Chicken soup for a cold: truth or wives tale?!
Question: Truth-is the contents that are good for you.
Chicken soup helps when you're sick: Yes.
Grandma was right after all. Sipping on hot, tasty chicken soup (prepared with a variety of vegetables) may help you feel better.
First, hot fluids in general help keep nasal passages moist, increase mucus velocity, prevent dehydration and sooth a sore throat. And the psychological comfort that soup provides may also have a placebo effect for those who are feeling ill. But most interesting is the supportive evidence that was shown in a scientific study, led by Dr. Stephan Rennard out of University of Nebraska a few years back. Researchers concluded that chicken soup with a variety of veggies, may contain substances that function as an anti-inflammatory mechanism and potentially ease the symptoms of upper respiratory tract infections, including congestion, stuffy nose, cough, and sore throat.
In other words, a healthy dose of chicken soup with veggies is good for a cold.
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Answers: Truth-is the contents that are good for you.
Chicken soup helps when you're sick: Yes.
Grandma was right after all. Sipping on hot, tasty chicken soup (prepared with a variety of vegetables) may help you feel better.
First, hot fluids in general help keep nasal passages moist, increase mucus velocity, prevent dehydration and sooth a sore throat. And the psychological comfort that soup provides may also have a placebo effect for those who are feeling ill. But most interesting is the supportive evidence that was shown in a scientific study, led by Dr. Stephan Rennard out of University of Nebraska a few years back. Researchers concluded that chicken soup with a variety of veggies, may contain substances that function as an anti-inflammatory mechanism and potentially ease the symptoms of upper respiratory tract infections, including congestion, stuffy nose, cough, and sore throat.
In other words, a healthy dose of chicken soup with veggies is good for a cold.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16280050
Truth
truth its nutritious warm and comforting
Any warm broth will do the job. Any kind of soup provides nutrition, the steam helps open your head, and the liquid helps flush the germs from your system. Plus the comfort factor works better than any medication.
It can't totally cure a cold. What it can do is soothe your throat, clear a stuffy nose/clogged sinuses (the steam that comes from it is mostly what does that), get much-needed fluid and nutrients into your body, easily satisfy hunger, and generally make you feel better. (Plus there's no side effects that often come with ineffective cold medicine.)