What makes Chicken Noodle Soup a cure for colds & sickness?!


Question: What makes Chicken Noodle Soup a cure for colds & sickness.?
Answers:
When I was back in school, it was said that chicken soup was a partial cure for colds and sicknesses because it is a decongestant, helping to get the congestion out of the sinuses. The Mayo web site mentions it can be an anti-inflammatory but also backs up the decongestant idea by saying:

Chicken soup. Generations of parents have spooned chicken soup into their sick children. Now scientists have put chicken soup to the test, discovering that it does have effects that might help relieve cold and flu symptoms in two ways. First, it acts as an anti-inflammatory by inhibiting the movement of neutrophils

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