Okra haina chete calcium yakaenzana nemukaka mutsva, asiwo ine calcium absorption rate ye50-60%, iyo inopetwa kaviri yemukaka, saka ndiyo yakanaka sosi ye calcium. Okra mucilage ine mvura-inonyungudika pectin uye mucin, izvo zvinogona kuderedza kutorwa kweshuga mumuviri, kuderedza kudiwa kwe insulin nemuviri, kurambidza kubatwa kwecholesterol, kunatsiridza lipids muropa, uye kubvisa chepfu. Mukuwedzera, okra inewo carotenoids, iyo inogona kusimudzira yakajairika kuvanzika uye chiito che insulin kuenzanisa mazinga eshuga yeropa.