Native to the tropics, coconut is used to make several nutritious foods and beverages. Dehydrated, shredded coconut makes for a healthy addition to your diet, because it helps maintain healthy tissue and fights disease. It is a complete food rich in calories, vitamins, and minerals.
Health benefits:
- Helps digestion.
- Good source of vitamins A and E.
- Contains polyphenols and phytosterols, all work together to decrease the levels of LDL (low level lipoprotein) cholesterol.
- Good source of fibre.
Uses:
- Can be eaten as a snack.
- Coconut can be grated thinly or thickly.
- Can be used to sprinkle over various curries, vegetable dishes, beverage or in salad.
- Can be used to make sweet preparations.
Nutritional information per 100 gr of Coconut
- Energy: 660 kcal
- Protein: 6.88 g
- Total fat: 65 g
- Saturated Fat: 57.22 g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2.75 g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.71 g
- Carbohydrates: 24 g
- Fiber: 16.3 g
- Calcium: 26mg
- Iron: 3.32 mg
- Selenium: 18.5 mcg
- Phosporus: 206 mg
- Magnesium: 90 mg
- Potassium: 543 mg
- Vitamin B6: 0.3 mg
- Vitamin C: 1.5 mg
- Vitamin E: 0.44 mg
- Vitamin K: 0.3 mcg