do you change your diet when sick?

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meeper123
meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
edited January 20 in Food and Nutrition
How do you eat when you have a cold or flu. Do you change anything? I have cold aches and just feel bad in general i am not going to train til i feel better but should i change anything else?

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  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    It depends. With the flu, I just sleep. With a cold, I eat more carbs than usual, as my body wants them.

    Today, I am recovering what seems to be a bad reaction to ground flaxseed - I have had about 500 calories all day long, almost all fruit and veggies.
  • Cassierocksalot
    Cassierocksalot Posts: 266 Member
    When I'm sick, I resort back to my old staples: Lots of chicken soups (noodle, dumpling, whatever) but I make sure they're the light versions, and a ton of orange juice and gatorade if I have a fever. I know I'm feeling better when I start craving other things :happy:
  • carrietehbear
    carrietehbear Posts: 384 Member
    Depends- cold, nope not really.
    Stomach virus- sleep and a lot of carbs while sick and then after I get over it I usually need a nice big steak
  • Huffdogg
    Huffdogg Posts: 1,934 Member
    I just got over a pretty nasty sinus cold. My illness is usually brought on by eating at a deficit AND working a lot of overtime at once. This exactly just happened to me. I overfeed when I'm sick to get through it, loading up on protein especially, and try to sleep as much as possible.
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    a lot of people turn to comfort food and crap when they're sick, but the irony is that the better you eat while sick, the faster you'll recover. what helps fight disease? a strong immune system. what makes your immune system strong? lots of good nutrients.
  • pumpkinspice84
    pumpkinspice84 Posts: 160 Member
    I usually eat about the same if its a cold. I may eat a light soup as the only different thing for lunch. I have not had the stomach flu since starting my new diet, but I when I do have one I stick with toast, saltines and juice or ginger ale.
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    Im on my second glass of oj i am eating fairly normally just pushing fluids like crazy
  • SusanleeBee
    SusanleeBee Posts: 144 Member
    I don't worry about it much when I'm sick. I eat when I feel like it, and pretty much whatever I want, but if i feel really bad, that's usually just soup, which isn't a lot of calories anyway.
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