"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> 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?
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> I imagine it would thicken the water, but never heard of the other
> benefit. I do not like okra.

I looked it up and several websites made this claim. One said you needed to
drink the water each morning upon rising then have nothing else for a half
an hour. Do for two weeks to see results.