Is it bad to eat or drink things containing sugar when you've got a cold or the flu?
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Yes, because extra energy from your body is needed to convert sugar into useful nutrients.  You need to conserve energy when you are sick and not using more.
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Of course not.  Sugar is sugar.  Both honey and sugar (processed or not) are simple carbohydrates, which is what a diabetic should stay away from.  Staying away from sugar is easy.  It's staying away from other carbohydrates that is difficult.  If you have a sweet tooth, you can buy sugarless Recees peanut butter cups, Hershey chocolate bars, and Russell Stover Pecan turtles.  All are no sugar and low glycemic.  As for the idiot who answered a couple of answers before me, Mighty God's name is not Al.
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Tea is very good for health because it is 100% natural, it contains vitamins which can help the organism in the fight with certain diseases...especially when you have a cold or flu...
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My mums husband once told me to cut down on dairy products if you have cold or flu like symptoms, as they increase mucus.xxx
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sugar is what makes it bad for you... lots of calories!
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Get a shot of whisky(any kind), put about 2 tablespoons of honey in it, about a teaspoon or two of lemon juice, mix it up and heat in microwave, about 15 seconds to warm then drink.  This mixture is good also if you have the flu or a  cold.
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That is a really funny question.  I guess I never associated the words good and sick together before.  Just do the opposite of what your momma told you when you were little to prevent catching a cold. You know, don't wear a coat, go out with a wet head, don't wear a hat, wear shoes with no socks, don't eat right and get plenty of sleep, and of course do go out and stand in the rain and get soaked.
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No. \nYour body can still use it as energy. But your body does tend to store it as fat (for future use as energy) more readily than other types of sugar.
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Well, it could.  Chicken has some protein in it which is one of the basic building blocks of life.\n\nChicken soup stock, like many soups, tends to contain a lot of salt.  Salt is an electrolyte.  When people are stick, sometimes health care people will draw blood.  Sometimes they check the 'lytes (electrolytes) levels because if they are low, that is not good.\n\nHot beverages are supposedly good for people when they are sick. When you are cold, your body is burning calories. Generally, when you are sick, the common advise is get lots of rest. You can save the calories for fighting the cold or flu. Also, when fighting an infection, your body will typically raise your body temperature as one of the things it can do to try to kill off an infection.\n\nAlso, drinking fluids is good because it lets your body flush your system.\n\nSo, yes, there do seem to be lots of reasons why for many people that are sick can get some good from chicken soup.  I am not a doctor; that's just my opinion.  I seem to feel better after having some chicken soup when I am sick.\n\nThere are tons of chicken soup recipes at allrecipes.com and the Yahoo Health search engine can find some more.\n\nOr, in a pinch you can buy a can of ready-made chicken soup at the store.  Those cost a buck or less.  If you don't want to bother with making a pot of soup, waiting for it to warm up, and then cleaning a pot afterwards, you can buy single-serving microwavable containers of soup now too.  I have tried it both ways and they both seem to make me feel better.\n\nNote that too much salt or sodium in the diet is not good so don't chow down on salty soups all the time.  You might want to ask a doctor for recipe suggestions if you have hypertension or high blood pressure or the like.
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check your sugar level or conslt a doctor
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Please, ask your Dr. this question.  Do not take any risks with your health.  Your sugar could get really messed up with serious results.
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Drinking fluids helps to replenish water you've lost through vomiting, sneezing, coughing, sweating, and other symptoms. The fastest way to recovery is to get plenty of rest, as the flu will fatigue you because your body uses all available energy to combat the viral infection. You may have loss of appetite, but force yourself to eat something so that you won't fatigue even more. Take some Vitamin C and Zinc to help boost your immune system so that you don't get sick again afterwards.
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Do you eat proper food as it could be low blood sugar
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you are not infected by cold.\nOnly flu spreed more quickly when is cold.\nTake pills
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When I first get the flu, I get really tired and my body aches. Start drinking lots of fluid/natural juice right now! You will thank yourself later!
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The phrase is feed a cold and starve a fever. It evolved from medical advice in the 1500's althoug many including Mark Twain think it should be "stuff a cold and feed a fever". However, it isn't good advice to starve a fever. In both conditions, you can suffer dehydration  and fluid loss so you should drink plenty of water and eat light meals if you can.
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Absolutely not!  Eating sugar does not induce/cause diabetes.  I'm surprised at the number of 'so-called' professionals who go on about how sugar and eating sweets can cause diabetes.  It's only because the person becomes obese, and their pancreas can't produce enough insulin, or the insulin that they do produce isn't able to be used effectively, that they become diabetic.\n\nHaving said that, diabetes is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors.  Eating a diet high in fat and sugar can cause you to become overweight.  Being overweight increases your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, so if you have a history of diabetes in your family, a healthy diet and regular exercise are recommended to control your weight.\n\nAs for your second question about sugar substitutes, too much of them can have a laxative effect on people, so be careful how much of those you take.  (You are aware that sugar substitutes are actually sweeter than sugar, aren't you?  This means that you wouldn't need anywhere near as much to get the same effect.)\n\nBest of luck.