Total Calories. To maintain your current weight, calorie intake should equal calorie output. To lose weight you need to burn more calories than you consume on a regular basis. Research shows the best approach to weight loss is a combination of reduced caloric intake with an increase in physical activity.
From a botanic standpoint, the coconut is a fibrous one seeded drupe. By loose definitions the coconut can be considered a fruit, nut, and seed. A drupe is a fruit with a hard covering enclosing the seed.Some scientists call a coconut a seed, as a baby plant (and its food source) is within and sprouts through one of the eyes or holes of the coconut to form a new tree.A nut can be defined as a one seeded fruit. drupe is a fruit with a hard covering enclosing the seed. Some scientists call a coconut a seed, as a baby plant (and its food source) is within and sprouts through one of the eyes or holes of the coconut to form a new tree.
A fully ripe nut should have a brown, even color with no gray splotches. If you chose to pick it early, the young coconut will be green and evenly colored. Regardless of its age, the nut should also have no cracks or stains, which would be a sign that the nut is damaged and its contents may have leaked out. To break open your ripe coconut and enjoy the fruit of your labor, find the eyes -- two small dots on one end of the coconut.