coconut.
The white part is used to make coconut milk; this is not the same as coconut water!
Coconut water’s electrolyte (aid in a number of vital bodily processes) content is very similar to human plasma, and therefore making it a fantastic sports drink, giving you oral re hydration. This is a far better sports drink then the commercial one’s available.

Over the years, coconut water has also been used by doctors as an intravenous fluid, because it is completely compatible with the human body.
Coconut water can do so much for you it is absolutely amazing!
It is rich in minerals such as; sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, copper phosphorus, potassium, proteins, vitamins C and B, glucose (a type of sugar found in the blood), contains no fat, and despite its sweet taste it has no sugar.
Those who drink coconut water on a regular basis usually have a smooth and lovely complexion, and considering how good this stuff is for you, it is no wonder!
Coconut Water Health Benefits
helps promote weight loss
boost your immune system
fight viruses
boost poor circulation
aids digestion by removing toxins
boost thyroid health
keep body at proper temperature
carry nutrients and oxygen to cells
help break up kidney stones
great for liver problems such as hepatitis
reduce urinary problems
helps eliminate swelling in hands and feet
good for burns
good for hangovers

Drinking coconut water on a regular basis will help to reduce wrinkles and sagging skin, giving strength and elasticity to the skin. Something we all want as we get older…..
History and folklore (circulated by word of mouth, beliefs, and legends) say coconut water has incredible healing powers, which is now being confirmed by medical research and clinical observation.
Coconut water is a common ingredient in beauty products used for hair and skin.
So far, only coconut water known as the release thirst. In fact, some think, merely waste coconut water from coconuts. Whereas, in the solution, this coconut juice has the nutritional value of properties and extraordinary.

Not only the macro elements of nitrogen and carbon, but also the micro elements that are needed by the body in coconut milk. Nitrogen element inside a protein molecule made up of amino acids, like alanine, cystine, arginine, alin, and serin.Dibandingkan amino acids contained in cow’s milk, amino acids contained in coconut water was higher. While the carbon element can be found in the form of simple carbohydrates such as glucose, sucrose, fructose, sorbitol, inositol, and others. Similarly, micro elements in the form of coconut water mineral ions needed as penganti body. Worthy indeed, if the young coconut drink our body feel fresh again.
When examined further, coconut water was also concentrated sources of vitamins. Among the dominant vitamin C, nicotinic acid, folic acid, pantothenic acid, biotin, and riboflavin. No wonder if the coconut water is also used as an ingredient of traditional medicine as well as beauty.

Remedy Treatment
1. Neutralizing poison
It is not unusual in mind, nutritious young coconut water as a cure various kinds of diseases. Especially to neutralize toxins in the body.

2. Wormy
Give young coconut water solution is given a little lemon juice to the children who worms.

3. Burn.
Mix a teaspoon of turmeric powder with water whiting. Add coconut milk, then apply to the injured body part affected by fuel or oil and hot water. The heat from burning too will soon disappear and leave no marks blister.

4. Dysentery.
Symptoms of dysentery patients in addition to sore feet, high fever, runny stool and blood mixed, and often waste water is turbid urine color (dark). In order urine was clear and dysentery can quickly recover, try to drink green coconut water regularly morning and evening. If the urine color returns to normal, stop drinking young coconut water.

5. Due itching eczema.
Soak a handful of rice in young coconut water is still there in the shell during the 6 to 7 hours. If it was sour, lift. Then grind the rice was soaking tamarind pulp hinggamenjadi fine. Spread rice porridge was on the body that feels itchy, rashes, wounds, eczema, or soles of the feet are cracked. Do it every day on a regular basis for 3 – 4 days. The skin will be healthy too, and free from itching.

6. Dengue Fever.
Have some admixture of green coconut water with lime juice on a regular basis three times a day. Add a little salt and honey if any.
Beauty Potions

1. Eliminate Acne.Pour a glass of coconut water in a container of grated turmeric 3 segments. Leave overnight in the refrigerator. After that, Put three teaspoons of sandalwood powder into it. Save it for three days, then strain the mixture with gauze. Apply the solution to extract a pimpled face twice a day until the acne disappears.

2. Prevent Wrinkles Early face.
Your face is wrinkled? Wash face with coconut water, as often as you like. You will inevitably face taut.

3. Prevent graying.
You are young but a lot overgrown with gray hair? Cobalarutkan one teaspoon of salt in a fresh green coconut water. Use after shampooing. After that, leave for a few minutes in the head with a massage. Rinse with clean water.

4. Improve Sexual Passion.
Less passionate? Mix the coconut water with a little natural honey, then drink. This potent herb stimulates sexual centers of the body.

