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Chicken Soup: Science or Swindle?

3/15/2021

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Chicken soup: Is it actually Jewish penicillin, or did your grandmother lie to you?

Is chicken soup healthy?

At a time when most people attributed sickness to superstition and the wrath of the gods, Hippocrates taught that all forms of illness had a natural cause. 

Medical historians generally look to Hippocrates as the founder of medicine as a rational science. Hippocrates and his followers were the first to describe many diseases and medical conditions.

One of Hippocrates often-quoted statements is,

"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food."
​"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food."
Despite his credibility, there are doubters. Using food as disease prevention and treatment became regarded as old wives tales, myths or pseudo-science.

​Food cures. 

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