Dates For Health Benefits

Fasting month is a month full of blessing. All the warmth and coolness felt in this month people consume too much of a date as a reliever after a day of fasting hunger. But behind the sweet taste it, saved a variety of useful benefits for the health of the body. So what are the dates for the health benefits?

Fasting is identical to the dates, it said in part of people who realize how often they saw a man selling dates in the month of Ramadan as compared to other fruits. They consider the dates in moderation, can eliminate hunger while before doing any other advanced service.

Dates that have a Latin name of the phoenix dactilifera been known since the paleolithic era. Dates is a kind of palm plants are widely grown in the Arabian peninsula and most people think of dates only live in the desert. But in other areas that have high enough levels of drought, can also live dates. Now, the fruit that tastes sweet to be the mainstay of agricultural commodities which sells for sale by bangsaa Arab, Africa and even China.

According to Prof. Dr. Ir Khomsan Ali, MS, dates contain vital nutrients for the body. "At least sugar (glucose) into the main components of the composition reaches 50 percent of the entire content of the fruit," he said. IPB professor also said that abortion is greater than other fruits which only reaches 20-30 percent.

On the dates that are still soft (ripe on the tree and not dried) sugar content of about 60 percent. While the dates that have been dried implies quite high, about 70 percent. Sugar content in the palm has a poor absorption, about 45-50 minutes so the time for processing the nutrients delivered into the blood to be quite long.

Fruit desert also contains various vitamins needed by the body. Vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin, iron, vitamin B is in a date. Riboflavin and niacin for example, will help release energy from food, while thiamin helps release energy from carbohydrates. Vitamin A and niacin plays a role in forming and maintaining healthy skin. Thiamin is important for nerve cells, while niacin maintain normal nerve function.

Minerals are also very commonly found in dates. Magnesium and potassium at least in sufficient quantities can be counted on to help the body get better performance. "Many also contained fibers like any other fruit," said Prof Ali. According to him, these fibers can be made into good digestion. The content of dates makes the intestines become soft and naturally activate it so that someone can easily defecate.

Dates for Health

Natural materials have been provided in nature does have benefits for the body. Similarly, with dates. The fruit of this one also has a property which is considered powerful enough to make the body become healthy and also to overcome problems that often arise in the health world.

Dates a high potassium content, according to Prof. Ali lucrative heart and blood vessels. The pulse became more regular and to a contraction of the muscles that help stabilize blood pressure. Only potassium levels was not accompanied by high levels of salt (sodium). "So for those who have high blood pressure (hypertension) I do not think it fit to eat dates, especially if consumed in excess," he said. He also added that potassium is also able to make us avoid the stiff muscles.

Dates for the health benefits are also due to the high potassium contained in dates. Just a reminder only if potassium has benefits for controlling blood pressure, therapy for those with high blood pressure, cleanse the blood and carbon dioxide dalama working muscles and trigger a ganglion.

High tannin substances in dates can be used as an anti-diarrheal. Dates can also be used as cold medicine, sore throat, tackling drunkenness and increased platelets in the blood for those affected by dengue fever. The way is by blending 500 grams of dates that have been discarded the peel, then mix with five glasses of water until smooth. Results from blenderan is drunk as much as one glass every hour during the day.

Those affected by headaches can also be treated by eating a date. After doing more research, it turns out the dates of the presence of salicylate (a substance commonly used as raw material for migraine headaches, pain relief until the fever). But the dates should not be eaten by those who have diabetes. Instead of improving, dates will make the sugar levels of diabetics are already high enough to be higher. "I also do not recommend it," said Prof. Ali.

Dates and Fasting Month

Eating dates when breaking is something delicious. The sweet taste of dates is able to replace the energy lost when the sun bepijar. But who will eat the amount jangana too much because it will make you full faster. "In religion are advised to consume five dates and I think that's enough," said Prof. Ali.

He suggested an amount not much because when we consume too much, will trouble us during worship. In addition, the satiety that arise will make us the winds do not consume other foods (such as four of five perfectly healthy) that we actually need as a replacement for the ions lost body.

In some literature, is still a debate about whether or not dates when the meal is consumed. Some said the need for a high fiber content in dates is required during the day before. While those who do not have to argue, as Professor Ali said that the fibers in dates makes the stomach very quickly full. As a result they are going to fast there is no backup power to fast during the day.