Starve a fever, feed a cold

Starve a fever, feed a cold means when you have a fever, you shouldn't eat, but when you have a cold, you should try to eat a lot.
Be sure to drink lots of fluids and get plenty of bed rest.

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English Proverb: Starve a fever, feed a cold

Starve a fever, feed a cold is a long-standing belief among many people.


When someone has a high temperature, that person should not eat, but when they have a cold, they should try to eat a lot.


This proverb may be an old wives’ tale or have some truth in it.

The proof is in the pudding, as they say, so the next time you get sick, try it out.

If you think about it, it makes sense because you don’t have an appetite when you have a fever.

Plus, a fever usually only lasts for a short time – hopefully.

On the other hand, a cold may last for three days – if you’re lucky- or it may last for ten days – if you’re unlucky. It would be quite challenging to stop eating for ten days.

Either way, I am just introducing you to this well-known proverb.

You can decide for yourself whether the maxim starve a fever, feed a cold is true or not.


This post is understandable by someone with at least a 6th-grade education (age 11).

On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 83.

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