The weather is getting colder and colder.
Do you like to drink some hot soup before eating like Xiaoke, "warm your stomach".
Chicken soup is loved as a common dish on the table
Image source: There have been many sayings on the Internet such as "drinking soup can keep out the cold" and "drinking soup can supplement the nutrients needed by the body".
Recently, there have been rumors that drinking chicken soup can cure colds, which has aroused heated discussions among netizens. So can drinking chicken broth really relieve the symptoms of a cold?
Today we will take a look together:Can drinking chicken soup really "cure" a cold?What are the benefits of drinking chicken broth for the body?Practical tips to make chicken soup taste better1.Drink chicken soup to cure colds?
An article published in Life Times once mentioned that although chicken soup cannot "cure" a cold, it is indeed rightIt has some effect in relieving cold symptoms.
Colby Tjeman, a professor of nutrition at the University of Dayton in the United States, said that the "best effect" of chicken soup can be supported by a number of studies.
Source: Life Times1. Help relieve nasal congestion
Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States conducted a comparative test on drinking chicken soup, drinking hot water and drinking cold water, and the results of the nasal mucus flow rate and nasal airflow resistance test results showed that:
Drinking cold water can thicken the nasal mucus to a certain extent, making it easier to block the airways.
Drinking hot chicken broth and hot water can both help relieve the symptoms of nasal congestion and runny nose to some extent, but drinking chicken broth is more effective and can make the patient breathe more easily.
2. Help relieve cough
Research by the University of Nebraska Medical Center in the United States has found that when the human body is attacked by cold viruses, the number of neutrophils will increase to varying degrees, which can stimulate mucus secretion, causing symptoms such as cough and runny nose.
Chicken soup contains many ingredients that can inhibit neutrophil activity, which can help relieve cold symptoms.
The University of California in the United States has found that the beneficial ingredients in chicken soup can help eliminate mucus in the lungs of patients to a certain extent, inhibit the growth of Streptococcus pneumoniae, thereby playing a role in expectoration and reducing cough.
Li Hongmei, chief physician of the Department of Internal Medicine of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, said in an interview with Life Times: "Colds are divided into two types: wind cold and wind heat, and chicken soup is not suitable for all. ”
The symptoms of wind chill and cold are usually chills, runny nose, etc., and drinking chicken soup will have a better relief effect.
Image source network wind-heat colds are mostly manifested by sore throat and yellow phlegm, and drinking hot chicken soup is likely to backfire and aggravate the condition.
It is recommended that such patients drink more cold and white water, and if they feel that the water is tasteless, they can add some mint, chrysanthemum or honeysuckle to make tea according to their own conditions.
In addition, chicken soup has a high fat content, and it is best to drink less for people with "three highs" and patients with cholecystitis, gallstones, gout, and renal insufficiency, so as not to aggravate the condition.
2.Benefits of drinking chicken brothChicken soup brings people "**** not only in taste, but also has many benefits for the body.
Image source network1. Helps protect cardiovascular system
Chicken can play a role in protecting the cardiovascular system to a certain extent.
Because it contains a lot of unsaturated fatty acids, it can reduce the content of cholesterol in the human body to a certain extent, so as to effectively protect the cardiovascular system and prevent the emergence of cardiovascular diseases.
2. Improve blood circulation in the nasopharynx
Drinking a bowl of hot soup is also beneficial to improve blood circulation in the nasopharynx, relieve nasal congestion, relieve sore throat, and can also help the body replenish a lot of water to a certain extent, thereby speeding up the recovery of colds.
Image source network3. Helps to improve immunity
In the process of boiling chicken soup, the soluble nitrogenous substances in the chicken, such as amino acids, small peptides, creatine, carnitine, inositol, etc., as well as potassium and a variety of B vitamins will be integrated into the soup, which is conducive to improving the body's immunity to a certain extent.
4. Supplement the nutrients needed by the human body
Chicken contains a certain amount of phosphorus, iron and other trace elements, and at the same time, the content of various vitamins is also very high.
After being made into chicken soup, it is easier to be absorbed, which can supplement the nutrients needed by the human body, thus playing a role in strengthening the body.
5. Helps to increase appetite
When you have a cold, you generally have a poor appetite, and the chicken soup has a strong umami flavor, which helps to stimulate the secretion of gastric juice, enhance the patient's appetite, and give the body more energy to "defeat" the virus.
Image source network Of course, drinking chicken soup also has a certain "placebo" effect, and people with colds feel a lot more comfortable after drinking hot soup, and their mood will improve to a certain extent, and their immunity will naturally increase.
3.How to boil chicken broth
When boiling chicken soup, many people will choose to go directly to the pot, and the soup will often have a slightly fishy smell.
And some people will blanch the chicken before boiling the chicken broth, because there is a lot of blood and "dirt" in the chicken, and the chicken will become clean after blanching.
However, if the blanching process is not well controlled, not only will the nutrients in the meat be lost, but also the taste of the chicken will become woody. Xiaoke has compiled a few practical tips for boiling chicken soup to share with you:
Image source network1. Use rice washing water to remove the fish
Soaking and washing the chicken in rice washing water can remove the strange and fishy smell on the chicken skin on the one hand, and on the other hand, it can make the chicken more tender to a certain extent.
2. Wash the chicken with salt water
After soaking the chicken in rice washing water for 10-20 minutes, pour an appropriate amount of cold water into the basin, add salt and stir well.
Clean the prepared chicken with salt water, the density of the salt water is greater than that of the blood water, so that the blood water will come out on its own.
3. Soak the chicken in cold water
Put the chicken in cold water, add an appropriate amount of cooking wine, stir properly, and let the chicken soak in the cold water added to the cooking wine for about 30 minutes.
After the chicken is cleaned, cut into pieces, soaked in green onions, ginger, salt, white vinegar and water for a while, and after the blood and water inside are discharged, the meat quality of the chicken will be more tender, and the aroma of the soup will be higher.
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