1 Can okra be eaten by the elderly

Yes, it can be eaten.

Okra taste light, cold, cooked smooth taste, soft texture, not costly mouth, and contains protein, arabinogalactan, galactogalactan, rhamnogalactan, cellulose, vitamin A, vitamin C, carotene and other nutrients, is very suitable for all kinds of people to eat, especially the elderly, eat some okra can help digestion, enhance physical strength, stomach, laxative, liver and eyesight, but do not! It is advisable to eat more than 100 grams a day, because okra is a cold food, eat more will increase the body's cold gas, is not conducive to the health of the elderly.

2 high blood sugar people can eat okra

can eat.

Although okra tastes sweeter, but it belongs to the vegetable category, which contains sugar is not high, and rich in dietary fiber and protein, eat a strong sense of satiety, stay in the stomach for a long time, will not cause the phenomenon of postprandial glucose elevation, coupled with mucus components, the control of blood glucose has a certain auxiliary effect, so people with high blood glucose is very suitable to eat okra.

3 What people can not eat okra

1, okra contains more oxalic acid, stone patients eat, will aggravate the condition, so stone patients are best not to eat.

2, okra cold, and has the role of laxative, not suitable for people with poor intestines and stomach to eat, may cause diarrhea and other symptoms

3, okra contains mucus protein as well as the surface of the fine fluff, the human body has a sensitization may be allergic to the protein prone to allergies of the population should not be eaten.

4 okra how to pick tender 1, look at the color

see if the color is green, if the color is too green may have been too old; and began to wither and with spots, on behalf of the has not been fresh, are to avoid buying.

2, look at the fuzz

okra external many tiny fuzz, fuzz the more obvious the fresher, if it is not much fuzz is not old, is harvested for a long time, stored for a long time goods.

3, look at the length

okra grows faster, in the growing season can grow a few centimeters a night, usually choose the length of less than 10 centimeters of okra is more tender mouth to 5-6 centimeters the best, if it is too long okra taste will be more old, but also very easy to produce a bitter taste.

4, fingernail pinch

With fingernail pinch into the outer skin of the okra, if you can easily pinch in, it shows that the okra is more tender; on the contrary, pinch laborious or pinch can not be in is too old.

Note

Okra at higher temperatures, due to respiration is quite fast, so that the tissue rapid aging, yellowing and corruption, so it is best to store at 7 ℃ -10 ℃ environment, about 10 days of storage, in addition to buy okra to prevent bruising, otherwise bruising a few hours after the black.