Starve a cold, feed a fever?

Posted on Feb 16th 2007 8:47AM by Rigel Celeste

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss, Alternative & Green Health

Most of the time, old sayings and home remedies have some kind of proven validity. But according to scientists and doctors, the saying "starve a cold and feed a fever" is just a bunch of bologne.

There was one study, done back in 2002 by Dutch researchers, that suggested eating a meal could boost the immune response necessary for battling a cold, while fasting helped the body fight most causes of fever. But the problem is that the study was very limited and small, and hasn't been duplicated since. Doctors insist the only way to fight both colds and the flu is to get plenty of rest and drink lots of fluids.

But have there been any studies on the benefits of chicken noodle soup?

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Nathan 2-17-2007 @ 2:04AM

Yes, there is validity to the Chicken soup for a cold remedy. I just wish I could find the articles that I found that support the claims.

Something about the combinations of protein and carbs with other compounds from the veggies. I know that whenever I feel a cold coming on, I drink some detox tea, warm chicken broth, and pop some zinc, echinacea, and vit C pills, and I have had only 1 cold in the 2 years I started that practice.