I can say that the book is engaging and helpful to me in understanding the Spartan role in classical Greek history.I was prepared for a dry, textbook approach and this is much better than that. I recommend it as an advanced book but I am anything but advanced in this area of history.
Iron for your blood, fiber for roughage, vitamin A for your eyes, potassium for your heart, B-vitamins, tannins - these are just a few of the many nutrients in dates, making them one of the healthiest foods in the world.
Dates are an excellent source of dietary fiber. A single deglet noor contains over half a gram of fiber, while a 3.5-ounce serving of these dates provides 8 grams of fiber. The larger medjool variety supplies 1.6 grams of fiber per date, or 6.7 grams of fiber per 3.5-ounce serving. Dates are especially high in a special kind of soluble fiber known as beta-D-glucan, according to the âEncyclopedia of Healing Foods.â