BENEFITS OF DATES THAT WE SHOULD KNOW

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How are you doing? I hope you doing well during Ramadan ✌

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When it comes to this Holy Month, Ramadan, we will automatically think about this brownish, small, cute, and sweet fruits. YES, I think you guys get what was in my mind! Its Dates 🍇. Dates have been the main food of the Middle East and the Indus Valley for thousands of years. They are believed to have originated around what is now Iraq. This fruit was contained high fibers, vitamins, and minerals. So, I would like to share the benefit of dates, especially during fasting. Some of the contents from the About Her blog.

A lot of Fibre-Packed Goodness

According to the U.S Department of Agriculture stated that dates packed with fiber and one pitted date contain 1.6 grams which are six percent of the recommended daily intake. The indigestible parts of plant food are essential for keeping your colon healthy, so dates help the colon to work optimally because the insoluble and soluble fibers found in dates. If more fiber existed in your body, it will help aid digestion by softening and increasing the weight and size of your stool, making it easier to pass and preventing constipation and haemorrhoids. According to "Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition", since the fibers in dates is insoluble, it binds to fat and cholesterol and carries it out of the body.

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Helps you have a Healthy Heart

Did you know dates were the best food to keep your heart ticking like a clock? According to some studies found that dates were rich sources of potassium, which believed to reduce the risk of stroke and other heart-related diseases. Besides that, dates also healthy and one of the ways to lower the levels of LDL cholesterol which can be influenced the heart issues including heart disease and stroke.

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Increases Your Intake of Essential Minerals and Vitamins

According to the website abouther.com, a 2003 study in the "International Journal of Food, Sciences and Nutrition" called dates as the almost ideal food, providing a wide range of essential nutrients and potential health benefits". The study winds up that dates have at least 15 minerals, numerous amino acids, and equitably good unsaturated fatty acids. Dates also have provided vitamins and were considered as a power food for strengthening bones, keep your blood strong and healthy. Here is how some of the major minerals, nutrients, and vitamins found:

Potassium: It is excellent for your heart, it also helps build muscle, control fluid balance, and regulates blood pressure.

Copper: Essential for the production of hemoglobin and red blood cells, improve the absorption of iron and enhance energy. Dates also maintain healthy metabolism and prevent premature aging.

Magnesium: Known as anti-inflammatory benefits that have several functions within the body. It reduces blood pressure, the risk of cardiovascular disease, arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, and other health problem related to inflammation.

Iron: Essential for making red blood cells and helping them carry oxygen to the cells of your body.

Vitamin B6: A study in JAMA Internal Medicine found fetting enough B6 is correlated with improved brain performance and better test scores. It also builds muscles, grows hair, and nails.

Niacin: This is an essential vitamin your body uses to help break down food into energy and to accommodate the nerve function.

Vitamin A: Protecting the eyes, skin, and mucous membranes.

A Quick Energy Boost

Dates are high in natural sugars like glucose, fructose, and sucrose which the perfect snack for an immediate fragment of energy. Besides that, dates work better as an energy drink or sugary snack as the dietary fiber in them which can keep you energized for in long time and the best choices when you have a craving for something sweet.

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So, you can see how the dates gave to our body system. I hope after you are reading this, for those who are always hesitant to eat dates will slowly give them a chance, you will not regret it. 😊

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