Recovering from viral infection but have intense hunger?
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AngeleyesJo
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I'm currently recovering hopefully from a viral infection, though I seem intensely hungry all the time, I thought it's the opposite when your ill? Am I burning more calories fighting a virus?
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Did you not eat a lot while you were in the throes of infection?0
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I tried to continue with my calorie counting0
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Probably a good idea to eat at maintenance while recovering. Gives you a bit of leeway for your hunger too.
Yes the body does use a few more calories when healing.
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After I start getting better, I tend to be a little more hungry than normal. I would eat at maintenance for a few days to help your body recover, then head back to the salt mines.2
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Increase calories for a few days. Eat at maintenance or a little above.2
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Thanks0
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Yeah even though you may not be hungry while actually sick, when you are running a fever you are burning extra calories. Eat at maintenance until you're no longer ravenous, then resume the diet.1
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