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Your date with healthy dates

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Health benefits of datesHealth benefits of dates are quite well known. Dates are full of natural fibers and other key vital nutrients. It is powerhouse of vitamins and minerals. One date daily can also keep doctor away. These sweet fruits from the tropical oasis can promote good health and help to keep away from diseases.

Dates have been part of regular food of the middle east. Evidence has been found that dates were used in Indus Valley and Harappan civilization almost 5000 years ago. Dates flourished in ancient Mesopotamia and prehistoric Egypt. Date fruits were used for making wine. Trading community brought dates to Europe and Africa and with colonization the fruit has spread across globe. Dates have found several mentions in religious text of Bible and Quran. In Islamic culture, dates and yogurt or milk are traditionally the first foods consumed for Iftar after the sun has set during sacred month of Ramadan.

Dates are fruits of Date plam tree (Phoenix dactylifera). These fruits are generally darkish brown oval shaped drupes found in large groupings or clusters. When immature they are yellow in colour, however when ripe they turn darkish brown. Dates ripen in four stages, which are known throughout the world by their Arabic names kimri (unripe), khlal (full-size, crunchy), rutab (ripe, soft), tamar (ripe, sun-dried). Date fruit is consumed in all phases. These days there are several varieties of date palm being cultivated. The type of fruit depends on the glucose, fructose and sucrose content.

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Health Benefits of Pomegranate

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Health benefits of pomegranatesHealth benefits of pomegranate are innumerable. It would not be exaggeration if one says a pomegranate a day keeps the doctor away. Pomegranate fruit is filled with vitamin C and other nutrients that offer wide health benefits and are good for our heart and body.

Pomegranate is one of the oldest fruits and favorite fruit of people of tropical and sub tropical areas of the world. The pomegranate is an original native of Persia or Mediterranean Basin and today it has become more common in the global commercial markets.

Reference of Pomegranate is found in several ancient writings across cultures and religions including Babylonian texts, the Book of Exodus, the Homeric Hymns and the Quran. There is evidence that over 2000 years ago the people of the Mediterranean used various parts of the pomegranate to treat a variety of ailment.

Pomegranate gets its name from medieval Latin pōmum “apple” and grānātum “seeded”. It has similar names in other languages – granada (Spanish), Grenadine (German), grenade (French), granatäpple ( Swedish), pomogranà (Venetian). Other local names include anâr (Persian/Hindi/Urdu), darima/dadima (Sanskrit).

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Health benefits of Watermelon

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Health benefits of watermelonWatermelon is definitely one of my favourites. Apart from being deliciously, watermelon is tremendously healthy, as well.  Watermelon is a storehouse of nutrition and  hydrates, but still low on fat. The myth was that because watermelon is 92% water, they have very little nutritional value. But studies on health benefits of watermelon have proven that when you eat watermelon, a bundle of powerful antioxidants travel through the body to neutralize free radical damage. Free radicals are organic molecules that contribute to aging, tissue damage and even the progression of certain diseases.

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