Dates

Health Benefits of Dates

Dates contain sugar, fat, proteins, vitamin A, vitamins B1, B2, nicotruic acid (anti- pellagra) and are rich in natural fiber. They also contain traces of minerals needed by the body such as oil, calcium, sulphur, iron, phosphorous, manganese, copper and magnesium, vitamin C (in fresh ones, dried dates have almost no vitamin C), and potassium which is very effective for hemorrhage, such as in delivery or circumcision.

Easy to digest, one date is a minimum of a balanced and healthy diet (1kg=3000 calories). Fresh dates also have fewer calories than dried ones.

Dates help in night-blindness and diseases of the respiratory system, prevent abdominal and breast cancer, alleviate depression in new mothers, enrich breast milk, help in the growth of the fetus, strengthen the muscles of the uterus in the last months of pregnancy, increase sexual strength (aphrodisiac), prevent putrescence of humors, correct weakness of digestion, relieve intestinal mal-absorption, strengthen bones and prevent giddiness due to low blood pressure and low sugar levels. They also appease hunger and help in weight gain.

Health Benefits - Dates are beneficial for abdominal cancer, appease hunger, alleviates depression in new mothers, constipation, correct weakness of digestion, diseases of the respiratory system, effective in preventing abdominal cancer, energy, enriches breast milk, giddiness (due to low blood pressure and low sugar levels), assist in the growth of the fetus, increase sexual strength, night-blindness, prevent putrescence of humors, relieves intestinal malabsorption, scarring, strengthen muscles of the uterus in the last months of pregnancy, strengthens bones, weight gain.

Anemia
Put 2 - 3 dates in a glass and pour boiling water over it. Leave the mixture overnight and drink it the next morning. Practice this for 2 weeks.

Constipation
Soak 6-8 dates in 1 cup water at night. Blender to drink the next morning before breakfast..

Dessert substitute
Take dates instead as a healthy substitute to sweet foods like ice-cream chocolate candies cakes etc which contain too much disease-inducing carbohydrates fat, salt and sugars..

Energy
Eating 7 dates is said to give sufficient energy to last the whole day containing enough vitamins and minerals the body needs..

Scar
Take dates with almond to make scars disappear..

Weight gain
Take dates with cucumber or milk to gain weight. .