Fever can occur at any time due to illness or a lowering of defenses. This disorder is annoying, but you can avoid its effects with adequate nutrition.
Although fever usually decreases the desire to eat, do not stop eating because during the febrile the body loses vitamins and nutrients, especially if the condition is prolonged, and may seriously affect the health.
These days, the diet must be very rich, especially in vitamins and mainly vitamin C because it helps increase the defenses and cause the body is immune.
First, it is desirable that during those days drink plenty of fluids, even if you are not thirsty, opting to take juices of fresh fruits to provide vitamins that your body needs. To make it more appetizing can be sweeten with a little sugar or sweetener to make up for the lack of carbohydrates during those days. Furthermore, proper hydration is essential so that the body is well hydrated and will help to remove viruses and bacteria.
It is also important to take porridge or puddings, which are easy to digest, and as well as compotes made with fresh fruit, especially oranges, strawberries, lemon or grapefruit juice or soups of milk. Other foods that are recommended while fever is present are cornstarch jelly, raspberry juice and cooked eggs. The mashed potatoes are also indicated, but provided it is done so naturally and used boiled potatoes without skin, do not add salt and use fresh milk.
Instead, avoid all foods that are high in salt and fatty foods and too difficult to digest. We must also try not to eat foods high in zinc because it is not absorbed by the body when you have fever and iron because it hurts the activity of white blood cells to fight infections.
And of course, no alcohol, caffeine or any foods that have refined carbohydrates. It is not also possible to smoke because tobacco contributes to destroy the immune system.