Is the popularity of okra online "plant gold"? Suggestion: Don't mytholy fruits and vegetables

looks like green pepper, more angular than green pepper, there is a thin layer of fluff, cut open, inside sticky slippery, and cut yam feeling similar, know what this is? It's called okra. Recently, the "magic vegetable" okra show rate is a bit high. Whether at WeChat's circle of friends or at the dinner table of a hotel banquet, okra has been dubbed the peculiar effect of "eating to reduce blood sugar, protecting the liver and kidneys, and preventing cancer". Many people are also surprised, originally not a popular okra in the end is "what way"? Is it really that amazing?first to knowthe vegetable farm is not cheap: Nanjing sold nearly
10
yuan awhat kind of vegetable is okra? Reporters learned that okra is also called "sheep beans", is a health vegetables native to Europe.
officially landed
country at the beginning of the 20th century. At present, most of the okra on the market, mostly yellow okra, but also one of the okra.in Nanjing, okra has gradually become a hot vegetable. Reporters visited some of Nanjing's vegetable markets yesterday, found that many stalls have okra for sale, but the price is much higher than the general green vegetables, listing prices from
8
yuan to
10
yuan per kilogram. "Not mainstream, sell can also, " a stall owner told reporters, expensive time can sell to
20
yuan a jin, "can stir-fry vegetables, can also be used to boil water a cold sauce to eat." Three high can eat, diabetes can eat! "One stallholder also put a small table next to the stall that read "Health food: good for cardiovascular care." In a large supermarket, the reporter also found the figure of okra, the list price of
8.8
yuan a jin, according to sales staff, "selling in general."from the outside, okra is a bit similar to a small green pepper, more angular than green pepper, feel will also have a hairy touch. From the taste point of view, some people feel that the taste is good, and some people can not stand the sticky taste.Online red through the sky: many netizens call it "plant gold before the popularity, okra is an unknown vegetable in the vegetable farm, but this summer, it is in the microblogging and friends circle "unique", the speed of popularity is no less than when the star.enter the word "okra" in the search bar of Weibo, and all kinds of micro-blogging content such as "the delicious practice of okra" and "the snack of okra" have received very high retweets. In the circle of friends, there are netizens even added the title of "plant gold" to the okra, blood sugar, liver and kidney protection, prevention of cancer, and even the effect of kidney strong yang, the magic effect of okra such as snowballs generally spread by netizens., a citizen, told reporters that he was watching his circle of friends go around, saying that okra has the effect of treating diabetes, only to go to the vegetable farm to buy for the old man. "For the elderly, cancer prevention, treatment of diabetes and so on are their most concerned and attention to the hot, okra has completely occupied the old man's table, he almost every day at noon to eat a little." Mr. Yang told reporters that eating okra must take advantage of fresh, "We eat okra is actually the young fruit of this plant, after the flower thank you
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days to pick it down to the market." If you don't eat it fresh, the okra fruit can't chew any more quickly. " the effect of okra really so magical?"to listen to Nanjing health experts say: gastrointestinal care? Dietary fiber, which is beneficial to thethe quality of okra from other vegetables, depends largely on its special sticky taste. When the okra is cut, there is mucus. Some people in order to the beauty of the dishes, will wash the mucus in advance and then fry, in fact, the biggest feature of okra is this mucus, it is actually a substance called polysaccharose, this substance has a widely accepted name - dietary fiber." okra's nutritional value lies in the fact that it has a certain amount of soluble dietary fiber in its mucus. Chen Jie, director of the nutrition department of Jiangsu Province's Chinese and Western medicine hospital, told reporters that moderate consumption of the intestinal health function is very good. Chen Jie told reporters that he also ate okra in the restaurant, when it was eaten as a cold mixed vegetables on the table, "to be honest, I think the taste of okra is not so good."Dongxu, deputy director of the hospital's therapeutic meal clinic, told reporters that okra calories are low, because of dietary fiber, after eating will have a feeling of satiety, can be used as a diet food. But because it is easy to have a feeling of satiety, Director Wang Dongxu in the clinic, but also received because of eating a large number of okra, resulting in indigestion of the elderly., Wang told reporters that from the perspective of Traditional Chinese medicine, okra belongs to the cold food. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it can be swallowed, gonorrhea, milk and menstruation. For sore throat, urination, postparto milk is scarce, menstrual disorders of patients have a certain therapeutic effect."plant gold"? Lowering blood sugar is not an advantage okra is indeed beneficial to the intestines, then, okra is also like the circle of friends spread, can lower blood sugar? In an interview with Yangzi Evening News, Chen Jie, director of the nutrition department of the provincial Chinese and Western medicine hospital, consulted the relevant information. Chen Jie found that each
100
grams of okra contained about
10 grams of carbohydrate, if
nutritional
. Common green leafy vegetables, such as green vegetables, cabbage, etc., contain about
5
grams of carbohydrate per
100
grams.carbohydrates can also be called "sugar compounds", which can easily lead to an increase in blood sugar. Comparing the carbohydrate content of okra and ordinary green leafy vegetables is not difficult to find, okra carbohydrate content is not dominant, and there is even a risk of elevated blood sugar. "In terms of nutrients alone, okra is not obvious for the treatment of diabetes, and is not, as the outside world says, a 'magic vegetable' that lowers blood sugar and treats diabetes." on the Internet, netizens have even "developed" a new way for okra to lower blood sugar. "After
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okra washes in water overnight, then drink the soaked water, and long-term persistence can lower blood sugar, or even eliminate the need for sugar-lowering drugs." Experts pointed out that okra soaked water, in reducing blood sugar in the role of minimal, negligible, blindly follow the wind has a certain risk. "Plant Viagra"? It is better to exercise more on the Internet, okra claims that "men eat can zhuangyang, women eat can make up kidney beauty." The Americans also gave it a more easily rememberable name, Plant Viagra. However, in the course of the interview, a number of experts have said that okra's strong yang renal effect has no place. Associate Professor Guo Haiying, an expert in therapeutics at Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, told reporters that he had also heard that okra was "plant gold" and could complement the kidneys. But the specific how to work, there is no proof. Expert analysis, may be the zinc and selenium components, for male reproductive health benefits. Professor Sun Wei, director of nephrology at Jiangsu Provincial Hospital, said okra was able to replenish the kidneys and did not have enough information and evidence to support this argument. No food is a panacea, usually exercise, pay attention to diet and other good habits are the most important. as far as the more outrageous effects of okra cancer are known, they are based on an article on the Internet. The article said that in foreign countries, okra anti-fatigue, enhance physical strength and inhibit tumor cells, the conclusion is by allowing mice to swim, high temperature and cold resistance and a series of experiments demonstrated. But experts say there is no proof that this will work in people. can fight cancer? There's no clear evidence! a number of online posts that okra contains iron, calcium and sugar and other nutrients, has the effect of preventing anemia. It also contains
vitamin
A, which is beneficial to retinal health and vision maintenance. For young adults and athletes, okra eliminates fatigue and restores strength quickly. Regular consumption can protect the liver, stomach. In addition, because yellow okra is rich in zinc and selenium and other trace elements, help the human body to prevent cancer. Can okra really fight cancer? Some experts say there is no clear evidence that okra can prevent cancer, and that okra is simply not a substitute for drugs, there is no need to overstate its role.