You must eat two dates every day in order to reap the greatest benefits from this wonderful fruit. The following are ...

They are either sold as fresh fruit or dried fruit which are then eaten ... so people with diabetes should limit their intake. Stick to 1–2 dates per serving and monitor blood sugar levels ...

How do we know this? Date stones are regularly found during archaeological digs in North Africa and the Arabian Gulf, where the fruit has formed part of the regular diet for thousands of years.