Red dates are a very healthy food ingredient, with excellent effects in nourishing qi and blood, and caring for the skin. Jujubes can improve human immunity and inhibit cancer cells; pharmacological research has found that red dates can promote the production of white blood cells, lower serum cholesterol, increase serum albumin, and protect the liver. Red dates also contain substances that inhibit cancer cells and can even transform cancer cells into normal cells.
Health benefits of red dates in diet therapy
Red dates are warm in nature and sweet in taste, with the effects of replenishing qi and blood, strengthening the spleen and harmonizing the stomach, and expelling wind. They are ideal for treating allergic purpura, anemia, high blood pressure, elevated serum transaminase in patients with acute and chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis, and for preventing blood transfusion reactions. Red dates contain triterpenoid compounds and cyclic adenosine monophosphate, which have strong anti-cancer and anti-allergic effects. Jujubes contain substances that fight fatigue and can enhance a person's endurance. Jujubes also have the effect of reducing the damage of toxic substances to the liver. The flavonoid compounds in jujubes have a sedative and blood pressure-lowering effect.
Candied red dates
Beauty effect
Red dates will give you a rosy complexion because of their effect of nourishing the skin and enriching the blood. If you often cook porridge or soup with red dates, it can promote the body's hematopoiesis, effectively prevent anemia, and make the skin more and more rosy.
Skin whitening and freckle removal
Red dates are rich in vitamin C and cyclic adenosine monophosphate, which can promote the metabolism of skin cells, prevent melanin deposition, and make the skin more fair, smooth, and delicate, achieving the beauty and skin care effects of whitening the skin and removing freckles.
Replenishing qi and nourishing blood
The Chinese herbal book "Ben Jing" records that red dates are sweet in taste and warm in nature, and belong to the spleen and stomach meridians. They have the functions of replenishing qi in the middle jiao, nourishing blood and calming the spirit, and moderating the properties of other herbs. Modern pharmacological research has found that red dates can increase oxygen content in the blood, nourish all cells in the body, and are a mild tonic.
Anti-aging
Red dates can nourish blood, calm the spirit, and nourish the spleen and stomach. If elderly and weak people eat them regularly, they can enhance their physical fitness and delay aging. If office workers eat them, they can increase their appetite and relieve tension. If you soak a cup of red date tea at night, it can effectively treat insomnia.
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