Coconut water has many wonderful health benefits, but for some people with diabetes, kidney disease, children under 6 months old or pregnant women in the first 3 months, drinking coconut water can be dangerous.

According to traditional medicine practitioner Bui Hong Minh, people with diabetes should not drink coconut water after meals because it can increase blood sugar.

People at risk of obesity also need to limit this type of water as much as possible, people who are on a weight loss journey should eliminate it from their diet because drinking coconut water can cause excess sugar, excess calories, and easy weight gain...

Coconut water can make people with kidney disease and people with water retention in the body worse symptoms, so it is necessary to consult a specialist or doctor in each specific case to avoid unwanted effects.

In addition, coconut water is cool, cold, especially young coconut water, which is extremely bad for people with digestive disorders and diarrhea. Pregnant women in the first 3 months should not drink coconut water to prevent the risk of premature birth.

Coconut water can make people with kidney disease and people with edema in the body worse, so it is necessary to consult a specialist or doctor in each specific case to avoid unwanted effects. Illustration: Internet

According to Master - Traditional Medicine Practitioner Vu Quoc Trung, coconut and fruits with a lot of water (watermelon...) all have cooling properties (damp, low), when coming back from the sun, we should not eat or drink a lot because Oriental medicine believes that "dampness harms the spleen", too much dampness harms the spleen and stomach, bloating, indigestion, chills, especially harmful to the digestive tract and spleen.

These people often have a weak body, pale skin, flabby muscles, cold limbs, indigestion, slow digestion, diarrhea, soft stools...

People with hemorrhoids, low blood pressure, rheumatism, heart fatigue due to cold... are diseases of the cold type, so they should avoid coconut water because coconut water is also yin, cold in nature.

If you want to quench your thirst with coconut water, you need to follow a principle of sitting and resting to let the body recover energy, drink coconut water little by little and do not drink too much. Illustration: Internet

Mistakes when drinking coconut water can easily harm your health

Drinking too much coconut water with the amount of 3 - 4 fruits/day will weaken your health, blood pressure will drop low, extremely dangerous.

In particular, people with low blood pressure, colds, rheumatism, hemorrhoids... should not use it because it can bring unpredictable harmful effects.

Notes when drinking coconut water

If you want to quench your thirst with coconut water, you need to follow a principle: sit down and rest to let your body recover energy, drink coconut water little by little and do not drink too much.