{"id":57835,"date":"2024-12-11T21:25:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T10:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/maintenance.html\/?p=57835"},"modified":"2024-12-11T21:25:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T10:25:05","slug":"souper-broth-an-old-wives-tale-no-chicken-soup-really-can-fight-a-cold-say-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=57835","title":{"rendered":"Souper broth! An old wives&#8217; tale? No, chicken soup really CAN fight a cold, say scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-57836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chicken_Soup.jpg\" alt=\"Chicken Soup\" width=\"872\" height=\"1205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chicken_Soup.jpg 306w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chicken_Soup-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Chicken soup is good for the soul, they say. And as a homespun remedy for everything that might ail you during winter, there are few things as deliciously soothing.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But could such a broth be more than just a cold comfort? According to the latest scientific study, the answer is yes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Research in the American Journal of Therapeutics showed that a compound found in chicken soup \u2013 carnosine \u2013 helped the body\u2019s immune system to fight the early stages of flu.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But the authors warned this benefit ended as soon as the soup was excreted by the body, so that means you may need to have a fairly constant supply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-2252167\/Souper-broth-An-old-wives-tale-No-chicken-soup-really-CAN-fight-cold-say-scientists.html\">https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-2252167\/Souper-broth-An-old-wives-tale-No-chicken-soup-really-CAN-fight-cold-say-scientists.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicken soup is good for the soul, they say. And as a homespun remedy for everything that might ail you during winter, there are few things as deliciously soothing. But could such a broth be more than just a cold comfort? According to the latest scientific study, the answer is yes. Research in the American &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=57835\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Souper broth! An old wives&#8217; tale? No, chicken soup really CAN fight a cold, say scientists&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57837,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57835\/revisions\/57837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}