Post #118365 by Trader Woody on Wed, Oct 6, 2004 10:30 AM

On 2004-10-06 10:17, Tiki Chris wrote:
to eat (well actually slurp):
chicken stock w/ a dash of tabasco

Oh yeah, chicken soup - forgot about that and I was just reading about how it's been proved to work wonders with colds the other week. I just dug this up:

"Chicken soup -- as made by grandma -- contains several ingredients that affect the body's immune system, a team at the University of Nebraska Medical Center found.

They found that chicken soup and many of its ingredients helped stop the movement of neutrophils -- white blood cells that eat up bacteria and cellular debris and which are released in great numbers by viral infections like colds.

Neutrophil activity can stimulate the release of mucous, which may be the cause of the coughs and stuffy nose caused by upper respiratory infections such as colds.

"All the ingredients were found to be inhibitory, including the boiled extract of chicken alone," they wrote."

I feel like chicken (soup) tonight....

Trader Woody