coconut milk and coconut water

I use Kara Coconut Milk:

http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=2781&prodid=3603&bid=507

Very slightly coconut in flavour, is good in coffee - takes a bit of getting used to in tea and awesome on cereal or in porridge! Tastes pretty good as a drink too!

Coconut water is high in nutrients buttttt also very high in sugar. I used to drink it until I started MFP and it blew my sugars right out of the water .

8 ounces of the plain, unflavored coconut water has about the same amount of natural sugar as a banana, but considerably more potassium, fewer cals, and fewer overall carbs. Yep, it is naturally higher in sugar, but it is not added sugar. Depends on how you view natural sugars and fruit sugars, I suppose.

OP, I only drink coconut water after a particularly strenuous workout - for my outdoor runs of 75+ minutes, sometimes I feel pretty light-headed afterward and I drink a coconut water afterward the way others might drink an artificially sweetened gatorade.

Coconut milk is something I use for cooking - thai and indian food primarily, sometimes in a marinade. Occasionally I cook rice in it or use it a sweet recipe. I'm referring to the coconut milk in cans. The coconut milk in cartons is meant as a milk substitute, but I don't drink much (any, really) dairy milk, and cook with it only occasionally, so I don't keep that around.

Coconut water is high in nutrients buttttt also very high in sugar. I used to drink it until I started MFP and it blew my sugars right out of the water .

8 ounces of the plain, unflavored coconut water has about the same amount of natural sugar as a banana, but considerably more potassium, fewer cals, and fewer overall carbs. Yep, it is naturally higher in sugar, but it is not added sugar. Depends on how you view natural sugars and fruit sugars, I suppose.

OP, I only drink coconut water after a particularly strenuous workout - for my outdoor runs of 75+ minutes, sometimes I feel pretty light-headed afterward and I drink a coconut water afterward the way others might drink an artificially sweetened gatorade.

Coconut milk is something I use for cooking - thai and indian food primarily, sometimes in a marinade. Occasionally I cook rice in it or use it a sweet recipe. I'm referring to the coconut milk in cans. The coconut milk in cartons is meant as a milk substitute, but I don't drink much (any, really) dairy milk, and cook with it only occasionally, so I don't keep that around.

I drink unsweetened coconut water after a workout too. It replaces your electrolytes.

I love coconut water..but..only synthetic flavored coconut water... For some reason every time I try fresh coconut water it taste like crap. I drink the sobe life water coconut water.. It goes down like an elixir... its pure bliss.. 90 calories per bottle. I treat myself to one or 2 a week.

We use coconut oil to cook, it's fantastic. I tried coconut water and I wasn't a huge fan of it. Supposedly the benefits of it are numerous but I just didn't like the taste; it tasted like a weird carrot juice to me. I do, however, like coconut milk - but I'm not a huge fan of regular milk anyways.

I've tried a few different kinds of coconut water, but the only one that got my interest and tastebuds was the Vitacoco brand water. Whenever I'm able to locate it (Seeing as I managed to purchase out my favorite flavor from Winn Dixie as well as the local GNC store), i use it between meals or sometimes as a recovery drink, since it has plenty of potassium in it. It really hits the spot when I'm working it on the treadmill.

all I know is that it is good for you. I do not drink dairy(yes I sometimes eat cheese, but have trying to train myself to eat soy cheese) I use coconut milk creamer for my coffee. It is fantastic and has very few calories or fat. Sometimes I use coconut milk for cereal or smoothies. I alway check for either low or no sugar brands. Hope this helps some

Luckily for me I live on an Island and we have many coconut trees here, I have some in my backyard. So I just drink the real coconut water which I prefer to the store bought brands. It really is good for you loaded with electrolytes, especially after a real tough workout. Coconut milk on the other hand I don't use as it has so many calories.

I use it during and after a long ride(coconut water,I prefer unflavored). In place of gatorade type drinks, it replaces electrolytes. Dairy doesnt agree with me so I alternate coconut milk(in cartons) with almond milk. Whichever the store has.

The main reason why people are adopting coconut is that it is mainly saturated fat, it contains significant amounts of lauric acid which supposedly doesn't create more bad cholesterol. Also, the fat is a medium-chain triglyceride which means that it absorbed and metabolized for energy more easily than other saturated fats which have long- chains. It's unclear to me what the impact of this is....but that's the reason why many claim it has strong health benefits.

I'm not a huge fan of coconut milk, I switched to almond because it was too watery for me, but I love coconut oil to cook with. High in healthy fats and tasty!