The Mounds Slogan, Was Created During A Contest. The Winner Took Home $10.

Summer starts in earnest on June 26th when National Coconut Day arrives! The coconut offers sweet support for our bodies in several ways.

• Coconut oil alone falls into the superfood category due to its medium chain triglyceride (MCTs) content and all that they seem to do. Whether supporting a weight loss program, moisturizing skin, and hair or metabolizing into energy, coconut oil plays a significant role for your body.
• We use the whole coconut in many different forms for our body and everyday cooking. From shredded coconut to milk, cream, water, and oil, each provides essential nutrients and flavor. Its anti-viral and anti-microbial properties are notable as well.
• Coconut is rich in fiber, Vitamin B6, iron, and minerals like magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, selenium, and zinc. The oil from coconut moisturizes our skin and also help keep our skin clear and hair silky, too.
• Of course, in the kitchen, we love coconut! Beyond baked goods, coconut infuses sweet flavor to our cooking, and because the MCTs in coconut oil don’t absorb in the body as fat, it is an ideal alternative to other oils and fats.
• Beyond the fruit and water of the coconut that we consume, the husk and shells are used as a potting medium, carbon filtration, charcoal, bio-fuel, and even organic cat litter. The husks are also used to make coir, which is used in making mattresses, doormats, and more.
•  Coconuts are a prehistoric plant that scientists believe either came from the South Pacific around what is now New Guinea.  Because of their water resistance, coconuts were able to stay afloat over the ocean. They can be found all over the Pacific, the Indian Ocean regions and Africa.
• The sailors aboard Vasco de Gama’s ships gave the coconut its name.  They called it “Coco”, named after a grimacing face or hobgoblin.  The brown, hairy husk and three face-like dimples made them think the seed looked like a sort of spirit.  When the “coco” came to England, the suffix of nut was added and that’s how the name came about.
• Falling coconuts kill 150 people every year – 10 times the number of people killed by sharks.
• Coconut oil was the world’s leading vegetable oil until soybean oil took over in the 1960’s.
• There are more than 20 billion coconuts produced each year.
• Coconut water can be a substitute for blood plasma. The high level of sugar and other salts make it possible to add the water to the bloodstream, similar to how an IV solution works in modern medicine. Coconut water was known to be used during World War II in tropical areas for emergency transfusions.
• Coconut oils contain MCT’s, a median chain triglycerides which are easy to digest.  The oil is source of energy and has an accelerating effect on the metabolism. Coconut oils are very healthy and good for your heart.
• Coconut oils also contain four growth hormones, called cytokinins, and three sets of chromosomes – or triploids – that help the development of many organisms.  Coconut water is considered the “father of modern tissue culture science”. Currently, research is being done to see if coconut can be used in hair regrowth and anti-aging cosmetics.
• The name coconut is derived from 16th century Portuguese sailors who thought the 3 small holes on the coconut shell resembled the human face so dubbed the fruit “coco” meaning “grinning face, grin, or grimace” The word nut was added in English later on.
• Technically the coconut fruit is a drupe not a nut. Typical drupes include peaches, plums, and cherries.
• Coconut grenades were a weapon used in World War 2 by the Japanese in which a coconut was filled with items most importantly a grenade, and then thrown at the enemy.
• The slogan for Mounds, a U.S. coconut chocolate bar, was created during a contest of which the winner won a staggering $10.
• Coconut water on average contains 94% water with around 46 calories a cup.
• During World War 2, coconut water was said to be used to treat dehydration due to short medical supplies.
• There is a crustacean that particularly likes to live where there are coconuts, and is therefore called the coconut crab.
• There are over 1,300 types of coconut, which can all be traced back to one of two genetic origins from either the Pacific or the Indian Ocean.
• Literary evidence from the Ramayana and Sri Lankan chronicles indicates that the coconut was present in South Asia before the 1st century BC.
• There are only 19 calories in 100 milliliters (3.4 uid ounces) of coconut water.
• There are 230 calories in 100 milliliters (3.4 uid ounces) of
  coconut milk.
• There are 354 calories in 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of raw coconut meat.

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