Dates, a naturally dehydrated fruit, have been popular for millennia. Medjool dates are the most common, but specialty food markets sell Dayri, Halawy, Thoory, and Zahidi dates. This tasty fruit is good for you.
Dates are anti-inflammatory. Date syrup and paste, as well as the whole fruit, have anti-inflammatory properties.
This fruit contains selenium, which boosts immunity. Men and women over 19 should get 55 micrograms of selenium daily. One cup of chopped dates contains 4.41 micrograms of selenium, or 8% of the RDA.
A 2020 systematic study compared date fruit to standard care on labor outcomes. Dates greatly reduced the active phase of labor. Cesarean section frequency and other labor phases had little influence.
This reduces the chance of heart disease by preventing cholesterol's fatty deposits from clogging your arteries (atherosclerosis).
Carotenoids, polyphenols, and anthocyanins are antioxidants in dates. Antioxidant-rich diets lessen cancer risk. In 2014, dates were discovered to reduce colorectal cancer risk.
In a 2014 article on the medicinal effects of date fruits, flavonoids, phenols, and saponines may help regulate diabetes, albeit the exact mechanism is unknown. Date flavonoid compounds improved diabetic rats in 2013.