If it matters to you, I eat okra raw, right out of the bag...
...Right out of the bag dh brings it home in.
Sometimes I make it last by eating a few pods per day...whatever I feel like.
It is pleasant and fresh-tasting...like a little salad, but easier to chew.
The comment about selenium, particularly in Australia, was interesting.
And about trace minerals and synergy.
I'd say Brazil nuts for that...
And full baths, or foot baths or handbaths, in a 1% solution of whole, clean, crystal mineral salts...as salty-tasting as tears...once per week or two, or month?
And soil micro-organisms...by washing veggies less (just dipping them to getting rid of the grit); getting dirty in lovely garden soil; or taking them from someone's bottled version.
At least, these are my goals. Someone will report for me if I don't make it.
:D