EAT CHICKEN SOUP for a cold
o matter what’s in her secret recipe – egg noodles, matzo balls or tortilla strips and a squeeze of lime – a bowlful can mitigate cold or flu symptoms, according to a 2000 study published in , the journal of the American College of Chest Physicians. Those researchers couldn’t pinpoint exactly which of the soup’s ingredients to credit for the anti-inflammatory effect – theirs had chicken, onions, sweet potatoes, parsnips, turnips, carrots, celery, parsley, salt and pepper – but a later study published in the suggests it’s the chicken itself. A compound
