Soup is a really tasty meal that is so versatile, and can be really good for you. It can often be overlooked as a healthy meal choice, but it is so much more than just a starter in a restaurant.

Soup is a great excuse to cook up lots of vegetables with a nice lean meat such as turkey or chicken. Its a great way to use up all those food ingredients and have a nutrition packed meal. Broth based soups using chicken or vegetables are really good and contain a lot less calories than creamy soups. If you are buying soup, take care to check the calorie content between one flavour and another.

Another great reason for eating soup when you are trying to lose weight, is it can be a very substantial meal. Broth based soups packed with vegetables can be a very satisfying meal and a great way of get more vegetables into your diet. Soup has a high water content, so it will not only fill you up but also stop you getting hungry for hours.

Ginseng or insam as Koreans call it is believed to be a medicine and tonic for a long life.

The medicinal plant occupies first place in the pharmacopoeia china, “Shen Nong” or the treaty herbalist chinese Medical Matter (Bencaojing Shennong), which was compiled during the Han Dynasty Eastern (25-220 ad). Being the work more ancient in the described the quality and the production areas of ginseng, as medicine and its effects.