again Fadi you have failed to show anything special about coconut water.
I don't have to show the obvious Barry, that would not only be a waste of my time and yours, but it would also be insulting the intelligence of the good members on Ausbb.
Why bring up coconut oil, wasn't even what we were talking about, don't change the topic.
I was not the one providing the link that had Dr Karl discuss both topic and not just the one. You could have linked to an article that dealt solely with what we're discussing here, however it was your choice and not mine to present an article that was taking a swipe at the whole coconut and not just its water...hence I responded to what I considered to be a biased point of view by Dr Karl. I respect many things Dr Karl talks about, however the man is not infallible..., no one is in fact.
Why not address where the article talks about coconut water and how there is nothing special about it.
Of course there's nothing special about it when you begin to compare it with food, bananas, and potatoes. That was never my argument with you. My primary argument with you from the start (and still remains), the comparison between good old plain water (I take it you mean tap water), and coconut water.
A link to Dr Mercola doesn't help your case. His anti science views, a well known anti vaxer who has been warned by the FDA
You said it, "warned by the FDA", an organisation which I (and millions like me), don't have much respect for.
Please give us some concrete figures of what makes coconut water special.
You are forcing me to sound like a broken record.
Not this alive and dead nonsense
Since when does the difference between alive an dead become nonsensical Barry?
For your information even tap water has small amounts of electrolytes, so where is your electrolyte cut off for calling it alive or dead.
If you read what I actually do write, you won't have to ask so many repetitive questions. I did say earlier to Mick, that I have in my possession a nutrient reader, this device measure the level of electrolytes in a particular food. And since we're discussing the difference between coconut water and tap water (or most spring water available on the market shelves), and their electrical conductivity, we get a result that can not be more obvious even if you force it to be so. Water gets an absolute zero, where coconut water gets the maximum level of electrical conductivity there is. That tells me that one ingredient is alive (causing
all the lights in the nutrient measuring device to light up), whilst the other is totally dead with not a single light even as much as flickering...that equals to dead Barry, 100% can not provide the heart with anything to keep it beating. Now if to you that sounds insignificant, with determination to misinform the forum by telling them that there is no difference between tap water and coconut water, so be it. I'm sure the members here are intelligent enough to see the blatant obvious.
It contains electrolytes and minerals you can easily get in normal foods.
Barry, your style of circular argument can get very tiring indeed. You throw out there a false premise, that coconut water is not better than water, and base your whole argument on a wrong conclusion...that is, coconut water and water are the same, or one is no better than the other. And if that wasn't enough, you introduce something totally foreign into the argument by mentioning, or making a comparison between coconut water and food...., are you being serious?!
I'll let someone else wishing to debate the obvious take over, as I'm done here.