Yes hot and sour soup is good for when you're sick especially when you have a cold virus or flu virus and do not feel like eating other things but you still need to eat something.
I eat hot and sour soup when I'm sick with the flu or cold virus and it helps me feel much better and also helps with congestion as well.
One average size bowl of hot and sour soup contains around 470 calories which is quite a bit of calories.
If you're working on weight loss and wanting to lose weight you can still eat a bowl or two of hot and sour soup per day and still lose weight.
If you are looking to lose weight and eat hot and sour soup then you must also eat other healthy foods and exercise as well.
Also if you're wondering what those black things are in hot and sour soup are they are basically mushrooms and are okay and safe to eat.
The black things in your hot and sour soup are called wood ear fungus which is healthy for you and safe to eat.
The wood ear fungus is basically just a type of mushroom that Chinese put into hot and sour soup.
It can seem disgusting for the black things to be in the hot and sour soup but they are actually pretty good to eat and are beneficial for your health.
If you do not want to eat the wood ear fungus mushrooms in your hot and sour soup you can just remove them or just eat the rest of the soup and leave the wood ear fungus or those black things in the soup.
I eat the black things which are wood ear fungus or basically just mushrooms and they are pretty good to eat and hot and sour soup is delicious and also good for when you have a cold or flu.