Dates are a heavenly and very nutritious fruit that has many minerals such as iron, potassium, zinc, manganese and vitamins A, B and E, and the whole portion of its fruit is meaty and contains nutrients. Dates have been in the human diet since ancient times and have been one of the oldest fruits grown by humans. Research on dates has shown that this fruit can prevent many cancers such as colon, stomach and other cancers. One of the properties of dates is that they are laxative, provided that you soak 6 to 7 dates in 2 glasses of boiling water and drink it hot in the morning and night, or sip some dates and immediately drink one or two glasses of warm water. Drink it.
Another property of dates is to neutralize excess stomach acid, and since too much stomach acid causes sourness and heartburn, so whenever you have heartburn, you can use the Chinese formula in traditional Chinese medicine, so that 2 Put up to 3 fresh and crushed dates in boiling water and then stir and drink. You can also eat dates as a fruit.
Properties of dates
Dates have many benefits, which are considered to be very useful fruits due to the nutrients and minerals they contain. Here are some of them:
Dates are good for pregnancy
For people with diabetes, dates can also be part of a healthy diet. A person with diabetes can as long as their diabetes is under control; Eat 1 to 2 dates a day, exercise regularly and follow and follow a healthy eating plan.
- Contains many proteins and nutrients.
- Useful for diarrhea.
Humans need 9 milligrams of iron per day, which is 3 to 5 milligrams of iron per 100 grams of dates: Eating a few dates a day provides the body with the iron it needs. Iron repairs and builds red blood cells; Eating dates is a cure for anemia.
- Suitable for slimming due to high fiber
Planting history
The date palm tree grows in tropical and subtropical regions, including Iran. Although its origins are mentioned in Mesopotamia, Saudi Arabia and North Africa, but scientific studies, it is known as P.H. Sivestris attributed to go to India is attributed. Archaeologists have attributed the construction of the groves to 5,000 years ago because they got their name from mud tablets 50 centuries ago.
Palms and dates have been cultivated in Iran since ancient times and before the Achaemenid period. In Sassanid literature, including the book Bandheshan, the palm is mentioned. Chinese sources refer to Iran (in his language as Bousi, the Persian pronunciation of Persian) as the land of date palms, which is known to them as Persian jujube and millennial jujube. At the end of the ninth century, date palms were taken from Iran to China and cultivated there. Among European countries, Spain has a longer history of cultivating dates.
One of the most important factors that can be effective in improving the quality and principles and thus the prosperity of the date industry in the world, is the use of superior and commercial date varieties. Historical documents written about 200 years ago mention 25 cultivars of date palms grown in and around Khorramshahr, which are still known by the same names today, but available statistics show that over 3,000 cultivars of dates are known in the world. Most of them belong to Iran, of the 400,000 known dates in the world, 400 belong to Iran.
Wash dates before consumption
Many people do not wash dates before eating. That is, they see the appearance of dates and say that dates are so clean that they do not need to be washed. Unaware of the fact that dates are usually picked and graded with not very clean hands, and sometimes the cap on the head of the date is removed by hand, and as a result, the date will be more permeable to germs. In addition, the fruit on the tree may be contaminated with dust or bird droppings and pests such as bedbugs and tree mites. For this reason, it is recommended to wash dates before eating.
Unfortunately, in some cases, the packaging of dates is more traditional, ie the dates are graded and packaged by workers who often do not follow the hygienic points, while the cardboard bag and box intended for packaging the product itself may be prone to transmission. But dates that are vacuum-packed or wrapped in durable nylon packages that are impermeable on all sides have gone through the process of disinfection and increased shelf life hygienically. In this way, before packing the dates, a first wash is given and then the fruit is disinfected. To increase the shelf life, some factories give the dates a cold or weak heat to inactivate the date enzymes and reduce the activity of microbes.
Sometimes they increase the shelf life of dates by radiation, CO2, or gases, but none of these actions are performed on bulk dates, and the microbial load of the crop is usually high. As a result, never buy bulk dates.
