7 Reason Why You Should Eat Okra | Health Benefits Of Okra | Hitanshi

Seven reasons why you should consume okra. Did you know okra is a fruit and not a vegetable and by consuming okra on a regular basis you can have lovely skin, improve your heart health, lower down your blood sugar levels and it is also low in calories and it also has surprisingly protein unlike many other fruits and vegetables and okra is also known as lady finger and not just its fruit but every part of this plant is beneficial whether it's seeds, stem, flower, everything from this plant is beneficial. So start consuming okra from today itself. So without further ado let's go into the seven benefits or seven reasons why you should consume okra on daily basis. Micronutrients in okra help you to have lovely skin. Vitamin C and collagen makes it supremely important for skin health as it helps in reducing those fine lines, dark spots and leave you with healthy younger looking skin. Healthy blood sugar levels are crucial for overall health of our body. If in case your blood sugar levels are consistently high, it can lead to hormonal imbalance, pre-diabetes and even diabetes. Okra research suggests that it helps in inhibiting blood glucose level spike. Also it decreases the absorption of blood sugar into the digestive tract leading to more stable blood glucose response. If in case you are on metamorphine then you should avoid having it as it can interfere with the medication. High cholesterol levels are associated with risk of heart diseases. That sticky, slimy, gel-like substance in okra which many people don't like is known as mucilage and this mucilage has amazing property of sticking it to cholesterol inside our digestive tract and from where it gets excreted with our stool rather than being absorbed inside our body. Chronic inflammation is the most heard term these days as it is the root cause of lot of modern day diseases and disorders. Okra is loaded with polyphenols and a diet rich in polyphenols helps in reducing inflammation leading to overall health of our body. Okra contains a type of protein called lectin which may inhibit the growth of human cancer cells. In a test tube study in breast cancer cells found that the lectin in okra may prevent cancer cell growth by whooping 63%. In another test tube study okra extracts causes cancer cell deaths. 100 gram okra provides 15% of pregnant women's daily need of folate. Now let us understand why folate is important for pregnant women. It is important because it prevents neural tube defects of the fetus that can affect the brain and the spine development. People with IBS or irritable bowel syndrome generally experience this issue that fiber is good for them as it will help in getting relief from constipation but they are not able to have it or they are hesitant about it as it works as an irritant. It is not the fiber which is creating that irritation, it is the fermentation of the fiber. So here comes the okra. Okra is amazing as the fiber in it does not ferment as it's amazing for people with IBS. So here we are talking about digestion. Then you should definitely watch my next video which is how you can get relief from constipation and it has something known as soluble fiber which is amazing for IBS. So don't forget to watch it.