Jujube fruit is very nutritious. It is a popular nutritional food that has always been praised in my country and is known as "woody food". Jujube fruit has an excellent flavor when eaten fresh, and its sugar content ranges from 19 to 44%. The sugar content of dried red dates is as high as 50-87%, and the caloric value per 100 grams of pulp is 309 kcal, which is similar to rice and refined white flour, so it is known as "woody food". Fruit also contains protein, fat and a variety of mineral elements, such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc., which are indispensable nutrients for the human body. The content of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in fresh jujubes that are close to maturity is extremely rich, generally containing 436.4-808.8mg per 100g, which is equivalent to 100 times that of apples, 15-20 times that of citrus, and higher than that of Chinese kiwi, which is known as the king of vitamin C. 3-4 times. It contains 18 kinds of amino acids, 8 of which are important kinds that cannot be synthesized by the human body. The proverbs spread among Chinese people, "Eat three dates every day, you will never grow old in your life" and "Five grains plus jujubes are better than Ganoderma lucidum" fully illustrate the nutritional value of red dates.
Red dates are very nutritious. Fresh dates contain 20%-36% sugar, and dried dates contain 55%-80% sugar. They contain high calories and can be used as a food substitute. They were often used for disaster relief in history. Vitamin C content ranks among the best among fruits, with a content of 0.0 per 100 grams. l-0.6 grams, about 100 times higher than apples, peaches, etc., and the content of vitamin P is also the highest among all fruits. People praise jujube as a natural vitamin pill. Each hundred grams of fresh dates contains 1.2 grams of protein, which is almost the highest among fresh fruits. Dried red dates produce extremely high amounts of heat. Each hundred grams of red dates can produce about 1,200-1,300 kilojoules of heat, which is close to that of raisins, and the content of protein, calcium, phosphorus, riboflavin and niacin is higher than that of raisins. Therefore, people have always regarded red dates as an excellent tonic.
If you eat three dates a day, you will not look old for a hundred years. Red dates are not only a delicious fruit, but also a good nourishing medicine. They have the effects of strengthening muscles and bones, nourishing blood and promoting qi, and nourishing the skin. Red dates can be used as medicine, which has been described as early as in "Compendium of Materia Medica". It is said that red dates can replenish qi and benefit the middle, nourish the spleen and soil, moisten the heart and lungs, regulate nutrition, soothe yin and blood, produce body fluids, please the color, open the nine orifices, help the twelve meridians, and combine with hundreds of medicines. Li Shizhen, a great medical scientist of the Ming Dynasty, wrote in "Compendium of Materia Medica": The smell of jujube is sweet and flat, it calms the spleen and nourishes the spleen, calms the stomach qi, clears the nine orifices, helps the twelve meridians, replenishes the lack of qi,... long-term use can lighten the body and prolong life. . Modern medical research shows that red dates are effective in treating allergic purpura, anemia, hypertension, acute and chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and gastrointestinal tumors]
Red dates are rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin B2, etc. Multivitamins. The vitamin C content in fresh red dates is 7-10 times higher than that of citrus and 75 times that of apples. Red dates also contain chemical components that are beneficial to health, such as 14 kinds of amino acids such as glutamic acid, lysine, and arginine, 6 kinds of organic acids such as malic acid, and alcoholic acid, flavonoids, and phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, Calcium, iron and other 36 trace elements.
The cyclic adenosine monophosphate contained in jujube can dilate blood vessels, improve the nutritional status of myocardium, enhance myocardial contractility, and is beneficial to the normal activity of the heart. Jujube also contains triterpenoids, such as maslinic acid, which have anti-fatigue effects and can increase people's endurance. In addition, jujube also has the function of reducing liver damage caused by toxic substances.
Jujube can be eaten fresh or processed into dried products, and can be made into candied dates, smoked dates, drunken dates, jujube wine, jujube paste, preserved jujubes, cans, raw juice drinks, etc. It can also be used to be processed into cakes.
Regular consumption of red dates can prevent aging and prolong life