Okra is also known as nightshade, ram's horn vegetable, ram's horn bean, ram's horn pepper, and foreign paprika. It is an annual herb of the mallow family, which is harvested for its young pods and eaten with flowers and young leaves. Native to Africa, and later into the America and other areas, also planted in China now, in the west of Jiangxi province, pingxiang, the local people call it "Yang La Jiao(foreign pepper)". Americans call it the "plant gold okra", which lowers blood sugar. Besides, okra can be further processed into flower tea, beverages, capsules, dried vegetables, oil and so on.
The difference of okra, is that the tender pods containing stick-slip juice, special aroma and flavor, this juice composed of water-soluble fiber pectin, galactan and acacia gum, etc, can help digestion, treatment of gastritis, gastric ulcer, and to protect the liver and strengthening the effect of human endurance, also is the first choice for many countries and regions as the athletes vegetables, especially health food for the elderly.
The Nutritional value of okra:
Okra is widely cultivated and applied. Okra is highly valued in many countries. It is consistent with the evaluation of okra in China, and it is generally believed that okra has the following highlights:
✵"Green ginseng": okra is widely cultivated in many countries. Some researchers have conducted comparative tests on the anti-fatigue effect of okra, including mouse endurance test, hypoxia test, cold and heat resistance test, and blood lactic acid level after strenuous exercise. Most of the results showed that okra had the same effect as the same amount of ginseng, and a few items (hypoxia tolerance) had the same effect when the amount of okra was twice as much as the ginseng. The effect of cold tolerance alone was lower than that of ginseng. That is to say, okra does have a similar "ginseng" effect, "green ginseng" is well deserved!
The anti-fatigue effects of ginseng and okra were compared: including mice endurance test, hypoxia test, cold and heat resistance test, and blood lactic acid level after strenuous exercise. The results showed that okra had the same endurance effect as the same amount of ginseng, and the effect was the same when the amount of okra was twice as much as that of ginseng. Cold tolerance is less effective than ginseng, but this is the opposite of the benefits of a lot of supplements.
✵ Athlete vegetable: okra has long been used as an athlete vegetable due to its obvious effect of increasing endurance and resisting fatigue. Okra was listed as an athlete's vegetable.
The experiment showed that the swimming time of the okra group was significantly longer than that of the control group. In the test of hypoxia tolerance, cold tolerance and heat resistance, the okra group also showed a better anti-stress effect. Okra group significantly promoted the recovery of blood lactic acid after strenuous exercise, and significantly reduced the serum urea nitrogen. Okra can not only be used as a vegetable for athletes but also can be further developed as an endurance drink for athletes, as well as an anti-fatigue food for middle-aged and elderly people and people with excessive mental labor.
These experiments strongly prove that okra can improve athletes' endurance, reduce fatigue, and enhance their stress ability.
✵Nutrients of okra:Okra tender pod is rich in pectin and dietary fiber. The sticky state of pectin is very rare in the plant kingdom, and the proportion of dietary fiber and soluble dietary fiber is very high in the plant.
Okra pods are rich in vitamin A and carotene, as well as vitamins C and E, and in particular vitamin A and carotene levels rank first among plants and animals found so far. Soluble dietary fiber and vitamin C not only have health care effect on the skin but also can make skin white and tender. Dietary fiber can also easily take away the garbage inside the body, is a great nutritional weight loss materials.
Okra pods are rich in pectin and dietary fiber, and the sticky state of pectin is very rare in the plant kingdom.
Okra pod also contains selenium, calcium, iron, phosphorus, potassium and other trace elements, but the content is not particularly rich.
In addition to pectin, the gummy substance of the okra pod is rich in what some scientists now refer to as LM, a substance similar to natural hormones. If the claim is widely accepted in the industry, it is now the only species to have its name. Meanwhile, the mucus of okra tender pod can help gastrointestinal peristalsis very well, and the mucin secreted can protect the gastric wall, and promote gastric juice secretion, improve appetite, improve indigestion, lower cholesterol, prevent cardiovascular diseases, chronic stomach diseases and "three high" people eating the most appropriate.
According to relevant experts, the young pods of okra also contain plant flavonoids, but not the rich content in its flowers(the flowers of the flavonoid content than the soybean leaves contained in about 300 times higher). Okra, combined with various nutritional elements, can promote all-round self-conditioning of the human body, to ensure endocrine balance, anti-aging, anti-fatigue, endurance, accelerated blood circulation, and other functions. Besides, okra is rich in trace elements such as zinc and selenium, which can enhance the human body's ability to prevent and fight cancer.
The health effect and function of okra.
✵1. Digestion, gastrointestinal protection: okra sticky substance, can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, is beneficial to digestion, gastrointestinal benefits.
✵2. Lowering blood lipids: the sticky substance of okra contains 50% soluble fiber, which can effectively reduce serum cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular disease.
✵3. Hypoxia tolerance: it can improve hypoxia tolerance.
✵4. Liver protection: okra pectin, polysaccharide has liver protection effect.
✵5. Prevention and treatment of constipation and bowel cancer: the sticky substance of okra contains 50% soluble cellulose, which is conducive to defecation, detoxification and cancer prevention.
