Can I eat green dates during confinement?

Green dates are one of the favorite fruits of many people. They have a crispy taste. Eating them can beautify the skin, nourish the stomach and strengthen the spleen. However, green dates are not suitable for everyone as they are difficult to digest and have a cold nature. Especially for postpartum women, they should pay more attention to the choice of food so that their bodies can recover to their best condition faster. So can mothers eat green dates during the confinement period?

Postpartum women can eat green dates because it can promote the recovery of gastrointestinal function, increase appetite, promote the absorption and utilization of sugar and protein, especially prevent constipation and help achieve the goal of balanced nutrition. But postpartum women should not eat too much. After all, eating too much is not good for the body. Just eat in moderation.

The efficacy of green dates

1. Enhance human immunity. Jujube contains a large amount of carbohydrates, mainly glucose, but also fructose, sucrose, oligosaccharides composed of glucose and fructose, arabinan and galactaldosage polysaccharides, etc.; it also contains a large amount of vitamin C, riboflavin, thiamine, carotene, niacin and other vitamins, which have a strong nourishing effect, can improve human immune function and enhance disease resistance.

2. Protect the liver. Experiments have shown 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 were significantly increased compared with the control group), indicating that jujube has a liver-protecting effect.

3. Enhance muscle strength: (In the weight-increasing experimental mice, the decoction of jujube was administered daily for 3 weeks. The weight gain was significantly higher than that of the control group, and in the swimming test, their swimming time was significantly longer than that of the control group.) This shows that jujube has the effect of enhancing muscle strength and increasing body weight.

4. Anti-allergic jujube ethanol extract can inhibit the production of antibodies for specific reactive diseases and also has an inhibitory effect on mouse reactive antibodies, indicating that jujube has anti-allergic effects.

5. Anti-cancer: Anti-mutation jujube contains a variety of tri-compounds, among which phytic acid and behenic acid have been found to have anti-cancer activity and have inhibitory effects on sarcoma S-180. The nutrients contained in dates can enhance the body's immune function, and have certain effects on preventing and fighting cancer and maintaining the functions of human organs.

6. Calming and soothing the nerves: The flavonoids and glucoside A contained in jujube have sedative, hypnotic and antihypertensive effects. The isolated naringenin C glycosides have a central nervous system inhibitory effect, that is, it reduces spontaneous movement and stimulating reflexes, and has a tonic and cataleptic effect. Therefore, jujube has the effect of calming the nerves and tranquilizing the nerves.