Coconut Water Does NOT increase uric acid

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With all due respect, I think the doctor who told you that had it all

backwards, it's actually the opposite. Coconut water is alkaline and if

the urine is made alkaline the uric acid crystals will remain in

solution and will be flushed out. Coconut water is very rich in

minerals, particularly potassium (check this page

<http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/nut-and-seed-products/3115/2> )

which actually helps eliminate uric acid (you can read it in this

article

<http://ezinearticles.com/?Gout-Pain-Relief---4-Ways-to-Lower-Uric-Acid & \

id=2166190> ). And in this study

<http://www.ecoideas.ca/news_pdf/Study%20on%20Coconut%20Water.pdf>

uric acid levels actually went down. What happened to you must've

purely been caused by your sugar going up.

I began having problems with gout a couple of years ago, a search turned

up that a very good way to reduce the levels of uric acid is by taking

supplements of potassium citrate or sodium bicarbonate. Either one

works for me like a charm.

Incidentally, both diabetes

<http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/05/10/infectiou\

s-diabetes-interview.aspx> and high levels of uric acid

<http://www.holisticonline.com/Remedies/Arthritis/arth_gout_causes.htm>

can be caused - believe it or not - by fungi, some types can produce

high amounts of oxalic acid too, a main component of some kidney stones.

Raquel

> >I was just thinking about that too. Instead of making the oil, I

> >should just make the milk and drink it. It only seems to be cost

> >effective if I were to get free fresh coconuts, but that's not

> >happening in NY. So I've come to the conclusion that I'll make oil

> >when and if I ever go to the island (not the island that I live on

> >right now ;^D) and I'll make fresh unadulterated coconut milk over

> >here.

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> Ann - if you're ever in the tropics, you'll find you don't need to

make

> coconut milk/oil to get immediate health benefits. Just crack open

the nut

> and you'll get coconut water (what we refer to in the Philippines as

'buko

> juice') - pour that in glass with some strips of the of the fresh

coconut

> meat and it is both a refreshing and healthful drink with a sweetish

taste.

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> This is probably not too common outside the tropics because it is

best

> served fresh from the coconut (if not slurped straight from the nut

with a

> straw).

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> Its supposed to be chock full of electrolytes - so I would think it

an

> excellent replacement for sugar laden sports drinks.

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