About Lady’s Finger/Okra/Bhindi
Lady’s Finger or Okra is commonly famous by the name Bhindi all over India. It is a very cheap and simply found green vegetable having great source of the vitamins, minerals, dietary fibres and other healthy nutrients required for the normal growth and development of the body.
It is widely cultivated in the tropical, subtropical and other warm regions of the world. Some people like it eating raw as it tastes good. It is widely known for its availability of high level soluble and insoluble dietary fibres.
Benefits of Lady Finger / Okra / Bhindi Vegetable
Lady’s finger or bhindi is an amazing health nourishing green vegetable beneficial for weight management, cholesterol and blood sugar level regulation, flawless skin, bone strength, cancer protection and so many. It is a vegetable of high importance because of its high fibre content, folates, antioxidant property and cheap availability at affordable price in the nearest market. Some of its amazing health benefits are discussed below:
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Benefits of Lady’s Finger for Cancer Prevention
Prevents from Colon Cancer
- It contains high amount of insoluble dietary fibres which helps in cleaning out the whole digestive system especially the intestinal tract thus it plays a great role in preventing from the colon cancer. It also reduces the risk of occurrence of other type of cancers in the body.
Benefits of Lady’s Finger for Diabetes
Manages Blood Glucose Level
- Its availability of high level dietary fibres makes it able to help diabetic people by managing the level of blood glucose as it delays the sugar absorption in the intestine.
Fights Diabetic Symptoms
- It contains a special substance called eugenol which helps in fighting with the diabetes and its complicated symptoms.
Benefits of Lady’s Finger for Digestive System
Promotes Healthy Functioning of Digestive System
- It is considered as the most cheaply found vegetable with best source of dietary fibres which is very essential for the healthy functioning of digestive system.
Relieves Chronic Constipation
- Regular consumption of it helps in getting relief from the chronic constipation problem as soluble fibres found in it have tendency to absorb water which makes stool soft and painless while passing.
Regularizes Bowel Movements
- It improves digestion process by regularizing the bowel movements.
Promotes Growth of Beneficial Bacteria
- It helps digestive system to function well by improving the number of beneficial bacteria in the intestine.
Prevents from Stomach Ulcer
- Its mucilaginous content develops safety coat to the digestive tract thus protects from the stomach ulcer.
Benefits of Lady’s Finger for Weight Loss
Prevents from being Overweight and Obese
- Dietary fibres found in it play a great role in the weight management especially for the people who are overweight and obese.
Low Calorie Vegetable
- It contains very low calorie and low sodium which are very much beneficial for the people tending to lose weight.
Keeps Stomach Full
- It makes stomach feel full for longer period of time thus helps in weight loss by reducing the frequency of eating habits.
Benefits of Lady’s Finger for Heart Disease
Lowers Serum Cholesterol Level
- It contains soluble dietary fibres which help in lowering the serum cholesterol level thus reduces the risk of various heart diseases.
Regulates Bile Production
- Its high pectin level also helps in reducing the blood cholesterol level by regulating the bile production through intestines.
Benefits of Lady’s Finger for Skin and Hair
Promotes Skin Health
- As it contains good amount of iron and folates which enhances the production of haemoglobin which is very good for skin health.
Improves Blood Circulation
- It enhances blood circulation to the whole body which provides glow, shine and natural pinkness to the skin.
Speeds up Hair Growth
- It enhances blood circulation to the scalp which speeds up hair growth and removes the problem of dandruff, dryness, hair loss and hair fall.
Removes Hair Problems
- Washing hair with the lady’s finger water provides help to get rid from the hair problems. Lady’s finger water can be prepared by boiling pieces of lady’s finger into water and let it cool after straining. Add half lemon juice to it and use to rinse hair.
Prevents from Skin Problems
- It prevents skin from the acne, black spots, psoriasis and other skin problems.
Provides Younger Look
- It provides younger look to the skin by preventing from the skin pigmentation and repairing damages caused due to sun rays.
Benefits of Lady’s Finger during Pregnancy
Promotes Foetus Growth
- High amount of folates availability in it provides healthy environment for the foetus growth and development during pregnancy.
Promotes Foetal Brain Development
- It improves the foetal brain development, proper neural tube formation and other developments during first trimester of the pregnancy.
Prevents from Anemia
- It prevents pregnant women from the iron deficiency anaemia during pregnancy by managing haemoglobin level.
Fulfills Requirement of Vitamins and Minerals
- It fulfills all the loss of vitamins and minerals if eaten regularly and helps women in getting pregnant or conceive a baby.
- It prevents from the miscarriage and foetal birth defects.
Benefits of Lady’s Finger for Men
Improves Sexual Health
- It helps in improving the sexual health among men if eaten regularly as it is the rich source of vitamins, antioxidants and zinc.
Improves Body Stamina
- It helps in treating the erectile problems and enhancing the sexual stamina among men by fulfilling the zinc deficiency.
Treats Impotence
- Taking 1 tsf powder of lady’s finger plant root with a glass of milk in the night helps in treating impotence among men.
Treats Male Infertility
- Taking lady’s finger water (dip cut lady’s finger pieces in a glass of water for whole night) in the early morning regularly for one and half month provides help in treating male infertility.
Benefits of Lady’s Finger for Women
Maintains Female Sexual Health
- It is also great vegetable maintaining female sexual health. It is beneficial for the women suffering from excessive bleedings during periods or endometriosis.
Provides Relief from Cystitis and Leucorrhoea
- Dip some lady’s finger pieces in a glass of water for whole night and drink early morning with empty stomach provides relief from cystitis, leucorrhoea and etc.
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