Dates powder, a healthy natural sweetener

CAIRO – 20 May 2021: Do you know that you can totally avoid adding sugar, honey, or stevia to your drinks, cookies, and desserts? If you are looking for a healthy way to satisfy your sweet tooth, we recommend you use date powder, a 100-percent healthy sugar.

Date powder is a natural healthy alternative to sugar and can be easily prepared at home. All you need is to take five kilos of dried dates and do the following:

1- Wash the dates with water and dry them well in the sun.

2- Remove the seeds and divide the dates into two halves.

3- Put the dates in the oven for 3 hours, so that they are slightly hardened and the process of grinding them will be easy.

4- Leave them for a whole night in the oven after turning it off.

5- On the following day, grind them to powder, and store in glass.

Dates are a summer fruit that is widely cultivated in the Arab world. It contains 280 calories per 100 grams. This fruit contains zero fat, zero cholesterol, 0.5 gram of protein, as well as Vitamins C, E, D, and Vitamin B6, 5, 2 and 1. This is in addition to Iron, Calcium, Magnesium, and Monosaccharides.

Dates have tremendous health benefits as such fruit regulates blood sugar level and reduces appetite when a person eats three or seven dates in the morning. 

Also, it relieves constipation. Due to its dietary fiber content, dates stimulate bowel movement, supply the body with iron and help digestion. So, it is good for patients suffering from anemia.