{"id":267,"date":"2024-05-05T16:34:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T20:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/frn330\/?p=267"},"modified":"2024-05-05T16:34:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T20:34:37","slug":"dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/frn330\/dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/frn330\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2024\/04\/Dates.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4965986394557824;width:375px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/frn330\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2024\/04\/Dates.jpg 440w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/frn330\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2024\/04\/Dates-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Date_palm\">Date tree<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scientific Name:<\/strong> <em>Phoenix dactylifera <\/em>belonging to the <em>Arecaeceae <\/em>family&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Origin:<\/strong> Middle East&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Description: <\/strong>The female date trees produce white flowers and therefore produce the fruit. Dates are drupes that can be a wide range of colors, yellow, brown or black. They grow in clusters, a single bunch can hold more than 1000 dates (Gaur, et. al, 2024).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Historical Medicinal Use: <\/strong>Fresh dates were thought to be good for the digestive system but not ideal for the throat or chest. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Modern Medicinal Use: <\/strong>Today, dates are mainly consumed when dried. Dates are high in antioxidants and fiber. They are also abundant in minerals such as potassium or magnesium and vitamins. Due to its properties, it is used to help control blood sugar and helps with digestive problems such as constipation (Elliott, 2022). Also, certain studies indicate that dates aid in lowering inflammatory markers in the brain.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elliott, Brianna. \u201c8 Proven Health Benefits of Dates.\u201d <em>Healthline<\/em>, Healthline Media, 13 Oct. 2022, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthline.com\/nutrition\/benefits-of-dates\">www.healthline.com\/nutrition\/benefits-of-dates<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaur, Aakanksha, et al. \u201cDate Palm.\u201d <em>Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica<\/em>, Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica, inc., 2 Apr. 2024, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/plant\/date-palm#:~:text=Holding%20the%20Sky-,Physical%20description,that%20emerged%20the%20previous%20year\">www.britannica.com\/plant\/date-palm#:~:text=Holding%20the%20Sky-,Physical%20description,that%20emerged%20the%20previous%20year<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHow Are Dates Grown?\u201d <em>Dateland Date Gardens<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dateland.com\/how-are-dates-grown\/\">www.dateland.com\/how-are-dates-grown\/<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Larkin, Deirdre. \u201cThe Medieval Garden Enclosed-The Palm.\u201d <em>THEMET<\/em>, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 16 Jan. 2009, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/fr\/articles\/medieval-garden-enclosed-palm\">www.metmuseum.org\/fr\/articles\/medieval-garden-enclosed-palm<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De Fouquet, Marie. <em>Recueil des rem\u00e8des faciles et domestiques, choisis et exp\u00e9riment\u00e9s, et tr\u00e8s approuv\u00e9s pour toutes sortes de maladies internes et externes, et difficiles \u00e0 guerir<\/em>. 1685.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientific Name: Phoenix dactylifera belonging to the Arecaeceae family&nbsp; Origin: Middle East&nbsp; Description: The female date trees produce white flowers and therefore produce the fruit.&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/frn330\/dates\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dates<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4968,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fruits","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/frn330\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/frn330\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/frn330\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/frn330\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4968"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/frn330\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/frn330\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":648,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/frn330\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions\/648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/frn330\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/frn330\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/frn330\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}