5. Merdu voice.
In order for your voice is more melodic, try drinking a glass of young coconut water which has condensed during the night. Apply for a week.

Remedy for the Treatment



Remedy for the Treatment
Young coconut water, besides good drink in a fresh condition, is also efficacious as a medicine different types of diseases.

Itching and eczema

take a handful of rice. Immerse in a young coconut water is still in the shell for 5-7 hours until the rice was sour. After that grind to a fine pulp (flour). Then apply the material in the affected body part itches, eczema, cuts, or broken foot. Do it every day for 3-4 days.

Burns
Take a pinch of turmeric powder and water whiting. Mix with coconut milk. Apply on the affected part burns, such as the palms or soles of the feet. The heat would be quickly lost.Dengue feverEasy to drink green coconut water mixed with lime juice on a regular basis.

Intestinal worms in children
Give young coconut water is given a little lemon juice to the children who have disorders worms.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

coconut holds a special place in Hindu mythology


In Sanskrit, the name for the coconut palm "Kalpa vriksha", which means "the tree which provides all the necessities of life" or "wish-fulfilling tree". The coconut tree is given a special place in most Hindu households and great care is taken to nature the tree. In the southern part of India, it is a must for every household to plant coconut trees. There is a popular saying, "Water the plant for five years, reap coconuts for life" . The coconut is used for all religious purposes. Infact, it represents the main "sthapana" of any pooja. The whole pot filled with water, mango leaves and coconut, also known as "Purnakumbha" is a symbol of Goddess Laksmi or Fortune and the coconut represents divine consciousness. To break a coconut in the beginning of any event is considered to be very auspicious. Coconuts are offered in Temples to worship to various Gods and Goddesses. The fruit is also believed to represent Lord Shiva and the three black marks on the coconut shell, symbolizes his eyes.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Spencers and Coco Loco join hands



Spencer's Hyper has joined hands with Coco Loco. Initially the machine will be installed at their Gurgaon Hyper store. Now Spencer's patrons can also enjoy Coco Loco Coconut water.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Galleria gets Coco Loco



Coconut Locomotive has now found a new place after its grand success at MGF Metropolitan mall. It'll now serve the snazziest market of gurgaon.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Coco Corporate

To promote Coconut water amongst corporates the talks are on with Dlf Corporate. Soon the Cart would be there at Cyber greens and Infinity towers food courts.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Umbrella gets bigger and better


As the mercury has risen in the last week, we have installed a suspended umbrella of nearby 10 feet lenght. It gives good shade and can be rotated 360 degress, can be tilited and folded when not in use.

Coco Fleet


Now after doing a successful trial, Coco Loco has planned to launch their fleet of carts
which would be promoting and selling coconut water in different places in and around the
capital.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Celebrities Drinking Coconut Water

Albert Michael, James Breeden and Kevin Perkins.


Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Madonna is Crazy for Coconut Water



Madonna is coming soon to your neighborhood bodega: The Material Girl has become a major investor in a company that sells coconut water in supermarkets.Madonna's manager, Guy Oseary, told The New York Post that the singer invested about $1.5 million in Vita Coco, a New York-based company that sells the beverage in New York and Los Angeles and wants to take its product national. Oseary also told The Post he's convinced other celebrities, including actor Matthew McConaughey and singer Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to make smaller investments in the company. Apparently, Madonna liked the juice of green coconuts so much, she's throwing marketing ideas to the Vita Coco management, and is talking about making a follow-up investment, according to The Post. Coconut water has been gaining trendiness over the last couple of years, moving out of inner-city bodegas, where its main audience had been immigrants from the Caribbean and Latin America, and into the realm of hipster chic. With Madonna's seal of approval, it could go mainstream. The market could be ripe for growth -- no pun intended. Several companies are already promoting coconut water as both a healthy substitute for sports drinks and a trendy mixer for cocktails. Vita Coco has reportedly turned down overtures from both Pepsico (PEP), which already owns two brands of coconut water in Brazil, and Coca-Cola Co. (KO). A rival coconut water brand, Zico, last year sold a minority stake to Coca-Cola, and another brand, O.N.E., signed a distribution agreement with Pepsi.

