Finik is considered an amazing fruit, to which the inhabitants of many countries have attributed medicinal properties - to strengthen human health and prolong his life. They say that the long-livers of China in the basis of their diet include dates. In any case, dates are a useful product, which most nutritionists are advised to use instead of sweet.
Since ancient times, it is known that dates have curative properties. Dates were widely used in the fight against various oncological diseases, various tumors, tuberculosis, and infectious diseases.
Dried dates favorably affect the human brain, increasing its productivity by more than 20%.
Finik is the most ancient fruit that was cultivated by mankind. In most countries of the world, the date, which has excellent taste and unique nutritional properties, continues to serve today as an important element in the diet. About five to seven thousand years ago, the ancestors of modern Arabs used wild dates. In the excavation of one of the objects, which for more than 2,000 years was found the seed of the date, which has successfully germinated in Israel. The curative properties of the dates of this variety were special, which distinguished them from other species of dates, but more than five hundred years ago this species of dates disappeared.
In ancient times, vinegar and wine were prepared from dates in Babylon. And the walls of Egyptian tombs painted with images of dates.
The basis of the diet of Bedouins always included fresh, dried and dried dates, since dates contain a lot of mineral substances and sugar.
Going on a hike, the Arab warrior always took two bags of dates with him, which allowed him to maintain muscular strength and endurance (the bags were suspended from both sides of the saddle).
Most of the dates grow in the Arab countries. Today, Saudi Arabia is the world leader in the production and sale of dates.
Large producers and suppliers of dates - Algeria, Egypt, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Morocco, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Syria, Oman, Tunisia.
The date palms have also been imported and are now growing in Mexico, the USA (California), South Africa, Australia. To date, there are many varieties of dates, and even specialists are sometimes difficult to understand them.
Fruits of dates contain a lot of magnesium, iron, mineral salts, phosphorus, vitamins of groups B and A, protein, essential amino acids.
As was established by scientists, in order to provide the human body with a daily need for copper, magnesium, sulfur, a quarter of the need for calcium, half the need for iron, it is enough to eat 10 dates a day. And according to some nutritionists, one date with a glass of milk satisfies the minimum necessary human need for nutrients.
The dates include 23 types of amino acids, which are absent in other fruits.
Dried dates fruits contain up to 65% of sugar, compared to other fruits this is the highest percentage. In general, this is fructose and glucose, the use of which, unlike sucrose, does not cause negative effects on the human body.
Dates on their dietary, nutritional and medicinal properties are equated with cereals. Absolutely everything can be eaten by dates - adults, children, pregnant women. Fresh dates can be stored in the refrigerator.
Fresh dates can be added to fruit salads, homemade cookies, buns, cakes and pies. From dates make date honey, alcoholic date juice, sugar. From the core of the tree produce palm flour. Date sugar, in comparison with beet or cane sugar is much more useful for the body.
The taste of dates can be improved, it is enough to put dried dates in hot milk. You can increase the protein and protein content, which is so necessary for the human body, if you add a filling of nuts, butter, almonds.
Arabs, for example, make dates from dates, which can be stored all year round. From dates are also prepared compotes, jelly, muesli and a variety of confectionery. From dates make flour, get honey. After fermenting from dates, you get a nice drink. It is worth noting that in the dates there is no cholesterol.
The dates favorably affect digestion, since they purify the digestive system. Even II Mechnikov, a Russian scientist with intestinal disorders, recommended using dates.
Dried and / or dried dates should not be kept outdoors for a long time, in addition, before use, dates should be washed, since bacteria and pollutants enter their sticky surface.
In ancient times it was believed that the fruits of the dates give endurance and strength, increase the life expectancy and the ability of the body to resist various infections, in particular, viral infections. Strengthen male sexual potency, kidneys, liver and heart. Promote the development of beneficial bacteria in the intestines, as well as the development of the root end of the brain. They feed blood and maintain an acid balance in the body.
Dates are recommended for use in hypertension and anemia, useful dates for the lungs and chest, contribute to the withdrawal of phlegm and calm cough. Dates are useful for brain activity.
Due to the content of dietary fiber, there are properties in the dates that reduce the risk of cancer.
The dates contain a lot of potassium, which is why they are recommended for cardiovascular diseases. People suffering from heart failure should use the dates to stimulate the heart. In addition, they have a strengthening and toning effect, able to restore strength after a long illness.
Dates will also help with fatigue, diabetes, physical fatigue, paralysis of the facial nerve. With dystrophy the decoction of rice and rice will help.
Dates are especially useful for pregnant women, and for women who are breastfeeding.
It is believed that the dates are able to facilitate childbirth, to contribute to the beginning of milk production.
To use dates instead of sweets is advised and to those who try to maintain their weight in norm and who is dieting.