Dry dates are basically dates without the moisture which make them look harder and shriveled; these are also used for religious purposes during festivals in Indian households. In addition, they are excellent energy boosters and a powerhouse of vitamins and minerals that can help you regain good health.

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. Regular consumption of dates has been linked to a lowered risk of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and better cognitive performances in older individuals.
Dates help to support liver health and also work to prevent liver fibrosis. By supporting healthy liver function, dates allow your body to detoxify in a natural way, as the liver performs the task of keeping waste and harmful substances out of your body.
Dates are the sweetest fruit with natural sugar content in them. It can reduce your cravings for unhealthy sweet products and sugar. It is a great substitute for white sugar due to its sweetness. So, next time whenever you thought to eat something sweet, you can think about dates.
Dates are an excellent source of vitamin C and D which helps to maintain your skin elasticity and keeps your skin smooth. Dates also come with anti-ageing properties and prevent the accumulation of melanin.
Consuming dates every morning on an empty stomach before your workout can help to keep you feeling, give you a burst of energy and thus aid in healthy weight loss. This is because dates are high in fibre, slowing down absorption in the large intestine. This makes you feel full for longer hours thereby cutting down on the need to eat more food which equals more calories.

The other health benefits of dates include helping to deal with insomnia. If you have been suffering from insomnia for many months now and are considering purchasing over the counter medications, you should stop for a moment and try a quick and easy home remedy with only a few ingredients to sort out the issue naturally. Make a drink with dates, fox nuts and milk all blended and drink it up before going to bed. 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.
Dates have been eaten for ages as a fabulous food that also enriches men’s sexual health dates content flavonoids and estradiol which have positive effects to increase sperm count and sperm quality.

Side Effects

There is no any major side effects of dates but if you end up eating too many dates at one go, you can experience a skin rash, bloating, kidney diseases, diarrhoea and increased wheezing in people with asthma. Ideally, you should limit yourself to eating 3-6 dates a day to avoid experiencing any of the allergic reactions mentioned above.