"Drew Lawson" > wrote in message
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> In article >
> "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.

Thanks! What I originally read only made a claim of lower BG. Not a cure.