Less, if not full time now eat dates fruit. The fruits usually contain the energy and calories low, so it is not the fruit of dates. With a high carbohydrate content, dates to be a source of energy is high. Even the highest among all other fruits. Therefore it is very suitable dates to restore energy after a day active. For people who eat enough dates in the morning will be fresh and hungry resistance, because the food is also rich in fiber.

Dates can be eaten directly in dry or fresh. Dates can also be used for various dishes such as the various products, bread, candy, ice cream, and syrup. In the Middle-East countries, dates are usually consumed with milk processed. The following is the content of the fruit dates, which are beneficial to health:

1. Contains a high potassium (100 g dried dates: 666 mg of potassium), so that reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. Potassium is a mineral essential to the blood vessels, create a regular heartbeat, activate muscle contraction, and stabilize blood pressure.

2. Calycylate acid contain the high (dry dates), which is being used as a raw material of aspirin (drug subtrahend / remover pain and fever). calycilate is to prevent blood coagulation, anti-inflammation, pain and remover. Regular low doses of aspirin (or less than half the usual dose drink per day) is to help prevent headaches, to a heart attack and stroke.

According to Nurfi Afriansyah, Staff Researcher IEC Nutrition Nutrition Cairo, calycilate acid can also affect the prostaglanadine, a fatty acid group hydroksida that stimulates smooth muscle contraction and lower blood pressure.

3. Contain carbohydrates or sugar high. carbohydrate content of dates fruits is around 60% on weak dates (which are harvested while still weak and raw) to around 70% in the dry dates (which dry out the tree in the sun, sunburned). 100 gr dates able to supply 230 KCal (960 kJ) energy.

According to dr. Anwar El Multi from Egypt, dates contain 70% glucose and is not dangerous for health. Most varieties of dates contain sugar glucose (sugar in the blood type) or fructosa (type of sugar in most fruits), these substances easily digested by the body and burned as a result of high energy without difficult for the body to absorb process and as a nutrient well.

Glass of water containing glucose, according to Dr. David Conning, Director of the British Nutrition Foundation, will be absorbed within 20 - 30 minutes. Meanwhile, the sugar contained in the new dates out of the tempo in the 45 - 60 minutes.

4. Containing various vitamins and vitamin important. In every 100 grams dried dates contained 50 IU Vitamin A; 0.4 mg of Vitamin C; 0.09 mg Tyamine; Riboflavin 0.10 mg, 2.20 mg Niacyn, Nicotine acid and iron. -Vitamin astringent that work to help release energy, to keep the skin and nerves to stay healthy, and the important function of the organ to the heart.

5. Contains many important minerals, like magnesium, potassium and calcium. Dates also contain a hormone that potuchsin can smallest blood vessels in the womb, so can prevent the occurrence of bleeding heart.

6. The low fat content of only 0.4 grams of fat per 100 grams of dates.

With only eat one portion of the extra food rich in potassium at least 400 mg / day, then the risk of fatal stroke can be lowered to 40%. Minimum limit of 400 mg / day is easy once filled with dried dates only eat a minimum of approximately 65 g only, or the equivalent in points with five dates.