Date Varieties

“Almost every healthy element of food needed during the day is available in one date.”

Dates are an integral nutrient containing most of the essential elements of carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, mineral salts and fiber, eating 15 dates per day provides the human body with its daily needs of magnesium, manganese, copper, sulfur and half of its need for iron and a quarter of its needs of calcium and potassium as the date contain the element of phosphorus, which enters the structure of bones and teeth. Therefore, it is very important to nourish the nerve cells in the brain, while the element of potassium helps to do so and enhances the concentration and water balance in the body. And dates contain the richest health elements that provide the human body with the necessary energy for its movements and activity due to its high percentage of sugar as well. Moreover, dates are fast digestible food, and it’s easy to absorb.

There are many preventive and therapeutic benefits of dates, the most important is that it reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases, as it reduces the rate of absorption of cholesterol in the intestine and plays a protective role due to its containment of phenols and antioxidants.