Can Chicken Soup Cure Colds?
Anecdotal reports expounding the virtues of chicken soup have flooded into the scientific world over the last 25 years. A serious investigation was done in the early 1990s to monitor the different effects drinking hot water, cold water and chicken soup had on nasal mucous symptoms. The winner was the chicken soup with the published results stating that the combination of the warm steam and the aroma hastened the removal of germs and mucous from the nose and throat. The ability of chicken soup to reduce inflammation (in mild upper respiratory infections or “colds”) was presented in 1993 at the International Conference of the American Lung Association and the American Thoracic Society. The results even stood up when the soup was diluted 200 times! So, get plenty of rest, drink fluids, eat your chicken soup and take a pain reliever for your fever and aches.
