# Feed Cold Starve Fever

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feed-cold-starve-fever/391508>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [February 9, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feed-cold-starve-fever/391508 "2007-02-09T16:33:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![johanlbotha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@johanlbotha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johanlbotha)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feed-cold-starve-fever/391508/1 "2007-02-09T16:33:12Z")

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It seems it might be true:  
www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn1777

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**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feed-cold-starve-fever/391508/2 "2007-02-09T18:14:43Z")

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[http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn1777](http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn1777)  
I couldn’t get your link to work, but this one did.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feed-cold-starve-fever/391508/3 "2007-02-09T21:07:08Z")

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Welcome to the SDMB, Johan.

A link to the Straight Dope column that you’re commenting on is appreciated. This is the one: [Is it “feed a cold, starve a fever” or vice versa? And should you?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_154b.html)