Health and Fitness

When you see Date for the first time, you will not recognize that it is edible fruit. It has hard covering of its skin. The natural sugar contained in the date is much better than highly refined white sugar. The fruit is very good for cough and cold, asthma, laryngitis, chest complaints, fevers, dysentery and liver complaints. Taking dates with milk early in the morning during winter months is found to be a good tonic. Dates can be eaten with milk for ulcers of the stomach. The date water can be used with milk for children who have sensitive stomachs, as it helps digest the milk.

The fiber of cellulose of the date is very soft and does not irritate the stomach. Dates are hest producing and give energy to people who engage in physical exercise and hard work. They are also a good source of copper, which is a diet essential, even though it is needed by the body only in small amounts.

You can use date as medicine in the following forms:

1. Dates are demulcent, expectorant and laxative and are used in respiratory and digestive disorders.

2. Dates are also reported to be effective in cases of memory disturbance.

3. Dried dates soaked in milk are highly nutritious and give energy and vitality.