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.
Because dates are so high in sugar, I wondered if I should count them towards my daily added sugar intake (I limit myself to 5 grams â just a little over a teaspoon a day). Letâs look at the bigger picture. While dates are dense in sugar, they are also very dense in fiber, protein, minerals and vitamins. In fact, dates are little powerful grenades! Letâs look at the numbers (% in brackets is the daily intake recommendation of nutrients and minerals): Unlike sugar and honey, dates are full of fiber.