Okra

Okra is a fruit that is frequently used as a vegetable. Polysaccharides and flavonoid antioxidants, which lower blood sugar, are abundant in okra. The fiber in the green, seedy part of the okra, lowers blood sugar by reducing sugar absorption from the intestines.

Okra seeds have long been used in Turkey as a natural diabetic treatment due to their blood sugar-lowering properties. The major polysaccharide in okra, rhamnogalacturonan, has been found as a potent anti-diabetic compound. Okra also includes the flavonoids isoquercitrin and quercetin 3-O-gentiobioside, which inhibit certain enzymes and so help lower blood sugar. Although animal studies show that okra has potent anti-diabetic benefits, further human research is required.