Coconut water aims to crack sports drink market

BERKELEY, California: Coconut water is making a splash in the beverage market, promoted by manufacturers and fans as the healthy way to hydrate.
“It's an exciting category right now,” says Arthur Gallego, spokesman for Vita Coco, which recently got an endorsement from none other than the pop singer Madonna.
Coconut water - the liquid found in green, i.e. young, coconuts - has been popular in tropical countries ever since someone figured out how to crack that nut. And it has been available in packaged form in ethnic markets and natural food stores for some time in the United States.
But now it is showing up in mainstream supermarkets, packaged in juice-box style packages and coming in an array of flavors, such as peach-mango and tangerine.
“What is incredible to see is that the consumption of coconut water has trickled down from the natural food stores to the mainstream,” says Rodrigo Veloso, founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based O.N.E., One Natural Experience, makers of O.N.E. Coconut Water.
Veloso's company is bringing out a new product, O.N.E. Active, which sports fewer calories than its regular coconut water and adds ginkgo biloba, ginseng and catuaba.
Itcomes in three flavors, including lemon-lime.
Yes, it is true. They are putting the lime in the coconut.
Already, coconut water has created some big-name buzz.
Besides Madonna, Matthew McConaughey and Demi Moore recently invested in Vita Coco, which was founded in 2004 and saw sales jump from about $4 million in 2007 to $20 million in 2009, according to Gallego. Meanwhile, Pepsi has invested in O.N.E. A third company in the market is Zico, founded in 2004.
While coconut water sales are growing, in the $40 to $60 million range annually, they remain a drop in the bucket compared to billion-dollar drink brands like Red Bull, says Jeffrey Klineman, editor of Bevnet.com, an online review publication about nonalcoholic beverages.
“It's definitely got people excited, but we don't know how big it will be when it reaches the plateau,” says Klineman. “The question is, is it a nine-figure plateau or a billion-dollar plateau. Whether they become part of the beverage firmament is still not really settled.” Fans of coconut water praise it for being relatively low calorie, natural and packed with important nutrients. For instance, an 11.2-ounce serving of Vita Coco contains almost 700-milligrams of potassium, more than a banana.
That is a good thing for Americans, who are fruit-and-veggie-shy and often do not get enough potassium, says Andrea Giancoli, registered dietitian and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. At about 60 calories for an 11-ounce serving of plain coconut water, a little more for the flavored versions, the drink delivers good nutritional value. Still, not that many people exercise with the intensity that requires more than plain water for rehydration and some are not exercising at all, she points out.
“It's perfectly fine to incorporate into part of your diet if you're balancing out the rest of your diet, but I wouldn't believe all the hype,” she says. “We live in this world where we're always trying to find the answer to health and the answer to weight. It still takes good old-fashioned exercise and healthy eating.” LeAnn Locher, a communications consultant in Portland, Oregon, sees coconut water as a way to get the benefits of hydration “without all the sugar,” that can come with other drinks.
She likes it as the base for smoothies made with frozen fruit, but is also up for drinking it plain, no need for flavor frills.
“I think it's really refreshing,” she says.

Monday, April 12, 2010

1st day at MGF - Coco Loco gets a thums up


11th April 2010, Coco Loco is officially unvieled at the MGF Metropolitan Mall, Gurgaon.

The day was quite hot and so was the response! The people gave a thums up to the response, as

everyone who came and bought had liked the chilled coconut water. The pilot day of the launch

was great and we hope to sustain and scale it more, cheers to Coco Loco.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Coco Chill



Gone are the days of looking frantically at street corners for the man with the green mountain for quenching thirst with coconut water. Now, Swanky Coco Loco trolleys are serving it, that too chilled, filtered, fresh and pure.

In a bid to provide this natural beverage to citizens and to take on cola giants, budding innopreneurs have launched an ambitious Coconut Water Project in the city called Coco Loco (Coconut Locomotive).

A brainchild of Savinay, who was working with McKinsey, he always wanted to get into innovations and businesses. The idea and business model isn’t simply to sell coconut water but to sell it with a great new deal. He has got a special International designed cart that uses no electricity and gives you chilled, filtered, fresh and pure coconut water in disposable glasses.

Savinays friends are helping him to sell hygienic coconut water in city at a reasonable price to make the healthy drink popular.

Coconut water is a zero cholesterol drink and is helpful in developing blood plasma. While studying, the idea of selling hygienic and chilled coconut water struck me. The thought of a practical project won over theoretical presentations. And then Savinay made up his mind to venture into this field.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Kerala firm unveils bottled coconut water for railways



Kochi, Jan 4: Miracle Food Processors International in Malappuram district that has been into manufacture of tender coconut water-based concentrates and jams has now begun supplying its latest ready-to-drink tender coconut water in pet bottles in the Southern Railways. This would soon be introduced throughout the country, said company executive director Raeez Ahmed.


Tender coconut water is used as an energy drink and so the company would, in two months, be coming out with another product on the lines of coconut water as a sports drink. As all the aerated drinks now available used synthetic material, the company has introduced a range of five natural aerated drinks with coconut water as base.


