This morning I was reading the new issue of Dance Magazine. It features an article on the benefits (and some myths) of coconut water. For those of you unfamiliar with Dance magazine, it's pretty well-written, and their sciency stuff is backed up with reputable experts, although as with any fitness literature, it's certainly not universally true for everyone.
With that in mind, Dance Magazine's conclusions on coconut water are:
- Terrific source of hydration while performing or training
- Not as good as plain water when you're looking for a liquid to consume outside of performance
- Coconut water cannot prevent or cure cancer
Basically, it confirmed exactly what I understood. I first started drinking coconut water during sports after reading the only vegetarian athletic guide I've ever found. (While technically the book is for vegans, the only 'vegetarian' athletic diet books I could find suggested supplementing meals with vegetarian staples like chicken - umm, no thanks).
The book suggested coconut water as a lower-calorie electrolyte-replacement (as compared to gatorade or even regular fruit juice). It also claimed that coconut water is the sports drink of choice for many an attractive South American soccer/football/who cares player. I'm sold!
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