What is the nutritional value of coconut?
Coconut is the fruit of palm tree. It is blue-green when immature and generally dark brown when mature. Its skin is smooth and thin, which can protect the fruit from being broken when it falls to the ground and prevent the invasion of water. Chinese medicine believes that coconut meat is sweet and flat, and has the effects of nourishing the spleen and stomach, killing insects and eliminating malnutrition; Coconut pulp is sweet and warm, which has the effect of promoting body fluid and benefiting water. Modern medical research shows that coconut meat contains protein, carbohydrate, coconut oil, sugar, vitamin B 1, B2, C and other substances. Coconut pulp contains fructose, glucose, sucrose, protein, fat, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other substances. There is a lot of knowledge about eating coconut, but the taste of coconut juice changes without coconut shell. Coconut juice poured out in the morning is sweeter and lighter in the afternoon. Coconut juice is "clear as water and sweet as honey" and tastes sweet and delicious; Coconut meat is fragrant and crisp, as soft as cream. Coconut is a good fruit for both medicine and food. Coconut meat can be eaten as fruit, or used for cooking or making preserves. Coconut juice has a unique flavor and high nutritional value, and it is a favorite first-class beverage. When you are tired due to spleen deficiency, loss of appetite and weakness of limbs, it is effective to chop coconut meat into small pieces, add appropriate amount of chicken and glutinous rice, and take it after steaming. In addition, coconut oil, coconut shell and coconut root bark also have certain medicinal functions.