Calorific value and weight-reducing effect of jujube (dried)

Alias: jujube, jujube, jujube

Calories: 264 calories (100g edible part)

Classification: fruit, drupe

Jujube is a mature fruit of deciduous shrub or small arbor plant jujube tree of Rhamnaceae. Jujube trees are widely cultivated in China, reaching Jinzhou and Beizhen in Liaoning Province in the north, with the largest output in Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Anhui and Zhejiang.

The famous variety is Jinsixiaozao, with small fruit and high sugar content, which is produced in Laoling, Shandong, Hebei and Miyun, Beijing. In addition, there is jujube, also known as "hanging jujube", which is mainly produced in Bin County, Shaanxi Province. The fruit is large, weighing 30-40g, rectangular, thin-skinned, thick-fleshed, small in stone, sweet in taste and ripe in late September.

Jujube has been listed as one of the "five fruits" (peach, plum, plum, apricot and jujube) since ancient times, with a long history. The most prominent feature of jujube is its high vitamin content. A clinical study abroad shows that patients who eat jujube continuously recover more than three times faster than those who simply take vitamins. Therefore, red dates have the reputation of "natural vitamin pills".