Starve a fever, feed a cold?

pennybot Posts: 57, Reputation: 18

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Aug 15, 2006, 04:33 PM

Starve a fever, feed a cold?

Been doing a search online about this.

Is it just an old wives tale or is there any truth to this?

J_9 Posts: 40,298, Reputation: 5646

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Aug 15, 2006, 04:42 PM

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