Is "starve a fever feed a cold" valid, and why or why not?
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January 22nd, 2020
Should it be eat and drink as many healthy things (if you have enough appetite) either way?
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Old wive’s tale home remedy that was common before modern medicine.
Similar to putting butter on a burn, sugar on the tongue to relieve hiccups, and so on.
I always heard: feed a fever, starve a cold. Like, when you have a fever, keep yourself warm, drink tea, etc, because it “starves” the cold that’s making you sick. I dunno, my mom was an immigrant so she might have missed something.
The old saying, “feed a cold, starve a fever,” may be only partially good advice, according to experts. Starving a fever by eating fewer calories may actually make it more difficult for your body to fight off the flu virus.Mar 7, 2013
www.everydayhealth.com › cold-and-flu › colds-and-fevers
Do You Feed a Cold and Starve a Fever? | Everyday Health
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