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Dates - A Remedy for Obesity?

Date sugars contain more complex carbohydrates than other fruits. These complex carbohydrates are heavier to digest, and because they release their energy more slowly into your body, curb your appetite longer than simple sugars. For this reason dates have been used to treat obesity; they satisfy the sweet craving and prevent binging on heavier, fattier foods like ice-cream. Too many dates, however, can make your stomach feel heavy and digestion sluggish. Since dates are high in sugar, they are contraindicated for diabetics.

Dates for Nursing Mothers

Dates have been traditionally used by Muslim pregnant mothers to facilitate childbirth. The story goes that when the Virgin Mary was giving birth, she heard a voice telling her, "Shake the trunk of the palm tree towards thee: it will drop fresh, ripe dates upon thee. Eat, then, and drink, and be comforted." (Qur'an 19:25-26). Dates contain phyto-hormones that resemble oxytocin, the 'tend and befriend hormone'. Oxytocin helps the uterus contract and tones reproductive organs after birth. Oxytocin also stimulates the let down reflex for breastfeeding mothers and alleviates depression during breast feeding.

Placing a well chewed date in the mouth of a newborn is a longstanding tradition among Muslim parents as an example of healing and mercy towards mankind established in the Qur'an. They are a demulcent (link to definition of demulcent) salve which pacifies infants, can relieve pain before circumcision and during teething, and reduces the heart rate. For this reason dates are also used to break the fast during Ramadan in Morocco. The sucrose (sugar) of the dates is responsible for its mild analgesic effect. Dates pureed into milk are a restorative male reproductive tonic.

A Muscle Tonic

Dates are a tonic for the muscles and heart. Re-balancing electrolytes is essential to smooth muscle function. Muscle twitches or spasms are often a sign of electrolyte imbalance. Since dates are high in dietary potassium, they are helpful in re-balancing electrolytes and supporting good muscle function. Their Pitta pacifying effect on the liver helps maintain good vision and prevent night blindness and they are believed to counteract the effects of alcohol intoxication. Dates are high in tannins and useful for toning the digestive tract after diarrhea. A date and honey paste has been a traditional treatment of diarrhea and dysentery.

Vata people suffering from dryness should take care, however. Potassium rich foods tend be diuretic in nature. Dried fruits in general may exacerbate dehydration by absorbing fluids in the stomach. Vata people who tend towards dryness should sip water between bites and fully chew the date, reconstituting it in the mouth instead of the stomach.

Dates have been a staple food and cultivated in the Middle East for thousands of years. Their cultivation has been documented in Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt and as far back as 60000BC in Arabia.

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The largest, sweetest and most sumptuous dates are the Medjool variety. Deglet dates are less expensive and useful for cooking with dates. Dates can be bought fresh or sun-dried and ripened. However, they are mostly bought and used as a dried fruit.

Browse Recipes Dates may be eaten straight from the hand, although soaking beforehand makes them more easily digestible. Dates are delicious pureed with milk and cinnamon, or stuffed with almonds, walnuts, candied orange or lemon zest, marzipan or cream cheese. They are often cooked in savory meat dishes throughout the middle east, or into cookies and puddings. Ancient Egyptians made date wine from dates. Recent innovations include stuffing dates with mozzarella and wrapping them in bacon. Dates can also be used to make vinegar and date juice drinks.

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