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Forget Chicken Soup When You’re Sick. Try This Instead

Rose Bak
In Fitness And In Health
6 min readJan 24, 2021

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We’ve all heard the old advice: if you’re feeling sick you should have some chicken soup. The magical healing powers of chicken soup for colds, flu, and other viruses have been well-documented.

But what if there was something better?

Next time you’re feeling a little under the weather you might want to try a different soup: tom yum. Tom yum soup, also known as hot and sour soup, is a Thai soup that has just as many — if not more — healing properties as your Grandma’s chicken soup.

Some even call Tom Yum “the miracle soup”.

I believe it. Tom Yum can help you feel better fast, faster than chicken noodle soup. I believe it because I have seen it happen time and again — including a couple of days ago.

Earlier this week I woke up feeling sick. My throat was swollen and scratchy as if I had eaten glass. My joints were aching, my stomach was upset, and I had a slight fever accompanied by chills.

My first thought was, “oh my god, I hope I didn’t catch COVID-19!” (isn’t that everyone’s thought now when they feel sick?). My second thought was, “I have not been around any humans in weeks. How can I be sick with…

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Rose Bak
Rose Bak

Written by Rose Bak

Rose Bak is a freelance non-fiction writer as well as the author of more than 50 books. Find Rose's books at bit.ly/AuthorRoseBak .

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