{"id":1899,"date":"2021-04-27T00:55:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T00:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=1899"},"modified":"2021-04-27T00:55:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T00:55:12","slug":"the-7-incredible-evidence-based-health-benefits-of-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=1899","title":{"rendered":"The 7 Incredible Evidence-Based Health Benefits of Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dates, the sweet little jewels that grow on date palms in many desert and tropical areas, are packed full of important nutrients and make a great natural sweetener in recipes.<\/p>\n<p>Dates have long been used in traditional and alternative medicines, as well as in religious traditions, and have a special significance for Muslims. Date palms are mentioned more than any other fruit-bearing plant in the Qur&#8217;an, and eating dates in the morning is believed to provide protection against poison and magic, according to Mariam Metwally, Accredited Practicing Dietician (APD).<\/p>\n<p class=\"clear\">Eating dates during Ramadan, the religious month (which started on April 12th and ends on May 12th in the US this year) has become a worldwide tradition, especially at the time of breaking the daily fast after sundown, since\u00a0dates are quick to raise blood sugar and restore energy levels.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/thebeet.com\/7-incredible-evidence-based-health-benefits-of-dates\/\">The Beet<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dates, the sweet little jewels that grow on date palms in many desert and tropical areas, are packed full of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1901,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1899\/revisions\/1901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}