Does having chicken soup for your cold really help?


By AGENCY

Advocates of the old chicken soup remedy to colds say this hearty and warm meal is exactly what most people need when feeling sick, although scientifically speaking, there’s no evidence chicken soup actually makes much a difference in terms of an infection. — dpa

Despite popular belief, there are no studies that show chicken noodle soup really helps when you have a cold.

And yet, scientists don’t want you to stop fixing yourself a hearty bowl of broth when you’re under the weather.

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Nutrition , diet , cold , infectious diseases

   

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