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ARE DATES GOOD FOR YOU?
Dates are whole foods, but by weight are 80% pure sugar.
Just to put that in perspective, Fruit Loops are only 40% sugar –
half the sugar content of dates,
and has fruit-shaped marshmallows, so it’s got to be healthy.
Straight frosting? Only 60% sugar.
Jelly beans? Only 70% sugar. Dates, 80%.
Yes, dates have fiber; they have phytonutrients.
But the concern about consuming high sugar foods is that they can raise our blood sugar,
raise our triglycerides, oxidatively stress our bodies, and make us fat.
So last year Israeli scientists took a bunch of people,
stuffed them full of dates for a month and measured what happened.
Are dates bad for us?
Does the sugar and fiber kind of cancel each other out?
Or are dates good for us?
Dates are fantastic!
No adverse effects on blood sugar or weight, and
beneficial improvements in triglycerides and antioxidant stress levels.
Check out the title of this review: possible BEST food,
concluding dates may be considered an almost ideal food.
As an aside, one date scored significantly better than the others.
They’re both good, but one’s better.
Medjool or the smaller, sweeter Hallawi dates?
Without a doubt, Hallawi is better.