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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.
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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I suspect it's more likely that the heat of a fever interferes with digestion, or some other logical explanation.