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"Julie Bove" > writes:
>My friend reposted something on Facebook. Said to cut a few okra, put them
>in water and then the next morning, drink the water. Was purported to work
>like insulin and drastically reduce BG. I kinda doubt that. I told her to
>try it and tell me how it tastes.
>
>Now I've never worked with okra and have only ever eaten it in a soup or
>when I was a little kid, breaded and fried. But I hear many people speaking
>of the slime factor. Wouldn't it make the water all slimy?
>
>I have a feeling this is some sort of sick joke. Like to see if someone is
>stupid enough to try it. Anyone heard of such a thing?
>

http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/okra.asp

Snopes says that *eating* okra has some benefit in slowing sugar
uptake, but "cure" is an overreach. Also it isn't clear that the
okra water has the same benefit.

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