| According to Chef Herschel defines that the Chicken | | | | professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine, and |
| soup is a well-known for its medicinal qualities. The | | | | his colleagues at the University of Nebraska Medical |
| University of Nebraska Medical Center in America | | | | Center in Omaha suggests that there might be some |
| found that chicken soup has anti-inflammatory | | | | scientific basis for the belief in the curative powers of |
| properties that help soothe cold-ridden, stuffy noses | | | | chicken soup. They found that the particular blend of |
| and sore throats. It is rich in protein and vegetables and | | | | nutrients and vitamins in traditional chicken soup can |
| acts as a placebo that warms one's insides. | | | | slow the activity of certain white blood cells. This may |
| Soups are a good standby for everyday meals and | | | | have an anti-inflammatory effect that could |
| are very economical to make because they can | | | | hypothetically lead to temporary ease from symptoms |
| usually be varied to include whatever ingredients you | | | | of illness. Their research was published in 2000 in the |
| have in the house, from the stock in which meat or | | | | scientific journal Chest[2]. This was not, however, an in |
| chicken has been cooked to the leftovers you may | | | | vivo clinical trial, and did not demonstrate that chicken |
| have from vegetables or fish dishes. | | | | soup was the best foodstuff for this purpose. |
| Modern research conducted by Dr. Stephen Rennard, | | | | |