Soup and its benefits!



Winter time is usually associated with illnesses like colds and flu. We tend to consume vitamins and other dietary supplements which we believe will protect us from these on-off illnesses. However, most of us will still end up with some form of flu and cold symptoms during the winter months.
Soup consumption has been known to be a traditional remedy for such illnesses in the olden days from the European continent to the east such as China, Korea & Japan. This practice has been documented from as long back as 4000 years back, as a soothing remedy especially during time of sickness and the winter season.

So, why is Soup good for you when you are sick? And its health benefits…
Dating back to thousands of years of history, soup has been one of the staple diets in our meals. There’s no doubt that soup is so good for you because of its nutritional benefits. Research has shown that the ingredients in most soup can help the body boost its immune system and also, a healthy soup provides an easy way to digest the nutrients we need, especially when we are sick. Soup is also widely known as a ‘comfort food’ in most eastern countries, especially to be taken when we are sick. The ease of our digestive systems absorbing the nutrients that soups offer helps in faster recovery from sickness and discomforts.

And soup is easily one of the easiest meals to prepare. It is also highly adaptable in that you can have it with whatever ingredients you have on hand.  It can be very economical, and can also be easily kept in the fridge for future meals by heating up prior to consumption.
But did you know that it has significant health benefits?

The key ingredient for these health benefits come from the stock or broth. Stock is usually made by simmering meat bones for hours to extract its flavour and nutrients. This can be added along with some vegetables, fruits or any other ingredients that are beneficial to our health. This is best prepared using fresh ingredients to achieve the best optimal nutrients your body needs. Canned broth and stock are not recommended for they usually contain preservatives and MSG for commercial reasons.

Meat and fish stocks are also commonly used in most traditional cuisines, especially in parts of East Asia and South-East Asia. Stock contains precious minerals from the bone and cartilage in a form that is easy to assimilate. The most important health benefits come from the gelatin stock contains. Gelatin is unique in that it supplies hydrophilic and colloids to the diet. It attracts digestive juices for rapid and efficient digestion. When foods are heated in cooking, they become hydrophobic which means that cooked foods repel digestive juices, which makes them harder to digest. However, because gelatin attracts liquids even after it has been cooked, it aids in digestion by attracting digestive juices to the surface of cooked foods, making them for easy digestion.

If you do not have the time to boil soup for yourself or your family, you can tingkat Singapore no msg caterers, Le Xin Catering provides more than 30 varieties of soup that uses real ingredient to brew their soups. Each day is planned soup that is different nature of the previous day, so say Monday is heaty and nourshing then Tuesday will be cooling and clear soup. They have the best catering tingkat menu that uses vegetable oil and no msg in their cooking. And what’s more they are the cheapest tingkat delivery and cheapest tingkat Singapore you can find with such good soup. You may find that cooking is a chore and eating out is unhealthy, you will find comfort in tingkat delivery Singapore no msg. Yes and in Singapore, there are many healthy tingkat delivery despite the fact that food is found easily anywhere is this country.

Here are some of my favorite cookbooks on soups:

HERE ARE SOME OF best catering tingkat with SOUPS:
Le Xin Catering 
Kim's Kitchen 
Mum's Kitchen 


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