The protein and starch in chicken and rice soup can markedly increase the body's ability to absorb water, making it an excellent cure for diarrhea. A team of doctors working in Bangladesh, documenting and testing home remedies used for generations to treat diarrheic illness, reported the benefits of protein and starch.
Doctors have known that sugar increases the body's ability to absorb salt and water during digestion, but did not realize that starches and grains can do the same, early in the digestive process.
In the U.S., doctors usually hospitalize dehydrated patients and feed them intravenously, an effective but expensive therapy. In addition, intravenous feeding carries the potential for bloodstream infection. Getting an IV can be frightening to a child.
Diarrhea illness can be fatal, especially in small children in impoverished countries, because they rob the body of water and salt, both essential for life.
via The Pouch,
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