✵6. Calcium supplementation: okra not only contains the same amount of calcium as fresh milk, but also has a calcium absorption rate of 50-60%, which is twice that of milk, so it is an ideal calcium source.
✵7. Lose weight: okra is a great low-energy food for weight loss.
✵8. Anti-aging: the content of flavonoids is 2.8%, which has anti-oxidation and anti-aging effects. Aging is a natural law, but through efforts, can delay aging, this is the developed science and technology today, has been completely possible. Both polysaccharides and flavonoids in okra have the function of delaying senescence. As mentioned above, the flavonoids in okra are 100 times as much as those in soybean leaves, which is sufficient to indicate the rich content of flavonoids in okra. As we all know, flavonoids can absorb active free radicals through the thalamic barrier(which is the culprit of cell aging) and have a strong antioxidant capacity and can complex metal ions that catalyze oxidation. Therefore, okra is a high-quality resource for the development of anti-aging food.
✵9. Beauty, skin care: external use, internal use is effective. Okra is a low energy food and is great for weight loss.
✵10. Embellish bowel laxative: constipation, not only because of defecate difficulty, bring pain to the person, more serious is to affect the excretion of waste and toxins, leading to the occurrence of many diseases. The elderly, especially those with high blood pressure, will have a "stroke" or even death due to difficulty in defecating. The elderly and easily constipation, therefore, constipation prevention has become the focus of health care for the elderly. The abundant cellulose content in the viscous liquid juice of okra can be used as the raw material of this kind of health food.
✵11. Beauty and beauty maintenance: the pectin, polysaccharide, and SOD in okra can protect the skin, increase skin elasticity, delay aging and remove brown spots. The natural protein in okra seed, the "oligopeptide" compound obtained through biological transformation, can resist wrinkles. Accordingly, okra is a kind of natural protect skin to beautify the appearance, can extract the juice in fresh fruit to protect skin directly, also can extract the finished product after processing, and take it internally or externally.
The food taboo of okra.
✵1. Suitable for prostatitis, gastritis, endocrine disorders, premature aging, fatigue, stomach ulcers, anemia, indigestion, constipation, halitosis, inflammatory disease of the dietary supplements, for young, athletes, skincare and lose weight, men, old man without loose stools often eat more beneficial if suffers from indigestion, constipation, and people with fire worry also eat some better.
✵2. However, okra is a kind of vegetable with cold taste. People with gastrointestinal deficiency and cold, poor function and frequent diarrhea should not eat more.
Okra is also known as nightshade, ram's horn vegetable, ram's horn bean, ram's horn pepper, and foreign paprika. It is an annual herb of the mallow family, which is harvested for its young pods and eaten with flowers and young leaves. Native to Africa, and later into the America and other areas, also planted in China now, in the west of Jiangxi province, pingxiang, the local people call it "Yang La Jiao(foreign pepper)". Americans call it the "plant gold okra", which lowers blood sugar. Besides, okra can be further processed into flower tea, beverages, capsules, dried vegetables, oil and so on.
The difference of okra, is that the tender pods containing stick-slip juice, special aroma and flavor, this juice composed of water-soluble fiber pectin, galactan and acacia gum, etc, can help digestion, treatment of gastritis, gastric ulcer, and to protect the liver and strengthening the effect of human endurance, also is the first choice for many countries and regions as the athletes vegetables, especially health food for the elderly.
Okra is widely cultivated and applied. Okra is highly valued in many countries. It is consistent with the evaluation of okra in China, and it is generally believed that okra has the following highlights:
✵ Athlete vegetable: okra has long been used as an athlete vegetable due to its obvious effect of increasing endurance and resisting fatigue. Okra was listed as an athlete's vegetable.
In addition to pectin, the gummy substance of the okra pod is rich in what some scientists now refer to as LM, a substance similar to natural hormones. If the claim is widely accepted in the industry, it is now the only species to have its name. Meanwhile, the mucus of okra tender pod can help gastrointestinal peristalsis very well, and the mucin secreted can protect the gastric wall, and promote gastric juice secretion, improve appetite, improve indigestion, lower cholesterol, prevent cardiovascular diseases, chronic stomach diseases and "three high" people eating the most appropriate.
✵1. Digestion, gastrointestinal protection: okra sticky substance, can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, is beneficial to digestion, gastrointestinal benefits.
✵8. Anti-aging: the content of flavonoids is 2.8%, which has anti-oxidation and anti-aging effects. Aging is a natural law, but through efforts, can delay aging, this is the developed science and technology today, has been completely possible. Both polysaccharides and flavonoids in okra have the function of delaying senescence. As mentioned above, the flavonoids in okra are 100 times as much as those in soybean leaves, which is sufficient to indicate the rich content of flavonoids in okra. As we all know, flavonoids can absorb active free radicals through the thalamic barrier(which is the culprit of cell aging) and have a strong antioxidant capacity and can complex metal ions that catalyze oxidation. Therefore, okra is a high-quality resource for the development of anti-aging food.
✵1. Suitable for prostatitis, gastritis, endocrine disorders, premature aging, fatigue, stomach ulcers, anemia, indigestion, constipation, halitosis, inflammatory disease of the dietary supplements, for young, athletes, skincare and lose weight, men, old man without loose stools often eat more beneficial if suffers from indigestion, constipation, and people with fire worry also eat some better.
