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Eat Dates

Allah advised Mary to eat freshly ripened dates. Today, such dates
are considered to be food and medicine. Scientists now know that dates
contain more than ten substances considered essential for the human
body's well-being and continuing health.
Dates contain plenty of the easily digested and absorbed sugars
that give the human body its energy for heat and movement. More im-
portantly, these sugars are of the fructose type and not of the glucose
type, which quickly raises the blood-sugar levels. Dates provide energy,

help muscle tissues and nerve cells develop, and are especially
beneficial for people weakened by illness or those suffering
from exhaustion, because of their high caloric value. For ex-
ample, 100 grams of dates contain 1.5 grams of protein and
50 grams of carbohydrates. In addition, their caloric value
is 225 kcal. Fresh dates have a 60-65 percent sugar content
and a 2 percent protein content.
Modern medical findings suggest that dates benefit
women who are almost ready to give birth.
Doctors now advise pregnant women to
take fructose-containing foods on their
due dates, for such foods provide ener-
gy used by the weakened body to re-
vitalize itself, have a trigger effect

on the milk hormones and thus
help the woman's body
produce milk, and also
increase the volume
of that milk.

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)