The flavor of okra: light; cold. Okra itself is a kind of cold food, eat too much or spleen and stomach cold people eat it will easily cause gastrointestinal reaction, resulting in discomfort, so okra is best not to eat with cold food, and also can not eat too much. The following is an introduction to okra and what foods are compatible:

1. okra on the table as a vegetable to eat, due to okra cold, so in the staple food on the choice of some hot food is better, okra and hot staple food to eat together, can be properly adjusted to the coldness of the okra, so as not to cause the coldness of the spleen and stomach. Cold staples include: corn (millet), wheat, barley, buckwheat, Job's tears, green beans.

2. Okra cold, belonging to the cold food, so in the okra should not be with other cold, cool meat food has been cooking or eating together, easy to lead to the spleen and stomach cold, causing diarrhea and other uncomfortable reactions. Cold meat: buffalo meat, duck, rabbit, horse milk, frog meat (frogs), fish, abalone. Cold meats: duck eggs (slightly cold in nature), horse meat, otter meat, crabs, sea crabs, clams (sand clams, sea clams, clams), oyster meat, snails, earthworms, snails (big cold), snails, mussels, clams (river clams), oysters, octopus.

3. Okra itself is a cold food, so it is best not to eat other cool, cold vegetables when eating okra.?

Cool vegetables: tomatoes (slightly cold), dry celery, watercress, eggplant, rape, kohlrabi, wild rice, amaranth, marjoram, chrysanthemum brain, spinach, lettuce (lettuce), cauliflower, goji berries, artemisia japonica, tofu (bean curd, tofu, bean curd, bean curd milk), gluten, lotus root, melon, groundnut, loofah, cucumber, sea cucumber (kohlrabi), mushrooms, enoki mushrooms. Cold vegetables: cucumber (slightly cold), amaranthus, water spinach (air spinach), mullein (watercress), Brasenia schreberi, hairy greens (longbeard), houttuynia cordata, bamboo shoots (slightly cold), gourd, chayote, kelp, purslane, seaweeds, ear of the ground, straw mushrooms, bitter gourd, water chestnuts.

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Nutritional Value and Effectiveness of Okra:

1. Young fruit contains a viscous liquid and arabinoglycan, galactoglycan, rhamnoglycan, protein, etc., often eaten to help digestion, enhance physical strength, protect the liver, stomach and intestines.

2. Okra contains iron, calcium and sugar and other nutrients, has the effect of preventing anemia.

3. Containing vitamin A and beta-carotene, etc., it is beneficial to retinal health and maintenance of eyesight.

4. Rich in trace elements such as zinc and selenium, which can enhance the body's cancer prevention and anti-cancer.

5. Rich in vitamin C and soluble fiber, not only has a health effect on the skin, and can make the skin whitening, tender.

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