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Do you starve a cold and feed a fever? Or is it the other way around? Learn the facts about eating well when you have a cold to speed your recovery. ... Do you starve a cold and feed a fever when you're feeling under the weather? Or is it the other way around? Good news -- starving is never the correct answer.
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www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/cold-guide/starve-cold-feed-...
www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/cold-guide/starve-cold-feed-fever
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Feb 13, 2007 ... Does the amount of food you eat help you recover faster from colds and fevers?
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www.nytimes.com/2007/02/13/health/13real.html
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In Reply to: Feed a cold. starve a fever posted by keith on October 20, 2000 ... FEED A COLD AND STARVE A FEVER - This saying evolved from medical advice from the 1500s. The source quoted here says that, unfortunately, the advice was garbled in the translation and that we have apparently gotten it wrong.
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www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/6/messages/418.html
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The doctor began talking about feeding colds and starving fevers when he stopped, scratched his head and said, "Or is it ‘Feed a fever and starve a cold’?" ... So the dictum should be…..Feed a Cold, Feed a Fever! ... FEED a COLD, STARVE a FEVER?? OR VICE VERSA??
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www.mastermason.com/HC16/did_U/Cold_Fever.htm
www.mastermason.com/HC16/did_U/Cold_Fever.htm
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My son says he has it on good authority that the phrase is "Feed a fever, starve a cold." I thought it was "Feed a cold, starve a fever." Can you tell me who's right, what it means, and who said it?
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www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1126/is-it-feed-a-col...
www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1126/is-it-feed-a-cold-starve-a-fever-or-vice-versa
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Whatever the U.S. Food and Drug Administration decides to do about limiting over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold medications' availability for use by little kids (they've already recommended they not be given to kids under age 2), a lot of...
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/checkup/2008/10/starve...
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Zinc Lozenges Have No Beneficial Effect on the Common Cold ... Starve a Cold, Feed a Fever, Take a Pill for the Flu? ... This illness may be associated with fever, yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice), loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, and tiredness. In many parts of the world, hepatitis A is so common that almost...
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www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/fhgupdate/P/P1.shtml
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There may be some wisdom in the traditional maxim, ... There may be some wisdom in the traditional maxim, "feed a cold, starve a fever," according to researchers at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam.
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www.applesforhealth.com/HealthyFeatures/facsfga3.html
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