Introduction
Dates can be considered as an nutritious and essential food which provide many health benefits.
It's the fruit of date palm trees.
Dates can be differentiated on the bases of their size, colour, shape and physical condition.
Dates are delicious, sweet and mostly consumed in Arab nations.
Dates contain sugars such as glucose, fructose and sucrose.
Dates are also consumed by many athletes because it's easy to digest and
dissolve in blood immediately,
Which provide immediate boost of energy to the cells.
Dates are 70% sugar and also contains selenium, iron, calcium, and fluorine.
They also contains anti-mutagenic and antioxidant properties.
An important component of dates is carbohydrate, which is responsible for increasing energy levels rapidly.
For every hundred gram dates contain:
29.04g to 35.53g of glucose.
20.72g to 23.65g of fructose.
1.86g to 2.34g of surcose.
Dates also contains Dietary fibre.
Dietary fibre acquires 6.4% to 11.5% of date.
100 grams of consumption of dates on a daily basis provide 32% of RDA of dietary fibre.
Dietary fibre consumption is important because it lowers the blood cholesterol levels, reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, colon cancer and diabetes.
Protein show up in small amount in dates. The average protein content in dates is between 1.50g to 2.14g per hundred gram.
Dates contain a wide variety of saturated fatty acids some of them are Laurie, capaic, palmitic, margeric, myristie, behenic, and tricasanoic.
It also contains unsaturated fatty acids such as aleic, lindeic, and palmitoleic.
With these dates also contains copper, potassium, selenium, magnesium, manganese, iron, calcium, phosphorus, and boron.
Dates may also help in iron deficiency related problems.
Now let's discuss the benefits of Dates.
1). Dates contain many medicinal properties such as providing fitness, strength, relief from pain, prevent stomach problems, memory disturbances and also boost once immune system.
Because of fibre content they may also provide protection against cardiovascular diseases and some cancers.
Dates may boost immunity because of hydroxyl pope folic acid.
They have also shown to reduce the levels of oxidative stress.
For children it said that consumption of dates on a regular basis may reduce anxiety and nervousness.
2). Dates provide you with some important antioxidants that may provide many health benefits.
Antioxidants helps in protect cells from free radical damage, and dates contains highest antioxidant levels in comparison from other similar fruits.
Dates also contains carotenoids that may help in improving heart health.
Carotenoids also can be found in carrots.
An another antioxidant present in dates is flavonoid, which helps in reducing inflammation and also reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease or Diabetes.
3). Cancer is an worldwide ongoing deadly disease that is rapidly effecting more and more people every year.
We have many cancer preventive therapy such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy but they also give side effects.
Flavonoids and phenols play a very important role in controlling cancer. That's why dates have shown to reduce risk of cancer and antitumor activity.
4). The daily intake of dates help in maintaining eye hygiene. It also helps in reducing night blindness.
Dates also help in preventing cardiac disorder because of high potassium and low sodium content.
5). As mentioned above, dates contain selenium magnesium and copper, which helps in keeping your bone healthy.
It also mobilize your bones because of vitamin K content.
6). Vitamin C and D are very important to maintain skin health and keeping skin smooth.
Dates are a good source of vitamin C and d which also provides anti aging benefits.
Risk from dates
People with blood sugar and diabetes related problems should be conscious about their sugar consumption, as dates are high in sugars.
Some researchers suggest that eating dates on moderate amount may not affect the blood sugar levels. But it's important to be mindful.
Higher consumption of dates can lead to digestion related problems. So eat in moderate amount.
Bottom Line
Dates are highly beneficial for one's health, as they provide you with many vitamins and minerals that may help your body to complete its daily needs.
You can eat dates as they are or you can add them in salads, stews or smoothies.
If eaten in moderate amount they may provide you will see some essential nutrients, but if consumed in higher amount they can lead to some minor problems.
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