These would include drinks with ginger and cardamom flavours and cocofina, a mixture of coconut water and pineapple juice.


Miracle Food has a facility at Perinthalmanna in Malappuram district to produce coconut water concentrates using German technology. It developed its own technology for its diversification into the ready-to-drink segment, said Mr Raeez.


The company would soon be setting up a concentrate facility in Thiruvanthapuram.


It was considering setting up a unit in Sri Lanka since coconuts are available abundantly there.


However, in the wake of tsunami, the process would be delayed.


He admitted that there was a shortage of raw material and the company would consider setting up units in a phased manner even outside the country based on the availability of coconuts.


Plans were afoot to set up bottling units in different parts of the country where the concentrates manufactured at its Perinthalmanna plant and the upcoming Thiruvananthapuram unit could be transported to.


He said that while concentrates and jams produced by the company had a shelf life of at least a year and a half, that of ready-to-drink products was around nine to ten months


Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Coco Loco at DLF Phase 1


In an interesting development, Coco Loco has got a approval from DLF to be at its most high
end and sought after colony i.e DLF phase 1. Now residents of DLF phase 1 can access Coco Loco right near there door step.


Mgf Metropolitan says YES to Coco loco

The famous Mgf Metropolitan Mall has accepted the proposal to have Coco Loco
there. Very soon, the cart will start serving.

How does the cart work ??

It's simple actually -

Store the coconuts in the chamber in the cart. The mini-drill, cuts a hole in the coconut.
Invert the coconut, let the water pass through filter. The ice-chamber has a coil. The water
passes through the coil and gets chilled (There is no contact with the water and the ice).
Turn the faucet, chilled filtered fresh and pure coconut water is ready !!

The cart arrives

After months of waiting, the carts have finally arrived and boy! they look stunning.
We did a trial at our warehouse just to pre-check before the launch.
The coconut was drilled, inverted, water was then filtered, and yes it was
chilled too. Coco Loco success :-)


Thursday, April 1, 2010

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Coconut water hits sport drink market



Berkeley, Calif. - Here's something that could make Gilligan and the Skipper smile. Coconut water is making a splash in the beverage market, touted by manufacturers and fans as the healthy way to hydrate.
"It's an exciting category right now," says Arthur Gallego, spokesman for Vita Coco, which recently got an endorsement from none other than Madonna.
Coconut water - the liquid found in green, i.e. young, coconuts - has been popular in tropical countries ever since someone figured out how to crack that nut. And it's been available in packaged form in ethnic markets and natural food stores for some time in the United States. But now it's showing up in mainstream supermarkets, packaged in juice box-style packages and coming in an array of flavors, such as peach-mango and tangerine.
Already, coconut water has created some big-name buzz.
Besides Madonna, Matthew McConaughey and Demi Moore recently invested in Vita Coco, which was founded in 2004 and saw sales jump from about $4 million in 2007 to $20 million in 2009, according to Gallego.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Its a monkey business




The English name coconut, first mentioned in English print in 1555, comes from Spanish and Portugese word coco, which means "monkey face." Spanish and Portugese explorers found a resemblance to a monkeys face in the three round indented markings or "eyes" found at the base of the coconut.


On the Nicobar Islands of the Indian Ocean, whole coconuts were used as Coconuts are the fruit of the coconut palm, botanically known as cocos nucifera, with nucifera meaning "nut-bearing." The fruit-bearing palms are native to Malaysia, Polynesia and southern Asia, and are now also prolific in South America, India , the Pacific Islands , Hawaii and Florida. The light, fibrous husk allowed it to easily drift on the oceans to other areas to propagate. In Sanskrit, the coconut palm is known as kalpa vriksha, meaning "tree which gives all that is necessary for living," since nearly all parts of the tree can be used in some m anner or another. The coconut itself has many food uses, including milk, meat, sugar and oil as well as functioning as its own dish and cup. The husk was also burned for fuel by natives, but today a seed fibre called coir is taken from the husk and used to make brushes, mats, fishnets, and rope. A very potent fermented toddy or drink is also made from the coconut palms sap. Coconut oil, a saturated fat made from dried coconut meat, is used for commercial frying and in candies and margarines, as well as in non-edible products such as soaps and cosmeticsc.


Although it takes up to a year for coconuts to mature, the trees bloom up to thirteen times a year, so fruit is constantly forming yielding a continuous harvest year-round. An average harvest from one tree runs about 60 coconuts, with some trees yielding three times that amount. The coconuts name is a bit of a misnomer, since it is botanically classified as a drupe and not a nut. It is the largest seed known.