What is commonly known as ‘grandma’s Penicillin’? You have got it right. It’s the chicken soup, which has been used since ages as a home remedy for common cold. Some recent studies show that this effective recipe can also work wonders for high blood pressure.

Ai Saiga, a Japanese researcher from Nippon Meat Packers, says that chicken breast contains collagen proteins with effects similar to ACE inhibitors, mainstay medications for treating high blood pressure. Chicken breasts cannot be used to     develop food and medical products for high BP since the proteins are present in very small quantities in the chicken breasts.

High Blood Pressure

During their study, the researchers extracted collagen from chicken legs and tested its ability to act as an ACE inhibitor in the laboratory studies. They have identified four different proteins in the collagen mixture with high ACE-inhibitory activity.

The proteins were then fed to rats used to model human high blood pressure, which produced a significant and prolonged decrease in blood pressure, according to the researchers.

If this study generates positive feedback, it might be a significant achievement in the medical field and great news for so many people who suffer from high blood pressure.