22 proven health benefits of Date (Dabino), Nature’s Sweetener

Date or Date palm fruit is botanically called Phoenix dactylifera is a flowering plant species in the palm family, Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit. The species is widely cultivated across Northern Africa, the Middle East, and South-Asia, and is naturalized in many tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.

Dates grow in large clusters, kind of like bunches of grapes, which hang higher than fifty feet off the ground. 

Dates are sweet. The sugar content in dates is high, and that sugar gets more intense as dates dry and moisture leaves the fruit (Dates are not dried or dehydrated completely, even though they appeared to be dried). A date can be consumed either fresh or partially dried.

Date sugar, from dates, is used as a natural sweetener in smoothie shops and few bakeries shops in replacement of sugar. Apart from using it as a sugar substitute, there are several health benefits we derived from them.

• Overcoming Constipation
  Dates are part of laxative foods. People who suffer from constipation consume it. For optimal results, soak a few dates with boiled water at night, eat them in the morning as they would have become softer.

  Dates have high levels of soluble fiber, which is essential in promoting healthy bowel movements so that food and waste can pass smoothly through the digestive tract.

• Supports Bone Health and Strength
  Dates are superfoods. They are rich in minerals that strengthen bones and fight diseases or conditions that cause brittle bones and loss, such as osteoporosis.

  Dates contain selenium, manganese, copper, and magnesium. These nutrients are essential for developing and strengthening healthy bones, especially as people get older and their bones slowly weaken.

• Overcoming Bowel Disorders
  The nicotine content of dates is beneficial for curing various types of intestinal disorders. A regular intake of dates helps inhibit the growth of pathological organisms; it can help stimulate good bacteria in the gut.

  Date contains soluble and insoluble fiber, also has a high content of amino acids that helps the digestive tract absorb more nutrients.

• Helps Treat Anemia
  Dates have high mineral content, used to treat various health conditions. It is rich in iron, effective for treating anemia.

  Iron helps the formation of red blood cells, increases energy and strength while reducing fatigue and lethargy.

• Help ease allergies
  Organic sulfur is an element found in dates but not common in foods. This element has many health benefits, including reducing allergic reactions and seasonal allergies.

  Organic sulfur can have a positive impact on some sufferers who experience SAR (Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis).

• Speed up the Recovery of Dengue Fever
  Several studies state that using the date palm fruit can help increase the quantities of platelets in patients with dengue fever.

  Minerals in dates after consumption like galactose, mannose, and xylose, can increase platelet levels by around 23.90%.

• Prevents rheumatic symptoms
  Existing minerals in dates can nourish bones and muscles, helps prevent the symptoms of rheumatic diseases. Daily consumption of 15 dates can help ease the disorder.
  
  Hence, minerals such as sulfur, potassium, boron, magnesium, and calcium needed for general wellbeing will be stable.

• Help Gain Weight
  Dates must be included as part of a healthy diet, as we know that healthy food contains at least carbohydrates, protein, and many essential vitamins.

  Eating cucumber with dates can help maintain the ideal human body weight.
  One Kilogram (1kg) of dates amounts to 3,000 calories. The calories in dates are enough to meet the daily needs of the human body. 

• Energy Booster
  Dates contain high natural sugars such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose. It can be used as a perfect snack to get instant energy. It is also another reason apostles break the fast with a few dates.

  Eating a few dates can help restore energy after routine exercise or when exhausted.

• Maintaining Nervous System Health
  Date contains B vitamins that are good for health and the nervous system.
  It is also rich in potassium, a principal mineral for a healthy and responsive nervous system. It also increases the speed and alertness of brain activity.

  Therefore, dates are an excellent food for people as they age and their nervous system becomes slow or unsupported, also for people who want to keep their minds sharp.

• Improve Memory and Brain Functions
  A date has a high amount of potassium, which makes it control oxygen in the body to the brain until the fluids in the body also experience smooth functioning. For maximum results, consume dates regularly.

• Prevents insomnia
  When someone has trouble sleeping, commonly known as insomnia, the metabolic system is also often disrupted. 
  Vitamin B3 (Nicotinamide) content in date fruit can enhance sleep.

• Support Heart Healthy
  Dates are also a top source of potassium, which, based on research, has been shown to reduce the risk of stroke and other heart-related diseases. The concoction of the dates proved to have a positive effect on a weak heart.

  In addition, eating dates is also a healthy and delicious way to reduce LDL (Low-Density Lipoprotein) cholesterol levels in the body, a factor in heart attack, heart disease, and stroke.

• Improve Sexual Health
  Studies have shown that dates are beneficial for increasing sexual stamina.

  How to use dates to improve sexual health:
  – Soak a handful of dates with fresh goat’s milk
  – Keep it for 8 hours or overnight
  – Add cardamom powder and honey.

  This mixture becomes a tonic, which is very useful to increase sexual endurance and reduce infertility caused by various sexual disorders.

  Bahmanpour, studied in 2006 on sexual function, showed the effect of date palms and oils. He found that estradiol and flavonoid components in high quantities could increase sperm count and motility. It could also increase the size and weight of testes (or testicles).  

• Reducing night blindness
  To reduce the frequency of night blindness: Grind the leaves from the date palm tree and use it to make a paste. Rub the paste around the eyes.
  Consuming dates also have been proven to reduce night blindness.

• Hangovers
  Dates serve as a medicine for those who experience alcohol poisoning. Again, soak dates overnight for the best results. 

• Controlling Diarrhea
  Mature dates contain potassium, which is known as an effective substance for controlling diarrhea. Dates are easy to digest, which further helps relieve the symptoms of chronic erratic diarrhea. The soluble fiber in dates can also help reduce diarrhea by normalizing bowel movements and improving the healthy functioning of the excretion system.

• Prevents Gastric Cancer
  Research has pointed out that dates are one food that can reduce the risk and effects of gastric cancer. Dates work as a tonic, appropriate for all age groups.
  Dates digest quickly and provide an instant energy boost.

• Helps Prevent Risk of Brain Cancer
  Various mineral content in dates such as magnesium, boron, calcium, sulfur, and potassium play an important role in preventing the risk of brain cancer. The minerals in the dates are quite a lot.

  It is advisable to consume 15 dates a day so that magnesium and sulfur can be sufficient in the body.

• Sources of Antioxidants
  Dates are an excellent source of antioxidants. Antioxidants protect the body from free radicals that damage cells and even cause cancer. Phytochemicals that serve as antioxidants in dates are polyphenols, sterols, tannins, and carotenoids.

• Prevents blood clots
  Dates are rich in salicylic acid that prevents blood clots. Blood clots can be fatal if it occurs in the blood vessels of the brain (it could lead to stroke) and heart blood vessels (Arterial thrombosis).
  
  
• Free saturated fat
  You do not need to worry about the adverse effects of saturated fats, such as obesity, atherosclerosis when consuming dates. Dates are high in fiber and do not contain saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium.

  Dates are gifts from nature. Try it, replace it with sugar, use it in bakeries and add it to your salad and smoothies.

We have powdered date in our store, contact us if you will want to try it.