Can I eat red dates if I have high blood pressure? The ten major benefits of red dates

Red dates are one of our common foods. Many female friends will choose to eat some red dates after menstruation because it has the effect of replenishing qi and blood. Patients with high blood pressure can also eat red dates, but it is recommended not to eat too much. Eating too much can easily cause inflammation. Red dates not only have the effect of lowering blood pressure, but also can enhance the body's immunity and inhibit the growth of cancer cells; people who eat fresh dates rarely suffer from gallstones and so on.

1. Dates can improve human immunity and inhibit cancer cells: Pharmacological studies have found that red dates can promote the production of white blood cells, lower serum cholesterol, increase serum albumin, and protect the liver. Red dates also contain substances that inhibit cancer cells and can even transform cancer cells into normal cells.

2. People who often eat fresh dates rarely suffer from gallstones. This is because the rich vitamin C in fresh dates converts excess cholesterol in the body into bile acid. With less cholesterol, the probability of stone formation also decreases.

3. Jujubes are rich in calcium and iron, which play an important role in preventing and treating osteoporosis and postpartum anemia. Middle-aged and elderly people often suffer from osteoporosis during menopause, and adolescents and women who are at the peak of growth and development are prone to anemia. Jujubes have an ideal therapeutic effect on them, and the effect is usually incomparable to drugs.

4. It also has a good tonic effect on people who are weak after illness.

5. The rutin contained in dates is a substance that softens blood vessels and thus lowers blood pressure, and has preventive and therapeutic effects on hypertension.

6. Dates can also resist allergies, remove fishy and strange smells, calm the mind, improve intelligence and brain health, and enhance appetite.

7. Dates can also effectively enhance muscle strength, eliminate fatigue, dilate blood vessels, increase myocardial contractility, and improve myocardial nutrition.

8. Jujubes 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, which have a strong nourishing effect, can improve the body's immune function and enhance disease resistance.

9. The experimental mice were gavage-fed with a decoction of jujube every day for three weeks, and their weight gain was significantly higher than that of the control group. In the swimming test, their swimming time was significantly longer than that of the control group, which indicates that jujube has the effect of enhancing muscle strength and increasing body weight.

10. Experiments have confirmed that rabbits with liver damage caused by carbon tetrachloride were fed a decoction of jujube every day for one week. The results showed that the total protein and albumin in their serum increased significantly compared with the control group, indicating that jujube has a liver-protecting effect.