Dates are one of the higher-fibre dried fruits you can buy — a good reason to keep them in the pantry, whatever specific claim gets attached to them online. A 100-gram serving carries roughly 6-8 grams of fibre, most of it the kind your body cannot digest and that passes through mostly intact, which is what keeps digestion moving at a normal, steady pace.
That fibre works two ways: it adds bulk to what passes through your gut, and it feeds the bacteria that live there. Neither of those is a treatment for a specific condition — fibre is just a basic part of a working digestive system, the same as it is for anyone eating oats, beans or vegetables. If you consume dates because of a digestive complaint, that is a conversation for a doctor, not a grocery list.
Kurma Mariami Seri kembangan is one variety worth knowing for this. It is softer and moister than a Deglet Noor or Ajwa, closer in texture to fresh fruit than to a typical dried date, which makes it easy to eat a few at a time if the goal is simply getting more fibre into a normal diet.
Beyond fibre, dates bring potassium and a natural sweetness that works as a plain substitute for refined sugar in baking or snacking. None of that makes them medicine. It makes them a reasonably good high-fibre food to eat regularly — a lower bar, and an honest one. See our healthy foods section for other options.