Where can I purchase coconut water in the Uk????...... oh and fibre supplements???

[dollych]

Hi Girls,

I've been struggling to get enough potassium each day on the LE diet and was advised by Atomic that drinking coconut water would help me get more potassium.
The taste Nirvana coconut water that they drink in the US isn't available in the Uk and you can only buy it on Amazon, but it's ridiculous prices!!.
I've tried the health shops here, but they all have added vitamins.
Are any of you Uk ladies drinking it and if so, which one?.
Also I've tried to get fibre supplements with Metamucil or chitosan, but again they don't sell them in the health shops (only the big tubs for £35!!) does anyone know where I can get smaller jars?.
Thanks xxx

[atomic sagebrush]

any brand of coco water is fine, hopefully someone knows of one that doesn't have added vitamins in it. Teh only reason I recommend Taste Nirvana is that some of the other brands are HORRIBLE tasting and I worried that people would take one sip and never try it again LOL! No need to buy off Amazon at those prices, any kind is ok.

Hope you can find a fiber that will work for you, inulin is also ok instead of Metamucil/chitosan

[Honeysucklelanegirl]

Boots do fibre tablets under £4.oo for 100 tablets. They are called lifeplan dietary fibre .No added vits etc.x

[stephk]

hey - I get coconut water from Ocado, tastes good to me:

Ocado: Vita Coco 100% Pure Coconut Water (Product Information) (http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Vita-Coco-100-Pure-Coconut-Water/54833011?from=search&tags=%7C20000&param=coconut+water&parentContainer=SEARCHcoconut+water_SHELFVIEW)

Hopefully this is a good one to have?
Nutritional Data
Nutrition
Typical values per 100ml
Energy 76kj
Energy 19kcal
Protein 0g
Carbohydrate 5g
of which sugars 5g
Fat 0g
of which saturates 0g
Fibre 0g
Sodium 12mg
Vitamin C 45g
Magnesium 12mg
Calcium 20mg
Potassium 224mg

[bunnywabbit]

Hi Girls,

I've been struggling to get enough potassium each day on the LE diet and was advised by Atomic that drinking coconut water would help me get more potassium.
The taste Nirvana coconut water that they drink in the US isn't available in the Uk and you can only buy it on Amazon, but it's ridiculous prices!!.
I've tried the health shops here, but they all have added vitamins.
Are any of you Uk ladies drinking it and if so, which one?.
Also I've tried to get fibre supplements with Metamucil or chitosan, but again they don't sell them in the health shops (only the big tubs for £35!!) does anyone know where I can get smaller jars?.
Thanks xxx

I bought Vita Coco - several places do it but I got mine from Waitrose in the chiller cabinet. Have seen a fair few supermarkets do it, as well as health food stores. They also do a coconut and orange, coconut and pineapple (neither of which I've tried), and coconut, peach and mango varieties. Nothing added, but has around 50% RDA of vitamin C in it if you're ok with that. I'd imagine that's from the coconut itself and you won't be drinking litres of it so should be fine.

[atomic sagebrush]

ocado and vita coco both fine!!! It's fine to get SOME nutrients via foods or coco water, this is meant to be LOW nutrient, not NO nutrient! :)

[Prepsina2014]

I have simply given up on finding fiber supplements... Is psyllium ok?
Sorry for "crashing" your thread - hope it's ok :o)
A trick for hiding the taste of coconut water in case you don't like the taste: add it to diet coke ;) I do that

[bunnywabbit]

I have simply given up on finding fiber supplements... Is psyllium ok?
Sorry for "crashing" your thread - hope it's ok :o)
A trick for hiding the taste of coconut water in case you don't like the taste: add it to diet coke ;) I do that

Prepsina, are you in the UK? Health food shops sell chitosan (got mine from Holland and Barrett). I think psyllium should be ok.

[Prepsina2014]

Prepsina, are you in the UK? Health food shops sell chitosan (got mine from Holland and Barrett). I think psyllium should be ok.

THANKS for taking the time to answer directly.
No, I'm from Northern Europe, and we have a much more limited choice of...everything to do with food ;)

[stephk]

I have simply given up on finding fiber supplements... Is psyllium ok?
Sorry for "crashing" your thread - hope it's ok :o)
A trick for hiding the taste of coconut water in case you don't like the taste: add it to diet coke ;) I do that

So funny I LOVE coconut water and HATE diet coke/coke lol

[atomic sagebrush]

I have simply given up on finding fiber supplements... Is psyllium ok?
Sorry for "crashing" your thread - hope it's ok :o)
A trick for hiding the taste of coconut water in case you don't like the taste: add it to diet coke ;) I do that

Yes psyllium is fine, some people are allergic to it though.

[secretly sad]

I'm from the uk and I saw it recently in Home Bargains of all places! Good luck x

[Mulberry Smurf]

I saw it in Costco too xx