Dates sweetness, for Health

Apart from diamond, festive Ramadan seemed a bit bland without the presence of date palms. Not only be just a tradition, it turns out sweet fruit from the Middle East and contain nutrients that many health properties. This proves it.

Researchers from the University of Scranton found the dates and other dried fruit is very rich in antioxidants called polyphenols, and fiber. The American Cancer Society recommends us to eat 20-35 grams of dietary fiber (dietary fiber) each day. And there is a soluble dietary fiber and insoluble.

Where fiber helps the digestive process by pushing the food into the digestive tract is an insoluble fiber. Meanwhile, soluble fiber can help prevent heart disease by lowering levels of LDL or bad cholesterol. Not only that, soluble fiber can also lower blood sugar, the edges will help keep diabetes under control.

Dates are a good energy intake, because every grain of dates contains 31 grams of carbohydrates. This portion also includes 3 grams of dietary fiber and 29 grams of fructose, glucose and sucrose (natural sugar that can be easily burned body to provide energy). Plus the value of the dates are, they will give you energy without the fat or cholesterol.

Potassium in dates are also offering benefits to our health. The body needs potassium intake to prevent muscle contraction. Potassium is a mineral essential for the body to protect the heart muscle, and maintain the health of the body's metabolism process and ensure the nervous system still works fine. Plus, potassium is also capable of making the body eliminate sodium, and automatically lowers blood pressure.
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