WHY MEN SHOULD NEVER EAT OKRO
When you see a kind of soup like this, even without tasting it you can tell if it is sweet or not. Especially when the soup is very Hot and you still have the Eba you prepared last night at home ( Cold Eba *winks*). You would have almost finished the soup before you remember to pray... Hehehe I also enjoy my Okro soup very well with assorted meats. However, there is a saying that "too much of everything is bad" this saying is also true with Okro..... Hmmm
Okro, also known as the “ladies finger” is a flowering plant in the mallow family. It is very nutritious as it is highly rich in carbohydrate, vitamins, water, and protein.
But studies have shown that it may be dangerous to men as it can cause infertility. Okro has a unique substance called “GOSSYPOL”. Gossypol inhibits sperm production and motility by blocking several enzymes that are highly important in energy metabolism in sperm and sperm producing cells.
Gossypol has been used as a male contraceptive for years in china. some clinical research were conducted in regards the effectiveness of gossypol as a contraceptive in 1986 and 1990 in china and Brazil respectively. The studies showed that gossypol lowered the number and motility of sperms and made small percentage of men infertile permanently.
Gossypol may also cause menstrual irregularity in women. it has also been linked to hypokalemia and also damage to red blood cells leading to haemolytic anaemia.
Conclusively, Okro in higher amount is not recommended in people with following conditions:
Anaemic people. Athletes.
Women who complains of irregular menses.
Infertile men undergoing medical investigation and treatment.
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