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Judith Proctor ([personal profile] watervole) wrote2010-11-20 03:52 pm

Feed a Cold and Starve a Fever

Down with the lurgi again, though at least it's only a cold rather than flu.

Nose streaming, eyes watering.

One contrast I'm noticing with the flu is that I really didn't want to eat much when I had flu, whereas with the cold I still feel grotty, but I want to eat.  I wonder if there's any truth in the old adage about 'Feed a cold and starve a fever' and if there is, what the biological reason for it is.

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