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Coconut milk

  • 07 Jul 2011 5:04 AM
    Message # 647778
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    Does anyone know how much sugar is in a real coconut as in the milk part and is it ok to drink please?
    I love the milk but cant seem to find much information
  • 08 Jul 2011 8:10 PM
    Reply # 649010 on 647778
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    Julie Jones wrote:Does anyone know how much sugar is in a real coconut as in the milk part and is it ok to drink please?
    I love the milk but cant seem to find much information

    Julie, here's a site, (Indian in origin)  I found which gives you lots of info, and says it's quite low in sugar, but doesn't give the actual amount. After I've cooked this damned porridge, i will have another go at finding out for you. Link here:-

    http://www.cocotap.com/nutrition.htm

    Makes interesting reading, sounds a bit like the miracle cure!!  hehe

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  • 08 Jul 2011 9:02 PM
    Reply # 649050 on 649010
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    Sylvia Liney wrote:
    Julie Jones wrote:Does anyone know how much sugar is in a real coconut as in the milk part and is it ok to drink please?
    I love the milk but cant seem to find much information

    Julie, here's a site, (Indian in origin)  I found which gives you lots of info, and says it's quite low in sugar, but doesn't give the actual amount. After I've cooked this damned porridge, i will have another go at finding out for you. Link here:-

    http://www.cocotap.com/nutrition.htm

    Makes interesting reading, sounds a bit like the miracle cure!!  hehe

    Silver Angel

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    Julie, found another site for you. The stuff in a coconut is called coconut water.   I think every one will like this one. Link here:-

    http://www.enerhealthbotanicals.com/articles/coconut_water

    The porridge with the Rice Mal syrup is yummy, I've got a huge bowlful, it has some of my Carman's no fruit muesli in it, one sachet of Natvia, and about a tablespoon of the syrup, a little cream stirred through all this, then a little cream (well maybe a bit more than a little lol).  I'll be having this again, I can tell you. Haven't been able to eat the muesli, because of the nuts, and my teeth, but this way, they have softened up a bit.

    I'm in heaven right now. And I'm going back to it!!  Mmmmmm......

    Silver Angel

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  • 09 Jul 2011 12:01 AM
    Reply # 649218 on 647778

    I looked this up in Wikipedia, the list of what's in canned coconut milk doesn't mention sugars at all.  The edible part of whole coconut is listed as having 6.23% sugar. 

    I looked up wikipedia for this because the other two websites that people have suggested here are selling something, and i would always prefer to check with a non-commercial source of information!  It looks like I'll be continuing to use coconut milk in my cooking...

     

  • 09 Jul 2011 10:57 AM
    Reply # 649405 on 647778
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    Thanks yeah i couldnt find much information other than people trying to sell their products either, hence asking.
    Sylvia sounds yum, but when i have my porridge i only use a small teaspoon of rice malt syrup and thats sweet enough.  When i was eating my greek yoghart i was putting nuts in, i used my coffee grinder or kenwood and finely ground them so i could eat it easily
  • 10 Jul 2011 9:36 PM
    Reply # 650216 on 649405
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    Julie Jones wrote:Thanks yeah i couldnt find much information other than people trying to sell their products either, hence asking.
    Sylvia sounds yum, but when i have my porridge i only use a small teaspoon of rice malt syrup and thats sweet enough.  When i was eating my greek yoghart i was putting nuts in, i used my coffee grinder or kenwood and finely ground them so i could eat it easily

    Julie, that's a great idea with the nuts, I have a grinder, so will use it.  I now realise I don't need that much syrup, too!! 
    (eye roll)  lol!!

    This was my first time, & I was used to having my porridge very sweet, brown sugar on the bottom, brown sugar mixed in & more on top!!  Now I know better!!  haha

    As far as Wikipedia is concerned, I won't use them, too many dodgy things can go on there, plus anyone can go into their pages and change things to suit themselves. And woe betide you if they don't agree with your views!!  Even if you can prove you are in the right, they can still blacklist you, just for trying to be, well, I don't know, truthful & nice, I guess. I've read a few things, but cannot remember where, as I forgot to bookmark them. But I try to remember to warn you if people are selling things, but then, if there is more than one place advocating the same research, and they publish the research sources, well, it's then up to you to disprove it. Otherwise I think you must take it as proven until such time as someone else disproves it, don't you think?  I'm not wanting to get into an ongoing argument about this with anyone, but, I guess I'll jut do that until I'm proven wrong!! Maybe that's a bit naive, but then that's me, I always try to believe the best in everyone, unless I'm proven wrong, even than, I still give people the benefit of the doubt, 'cos not everyone knows everything, do they? There's lots of things I don't know, until someone tells me about things, then I know. But if no-one tells you, how do you know unless you just stumble upon stuff/things?  I do believe some people try to 'put an old head on young shoulders' as the saying goes, forgetting that the young person hasn't had the life experience they've had. Life is for learning, we should never stop. Except now, I'm stopping!! lol

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