The Importance of Dried Fig in Healthy Nutrition

The dried fig, which is highly nutritive, contains fructose and glucose which can easily be digested. The quantity of proteins in it is more than twice as much as most of other fruits. When compared to other fruits, it can easily be seen that it is in the first rank in terms calcium, copper, magnesium, potassium and sulfur, and in the second rank in terms of energy, pantothenic acid, riboflavin, tlamin and pyridoxine. It contains more calcium than the milk does. Since it is the source of pectin substances, gives the opportunity such as rejection of toxic substances in intestines, decreasing the cholesterol level in blood, and fast decrease of blood glucose in case of diabetics.

Having an important role in nutrition due to its wide contents of minerals and especially iron, dried fig cures the diseases seen in children and especially pregnant women, and caused by lack of minerals and vitamins. The presence of copper in a quantity of 0.24 mg per 100 gr. facilitates the absorption of iron by the body.