Benefits of Soup consumptions

Wintertime 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 consumptions have 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 the time of sickness and the winter season.

So, where do we get our soups in a hectic city such as Singapore?

Work expectations from bosses and the stress we undertook on a daily basis are common excuses for people to seek the easy way out. Packing lunches and dinners are a common way of living amongst the population.

However, in view of families opting for healthier choices such as home-cooked food in recent years, food caterers have taken notice of this and have offered home delivery for such services. In Asian context such as Singapore, it is widely known as tingkat catering where home-cooked style food is prepared and served in metal containers to consumers. Dishes range from fishes, vegetables, soups, egg-based food etc are offered and comes without any preservatives and MSG. One such caterer to catch this increasing demand is Lexin Catering where they are known to be offering one of the cheapest tingkat in Singapore.

And Lexin offers one of the best tingkat delivery to condo with the best catering tingkat menu in Singapore. Beside tingkat delivery, Lexin also offers a wide range of catering services such as cheap buffet catering, mini buffet catering & mini buffet delivery and also high tea buffet catering.

But did you know that soup 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.