Dates are a healthy delicious sweet snacks to be enjoyed between meals by everyone. Dates are dry fruits that help in losing weight and maintaining good health. A piece of dates provides 23calories of energy and 31gms of carbohydrates.Those who want to lose weight or those who don't want to gain weight must add this fruit in their menu(evening snacks).
A handful (minimum 5) of Dates a day is enough to meet the nutrient re quirements of the day .The main advantage and the reason why i prefer this dry fruit as an evening snack is that it has no cholesterol and no fat content in it.Moreover it provides all the necessary vitamins like thiamine, niacin, pantothenic acid etc and minerals like potassium ,calcium and iron .The vitamins are required for maintaining the blood glucose levels.Iron is the prime element required for the production of red blood cells(R.B.C).
Dates also contain lots of fibrous material like tannins that add bulk to the food which helps in the free bowel movements.It also helps people who suffer from constipation.Those who get bored eating whole dates can use them in different forms.One Different way of using dates in another form is that Grinding the dates and using the grinded dates as a sweetening agent in sweets instead of sugar.This is very much helpful for people suffering from Diabetes.My suggestion to people who want to get their weight reduced is that add Dry fruits and sprouts in your daily menu.
Dates also contain lots of fibrous material like tannins that add bulk to the food which helps in the free bowel movements.It also helps people who suffer from constipation.Those who get bored eating whole dates can use them in different forms.One Different way of using dates in another form is that Grinding the dates and using the grinded dates as a sweetening agent in sweets instead of sugar.This is very much helpful for people suffering from Diabetes.My suggestion to people who want to get their weight reduced is that add Dry fruits and sprouts in your daily menu.
The above link provides you the complete nutritonal value of Dates.
