The benefits of hot broth, our ancestors, discovered many years ago. Hot broth is not in vain as one of the best ways to recover strength after illness or difficult operation. Special experiments showed, that broth contains many healthy elements and vitamins.
Chicken broth does colds easier, thanks to the lysozyme enzyme that it contains. This enzyme lowers the activity of bacteries and viruses. Besides, any broth, and not only chicken broth, lowers the blood viscosity and dilutes it, that is, preventing the formation of blood clots. To drink a cup of broth in the night means to have a quiet sleep.
Broth is rich of phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, contains many vitamins, especially of B group, that are very important. Magnesium responsible for the normal functioning of nerve cells, helps to cope with fatigue, relieves irritability and improves memory. Phosphorus strengthens muscles, bones and teeth. Zinc is nessesary to strengthens bones, and fast healing, and especially nessesary to impove brain activity of old. The B group vitamins, increase resistens to stress, and stables glucose level in blood. Vitamins B group also effect nerve and digestive systems.