Have you
ever read something about dates? Yes, dates. We can claim that most of the
people have no idea of what kind of fruit we are talking about. If you are in
that group of people who haven’t tried dates, we can assume that you don’t know
about the benefits dates can have over your health.
If you
start eating three dates a day, here is what you will start to see. The Nutrient-Rich
Date
The first
thing you’ll notice is that dates have some great nutritional benefits. They
contain copper, potassium, fiber, manganese, vitamin B-6 and magnesium.
Here are
some of the health benefits dates offer you:
Dates
Improve Digestive Health
Dates are
great foods for digestive health. If you have problems like IBS, constipation
or many other digestive and GI problems, or know somebody who has, dates can
help. Part of it is the fiber that they contain and they have been shown to
reduce your risk of colon cancer and more. Dates are even recommended
treatments for hemorrhoids.
Dates as
Pain Relievers & More
Containing
so much magnesium – which is an anti-inflammatory – dates work in your favor
relieving the pain and help swelling. Studies have shown that the magnesium in
dates can help reduce arterial inflammation and that lowers your risk for heart
disease as well as a host of other inflammation caused conditions like
Alzheimer’s, arthritis and more.
Dates for a
Healthy Pregnancy
Recently,
there has been a study done at UST tested how well dates can help with labor
and delivery. The researchers tested 69 women and came to the conclusion that
if the women ate dates during the last four weeks of their delivery that the
labor and delivery was more favorable. Dates also help with weight loss after a
pregnancy.
Dates for
High Blood Pressure & Stroke
The
magnesium that is in dates is also helpful when it comes to lowering high blood
pressure. So many people are on blood pressure medication in the United States,
all the while this fruit might make those meds unnecessary.
The
potassium that is in dates is also helpful, because it helps the heart work
more smoothly and reduces blood pressure as well.
In
addition, there has actually been research to determine whether or not dates
had any impact on stroke risk. In fact, there have been no less than seven
studies that prove that magnesium decreases your stroke risk by about 10% for
every one hundred milligrams of magnesium you ingest on a daily basis.
The
research was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and
clearly shows that dates can lower stroke risk. Dates Make the Brain Work
Better
There have
also been studies done on the ingredients in dates and their relation to brain
health and it has been shown that when you have enough vitamin B6 in your
system, your brain actually works better.
That means
that you have more focus, more accurate memories and can access information
faster. Dates help keep your mind sharp and ready to learn.
Weight Loss
Pitfalls
While
increasing the amount of fruit you eat can help you slim down, it’s important
to stay mindful of the quantity of food you’re eating. It is possible to eat so
much fruit that you hinder weight loss efforts, according to Dr. Melina
Jampolis, a physician nutrition specialist for CNN.com.
Jampolis
suggests that you limit your fruit servings to three per day. Watching
quantities is especially key for dried fruits like dates, which have smaller
serving sizes and higher energy density levels. As a rule of thumb, a serving
of fresh fruit should be about 1 cup, and a serving of dried dates should be
about 1/4 cup.
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