Benefits of dates

An analysis of dry dates – according to medical sources – showed that they contain 70.6% of carbohydrates, 2.5% of fat, 33% of water, 1.32% of mineral salts, 10% of fiber, quantities of curamine, vitamins A – B1 – B2 – C, and protein. And sugar, oil, lime, iron, phosphorus, sulfur, potash, manganese, chlorine, copper, calcium and magnesium.
This means that dates have a great nutritional value, and it is a tonic for the muscles and nerves, a restorer, and a delay for the manifestations of aging. If milk is added to it, it is one of the best foods, especially for those whose digestive system is weak.
The nutritional value of dates is comparable to some of the types of meat and three times the nutritional value of fish. It is beneficial for people with anemia and chest diseases. It is given in the form of paste or soaked, boiled and drunk in batches. Workers, convalescents, thin people, and pregnant women.
Dates increase the weight of children, preserve eye moisture and luster, prevent exophthalmos and wicker balls, combat blindness, strengthen vision and nerves of hearing, calm and strengthen the nerves, fight nervous anxiety, activate the thyroid gland, spread peace and tranquility in the soul by eating it in the morning with a glass of milk, soften blood vessels, moisturize the intestines, protect them from weakness and inflammation, and strengthen Chambers of the brain, strengthens the muscles, combats dizziness, blurred vision, slackness, and laziness – for those who are fasting and tired.
Dates are easy to digest and have a quick effect on revitalizing the body, generating urine, cleaning the liver and dialysis of the kidneys, and soaked dates are useful against coughing, bronchitis and phlegm, and their fibers combat constipation, and their alkaline mineral salts adjust the acidity of the blood that causes kidney stones, gallbladder, gout, hemorrhoids, high blood pressure, adding walnuts and almonds to it or eating it with milk It increases its effect, and dates are not prohibited except for obese people and those with diabetes.
It was found that wet dates contain a substance that astringent the uterus, similar to oxytocin, so eating dates helps the fetus exit and reduces bleeding after childbirth, since dates contain blood pressure preservatives, this also helps reduce bleeding, as well as the labor process is stressful, which requires energy, and dates are rich in sugar that gives this energy .
As for the vitamin A that dates contain, it helps growth and prevents asha (night blindness) and helps the skin and the soft, moist membranes that line the nose and throat to remain healthy.
Vitamin (B) in dates maintains the integrity of the nervous system and protects against nervous tension and blockage of appetite, and helps in the digestion of creamy and fatty foods and maintains the integrity of the tongue and lips and madness and protects against pellagra (a disease associated with a skin rash, weakness, and disorder of the intestines and nervous system).
As for the sugars of dates, they are glucose, ligulose, and saccharose. They are easily absorbed and assimilated by the body, so they quickly reach the blood, then to the tissues and cells in the brain and muscles, giving them strength and heat. They are diuretic and beneficial to the kidneys and liver.
Dates are rich in phosphorus, which increases the vitality of the brain.
Many narrations have come about dates and the benefits of eating them on the authority of the Prophet (may God bless him and his family) and his infallible household (peace be upon them), including on the authority of Abi Abdullah on the authority of his forefathers (peace be upon them) who said: The Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) said: (A pregnant woman does not eat of Nothing better than wet.
Perhaps that is the secret in His saying, Glory be to Him, to Mary (peace be upon her) when labor suddenly came to the trunk of the palm tree, as we read in the Holy Qur’an (And shake at you the trunk of the palm tree, it will fall upon you fresh ripe dates * so eat and drink and cool your eyes).
On the authority of Abi Abdullah, on the authority of the Messenger of God (may God bless him and his family), he said: The Messenger of God (may God bless him and his family) said to Ali (peace be upon him): (O Ali, I like that the man is a tamarind).
And in an interview with the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him), he said: (The best of your dates are al-Barani, so feed your women during their postpartum period, and your children will come out dreamy).
And on the authority of the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) who said: (Eat dates, for in them there is a cure for diseases).
On the authority of the Messenger of God (may God bless him and his family): (Eat dates on an empty stomach, for it kills worms in the stomach).
And he (may God bless him and his family) said: (He who eats dates of ajwa in the morning will not be harmed by poison or magic that day).
This and the infallible medicine books (peace be upon them) are full of narrations about dates, so listen and admire.