Or is is the other way round?
2007-01-14 05:52:57 · 18 answers · asked by bella 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
neither, it's all bunk. you need to eat no matter what type of illness you have. nourishment helps your body fight off illness better.
2007-01-14 05:55:52 · answer #1 · answered by redpeach_mi 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Feed a cold and starve a fever is right, alternative is 2 Aspirin, 3 paracetamol, one mega cup of corrosive coffee and 1/2 bottle of whisky. Might not cure either a cold or a fever but you don't care afterwards.
2007-01-14 05:57:47 · answer #2 · answered by Del Piero 10 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While you have it correct - feed a cold, starve a fever, it is - as many other answerers have said - old wives' tales. Energy to fight off the infection, virus, bacteria comes from eating good food, with plenty of nutrients at this time. Especially eat those high in vitamin C and vitamin A (you will have to read up on these). And, as the other answerers have said, keep the water flowing in you to wash out the impurities.
Hope you get over yours soon, as I hope to recover from mine.
2007-01-14 06:07:32 · answer #3 · answered by Pegasus90 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"FEED" does not mean eat something and it's starve a cold and feed a fever. That means when you have a cold, you should starve it by staying as warm as possible. Since warm is the oposite of cold, you starve the cold of... cold.
Feed a fever means to cover up and get yourself warm so you can sweat it out. Feed the heat of the fever so you will sweat it out.
2007-01-14 06:00:34 · answer #4 · answered by capnemo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have a cold and a fever at the moment and noting is working, I have now had it for 10 days, if anything it is getting worse! I now have blocked ears and can't hear a thing.
2007-01-14 05:56:06 · answer #5 · answered by chelle0980 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
your right, its Feed a cold starve a fever, cause if you feed a fever it will make it worse cause you'll supply calleries for the body to burn witch will make you even hotter and if you starve a cold your body won't get the vitamins and nutrents it needs to combat the virous
2007-01-14 06:21:46 · answer #6 · answered by VAJETA1999 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes-you want to feed a cold- you need all the vitamins you can get at that time!! Starve a fever-you don't want a full stomach to curdle everything in there with a fever-the results are not good!!!YUCK!!! Good luck!!!
2007-01-14 05:57:41 · answer #7 · answered by dodlydink 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
hahaha, remember that old comercial "WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS FEED A COLD" and that old deli man is trying to hand over like a huge hoagie! If it was on a TV comercial it can't be wrong!
2007-01-14 06:15:55 · answer #8 · answered by fatboy_b2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Silly old wives' tale. With both you take temperature lowering meds eg ibuprofen or paracetamol, drink lots of fluids and eat if you want to.
2007-01-14 05:55:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
def feed a cold, fruit is the best though
2007-01-14 06:00:11 · answer #10 · answered by naughty_miss_moneypenny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither is correct and this can be a harmful old wives tale.
Fluids should be taken as much as possible, food as tolerated.
2007-01-14 05:57:06 · answer #11 · answered by texansis 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