Most commercial soups are full of chemicals, flavour enhancers, MSG, salt and other things you probably don’t want in your diet. However, if you are willing to make your own chicken soup, from some roasted or baked chicken, it probably a great thing. Apparently the chicken meat contains collagens that act like a natural ACE drug. I love chicken soup, perhaps the only problem is that one doesn’t often have a lot of cooked chicken sitting around to make chicken soup with. I usually have a good vegetable base, some broccoli, cauliflower, onion, and a little potato as a starter for the soup. Put all together along with some cooked chicken (cut into small pieces) and water, bring to boil for 30 minutes and presto — delicious chicken soup. Don’t put salt in your soup, the chicken meat naturally will have more than enough salt to flavour it.
Does it reduce blood pressure? Ok, I’ve tried measuring my blood pressure on days before and after consumption of chicken soup. I didn’t notice any difference, over short period, but supposedly, if you were to have chicken soup for enough days in a row, it would start to work. I do believe that eating soup, helps cut calories and maintain better weight, improves your digestion, and just plain good for health. If it also helps cut blood pressure, what a great idea!
http://www.blood-pressure-updates.com/bp/basics/diet/can-chicken-soup-reduce-blood-pressure.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-10-17-chicken-soup-bp_N.htm
http://www.naturalnews.com/021260.html
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Chicken soup does not have to be made with cooked chicken. I’ve never made it with cooked chicken. I make it with raw chicken that has been very well washed and cleaned. I add lots of carrots, some celery, an onion, fresh dill, fresh parsley and many people add a sweet potato,other root vegetables, onion a red pepper and garlic powder,onion powder and a little sea salt (optional). I never heard of making chicken soup with cooked chicken. All the vitamins and flavor or the chicken have been taken out of it if it’s cooked or baked first. I’ve never thought of it for lowering blood pressure, but it’s an effective remedy for colds sore throats and the flu. If you cool it before you serve it, the fat the rises to the top can be removed.
I make a lot at one cooking and freeze it. I also take some of the vegetables from the chicken soup and mash it up with a fork in a strainer and add the chicken soup it was cooked in for a healthy delicious chicken
vegetable soup. I use the chicken gizzards as well.
and a little sea salt. (optional).
Chicken gizzards are loaded with fat and cholesterol I would stay away from the organ part of the chicken and just go with the chicken breast it’s more healthy …