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Dates contain 60-70 percent sugar and a large amount of fibre. Here are 13 health benefits of Date Fruit
- Date fruit is rich in natural sugars such as fructose, sucrose, and glucose thus makes them rich in energy. Eating dates help to increase energy in the body.
- It protects against oxidative stress and inflammation in the brain. They contain antioxidants that help to slow down Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
- Date fruit is rich in fibre which helps with relieving constipation.
- Date fruit contains fibre which helps to stimulate the digestion of food.
- It is rich in iron which helps to treat anaemia.
- It helps to prevent different forms of heart diseases.
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- Date fruit helps to increase sperm count and motility. It helps in the treatment of male infertility.
- It helps to boost libido and sexual functions because of its aphrodisiac properties.
- It helps to prevent night blindness and to preserve healthy vision.
- Date fruit is medicine for chronic diarrhoea.
- It helps to promote healthy bones.
- Date fruit can help an underweight person to gain more weight.
- Date fruit helps to promote natural labour and also to ease late-term labour for pregnant women.
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