Contents:
- Medical Video: 10 Foods You Should Never Eat
- Eating and drinking ice does not make you sick
- Benefits of eating ice during a fever
- 1. Prevent dehydration
- 2. Increase calorie intake
- 3. Helps relieve pain due to inflammation
- Ice cannot cure disease
Medical Video: 10 Foods You Should Never Eat
When you have a fever, you may not have any appetite or drink. Naturally, the tongue may feel bitter and the body feels weak. Even though when your fever your body needs adequate nutrition and fluids to fight disease. Well, one way you can try is to eat ice during a fever.
This method may sound unusual or even contrary to the words of ancient parents, who said eating or drinking ice actually made a cold. But apparently, this isn't always true, you know! See the full explanation below.
Eating and drinking ice does not make you sick
Since childhood, you may be told by parents that eating or drinking ice such as ice cream, popsicles, fruit sorbet, yogurt, or cold drinks can make you sick. This is not right because basically what can cause fever is a disease caused by a bacterial or viral infection, not the temperature of food or drink consumed.
Fever itself is a sign that the immune system is fighting inflammation or infection in the body. The cause of the infection itself can vary. For example bacterial infections that cause sore throat or infection with influenza viruses that cause flu or colds.
Therefore, if you have a fever, actually eating cold foods or drinks will not cause or worsen the infection in the body.
Benefits of eating ice during a fever
Eating enough ice when attacked by a fever turns out to be useful for you or your little one, you know. Note the three benefits of eating ice during the following fever.
1. Prevent dehydration
When your body has a high fever, you may sweat more and urinate more. This can make you lose fluid quickly. In fact, maybe your mouth feels unpleasant if you have to drink lots of water.
Well, sucking on popsicles or eating sorbet during a fever will help you restore fluids in the body with a good taste in the mouth. It's best if you make popsicles or sorbet yourself at home to be healthier and not contain too much sugar.
You can make popsicles or sorbet by freezing the original fruit juice on freezer. So that the flavor is sweeter but not mostly sugar, you can add honey when making juice.
2. Increase calorie intake
Your body needs enough calories so that your body's cells are able to defend themselves from disease attacks. In addition, calories are also needed to fight infection. One source of calories that almost everyone likes is ice cream.
Well, ice cream can increase calorie intake, especially for people who have no appetite when sick. Being served a delicious snack will certainly make you more excited to eat, right?
However, try to choose ice cream that is low in sugar and low in fat. You can also make your own favorite ice cream at home if you want it to be safer.
3. Helps relieve pain due to inflammation
When you are experiencing inflammation, cool food and drinks can help relieve pain or discomfort due to inflammation. For example when you are sick with sore throat.
Therefore, you can eat ice cream, popsicles, sorbet, yogurt or pudding so that your throat feels colder.
Ice cannot cure disease
Even though eating ice during a fever can help you be more comfortable, it doesn't mean you can just depend on ice to treat the disease. You are not recommended for eat too much ice when sick. This is because your body also needs other nutrients such as proteins, vitamins and minerals to fight infection. While ice cream, popsicles, or mixed ice alone cannot meet the various nutritional needs when you have a fever.
It should be understood that eating ice cannot cure disease.An effective way to treat disease is to attack the virus or bacteria that causes infection. This can be done by taking medication that the doctor prescribes, getting enough rest, and eating nutritious foods.
