What is gray date? What is the function of gray date?

As the saying goes, "Three dates a day will keep you young." The benefits of dates to the human body have been highly valued since ancient times. Dates are rich in iron and calcium, which play a very important role in preventing and treating osteoporosis. Among the dates, there is a delicious and healthy snack, the Xinjiang Ruoqiang gray date. Let's learn about it together!

Contents of this article

1. What is gray date?

2. What are the functions of gray dates?

3. Can gray dates be eaten without washing?

What is gray date?

Gray dates are also called Xinzheng gray dates. The fruit is long obovate, with orange-red skin, small core and thick flesh. It tastes sweeter than ordinary red dates. It is native to Xinzheng, Henan, and was later introduced to various parts of the country. It is now distributed in Qiemo, Xinjiang and other areas.

What is the function of gray dates?

1. Improve immunity

Gray dates contain a large amount of carbohydrates, mainly glucose, but also fructose, sucrose, oligosaccharides composed of glucose and fructose, arabinan and galactaldoses, etc.; they also contain a large amount of vitamin C, riboflavin, thiamine, carotene, niacin and other vitamins. They have a strong nourishing effect, can improve the body's immune function and enhance disease resistance.

2. Prevent gallstones

The rich vitamin C in gray dates can convert excess cholesterol in the body into bile acid. With less cholesterol, the probability of stone formation also decreases.

3. Prevent osteoporosis

Dates are rich in iron and calcium, which play a very important role in preventing and treating osteoporosis.

Can gray dates be eaten without washing?

The red dates grown in the desert have a lot of sand on their surface due to wind and sun exposure. You can eat them directly after washing them with clean water.

When the gray dates are on the tree, there will be sand and dust attached to the surface of the dates, which looks very dirty, but it is just dust. There are no other harmful substances. After washing away the dust with clean water, it can be eaten directly.