Avgolemono

A typical Greek soup is avgolemono. Usually, it's cooked with chicken, rice or orzo pasta, eggs, and lemon. It can be compared to the Greek soup known as chicken noodles. For hundreds of years, chicken soup has been advocated as a remedy for the flu and colds. It's interesting to note that some studies suggest chicken soup may not only help ease cold and flu symptoms, but may also play a role in preventing them. A prior study discovered that chicken soup was the most effective in treating a stuffy nose, even though hot water was more effective than cold water. The study, however, was unable to determine what in the soup caused this.

A different, more recent study discovered that the flu's early stages can be warded off by carnosine, a substance present in chicken soup. However, it soon breaks down, so the impact is just fleeting. Avgolemono has the ability to strengthen the immune system, as well as being strong in protein from chicken and eggs and low in calories. Traditional avgolemono soup has 245 calories and 27 grams of protein per cup. But because it can contain a lot of sodium, salt-sensitive people might not want to eat it.