Discovering the truth behind, "feed a cold, starve a fever"

what is the truth behind the statement "feed a cold, starve a fever"? Is it good advice or bad?

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Feed a Cold and Starve a Fever

Which way is it? The first question is about the statement itself. Some people swear it is, "Starve a fever, feed a cold" while others will go with "feed a cold, starve a fever". No one knows exactly how this saying came about. It was first used in 1574 I dictionary writer John Withals. This common cold myth can definitely be said to be correctly phrased as, "feed a cold, starve a fever."

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