Overview

Date fruits are wild or cultivated; the plant is endemic to dry land areas.
The plant is commonly grown in arid regions of Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Asia, and has been introduced in North America and Australia.
Dates are traditionally used for several purposes although the nutritional significance of the date fruits as food is beyond imagination.
Chemical analysis of date fruits indicated large variation in nutritional composition, depending on the species cultivars.

Benefits

• The date provides various kinds of antioxidants to treat different diseases.
• Antioxidants protect your cells from free radicals that may cause harmful reactions in your body and lead to disease.
• Dates are rich in copper, selenium and magnesium which are very important nutrients to keep your bone healthy and prevent bony related disorders.
• It is also rich in vitamin K which helps to regulate the coagulation of blood and helps metabolize your bones.
• Each date contains choline, vitamin B that is very beneficial for the learning and memory process, especially in Alzheimer’s disease children.
• Dates are the sweetest fruit with natural sugar content in them.
• It can reduce your cravings for unhealthy sweet products and sugar.
• Dates are an excellent source of vitamin C and D which helps to maintain your skin elasticity and keeps your skin smooth.
• High fiber dates slow down absorption in the large intestine because they are high in dates.
• This makes you feel full for longer hours thereby cutting down on the need to eat more food which equals more calories.
• Try this for a couple of weeks and notice the difference.
• A handful of dates per day may improve your heart health.
• Dates have antioxidant properties that help to prevent the formation of atherosclerosis and prevent cardiac diseases.