Dates Help In Saveing Youth

A recent research of Israel specialists showed that regular consuming of dates help to lower lipids in the blood which lowers risk of developing of cardiovascular diseases, especially, atherosclerosis.

It also helps to reduce pH level and slows the aging process. Scientists from Technion's Faculties of Medicine of Rambam have studied useful properties of dates. A group of volunteers during one month consumed daily 100g of Medjool – a sort of fleshy dates growing in Jordan Valley.

After that those voluntaries during one month have not taken any dates. Then the next month they consumed other sort of dates called Halawi, these dates have thick peer and grow in Jordan Valley. Generally, volunteers were asked to keep to usual diet.

During the research volunteers regularly made blood test and liver and kidney examinations. Obtained results showed that regular consuming of Medjool reduces by 8% level of harmful lipids in blood and consuming Halawi – by 15%. Besides, Halawi help to reduce by 33% level of blood oxidation accelerating the process of aging. Medjool did not show the same properties.

As it is known, dates contain a lot of glucose but none of volunteers tested had blood sugar increased. It was considered before that a lot of glucose may cause diabetes. Also there were no changes observed in BMI - body mass index.

“The results of the research demand the explanation of working mechanism of dates which leads to lowering of blood lipids ”, said the lead researcher, professor Michael Aviram.