The virologist Hendrik Streeck (44) thinks chicken soup is a good thing for colds.
“Fresh chicken soup has vitamin C and vitamin E, which has a positive effect.
It also stimulates the formation of mucus in the throat.
With a larger production of mucus, pathogens are more easily flushed out, ”said the doctor of the German Press Agency in Cologne.
Bonn - In addition, the immune system needs certain building blocks when it is newly formed.
"You can also find it in the chicken soup."
The director of the Institute for Virology at the University Hospital Bonn has written a book about the human immune system.
It was released on Thursday (October 28th).
dpa
