Editing Clam soup (section)

==Overview==
Clam soup is prepared using [[clam]]s as a main ingredient. Additional ingredients can include carrot, celery, onion and other vegetables, vegetable [[broth]] or [[stock (food)|stock]] or other types of broths and stocks (such as fish stock)<ref name="Farmer 1896"/> seasonings and spices, salt and pepper. Fresh or canned clams can be used to prepare the dish.<ref name="Goldthwaite Cognard-Black Nestle 2014"/> [[Clam chowder]] is a well-known clam soup, but not all clam soups are [[chowder]]s or have the thick consistency that chowders typically possess.

In Japan, hot [[miso soup]] with clams is a traditional cure for the [[hangover]].<ref name="Bellomo 2015"/> Clams possess high levels of [[ornithine]], an [[amino acid]] that some Japanese people believe serves to reduce levels of stress, and "helps improve liver function—including detoxifying harmful substances like alcohol."<ref name="Bellomo 2015"/> A canned clam soup product named "Power of 70" claims to cure hangovers.<ref name="Bellomo 2015"/>