Date

Produce Description:

The date palm was originally found near the Nile and Euphrates rivers. It is a round fruit about the size of a golf ball with a hard pit in the center. Dates lower cholesterol levels and act as both anti-infectives and an anti-inflammatories.

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Dates contain both soluble and insoluble dietary fiber and are beneficial in many ways. The insoluble fiber aids in digestion. The soluble fiber helps decrease elevated blood glucose levels. Fiber can also act as a laxative and relieve constipation.

Dates are said to have anti-infective, anti-inflammatory, and anti-hemorrhagic properties, because they have the highest concentration of polyphenols among dried fruits. The fiber helps treat diabetes by lowering elevated blood glucose levels. Dates can also help lower serum cholesterol levels.

Alanine: 0.122 g -

Arginine: 0.2 g -

Aspartic acid: 0.313 g -

Calcium, Ca: 57 mg -

Carbohydrate, by difference: 110.29 g -

Carotene, beta: 9 Âµg -

Copper, Cu: 0.303 mg -

Cysteine: 0.098 g -

Fatty acids, total monounsaturated: 0.053 g -

Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated: 0.028 g -

Fatty acids, total saturated: 0.047 g -

Fiber, total dietary: 11.8 g -