After the meat is cooked, only some soluble substances come out of the meat, such as sarcoplasmic proteins, amino acids and peptides. The main nutrient, protein, is hard to get into the soup.

Generally speaking, the content of protein in broth and chicken soup is only 1% ~ 2%. Protein in meat is as high as 15% ~ 20%, which is much more than that in soup. As for minerals, there is only soluble potassium in the soup, and the calcium and iron you expect are insoluble in the soup. No matter how you cook the soup, the essence is still in the meat, not in the soup. Similarly, fish soup, chicken soup and duck soup are the same.

Seeing this, many people will definitely think that meat is more delicious than soup, but it is not. Which is better depends on different people.

For pregnant women, or some vulnerable groups after delivery and operation, if their digestion and absorption capacity is low, they may not be able to fully digest protein in meat. Forcibly eating meat at this time will lead to loss of appetite, indigestion, and even intestinal obstruction in severe cases. From this perspective, chicken soup and broth can help people who are weak to quickly absorb some nitrogen-containing substances, which can increase appetite and promote digestion.

Therefore, the ancients thought that "drinking soup to nourish" could not be completely wrong.

For the vast majority of people with normal digestion and absorption capacity, if they only drink chicken soup and broth every day instead of eating fish and meat, they will not be able to supplement calcium and iron if they consume too little protein.

In addition, it is worth noting that although there is no tonic in the soup, you must not drink it indiscriminately. After all, there are three "harmful substances" in soup.

1, salt, common salinity 100ml of soup, there is probably more than 1 g of salt. It is recommended that adults eat no more than 6 grams of salt every day.

2, fat, broth often contains more fat, especially milky soup. Although eating soup is not greasy, it is easy to eat too much fat.

3, purine, it is the chief culprit of gout, cook the meat in the soup, the longer the cooking time, the more purine dissolved in the soup.