Across many cultures and for many years, if you’re feeling under the weather, chicken noodle soup would be offered for comfort. But why? e Jordan Hawkins, senior research scientist at Missouri State University’s Center for Biomedical and Life Sciences, is conducting research on International Dehydrated Foods’ chicken broth products and their relationship to inflammation and pain. This research has been funded by several grants from IDF totaling more than $100,000.
Much of the work conducted in the CBLS laboratory relates to chronic pain, especially in the orofacial region. So when they were approached by IDF to test their products relationship to inflammation and pain, Hawkins said it just made sense.
They added the broth to the diet and were able to show that by eating approximately one bowl of chicken soup per day of this product, they were able to inhibit development of chronic pain.
Though the digestive system and nervous system wouldn’t naturally seem to have much to communicate about, Hawkins says that this study points to how important their relationship actually is.
