Can you eat fish with a cold and fever?

You can’t eat fish during a cold and fever, first of all, there is a saying in Chinese medicine that fish produces fire and meat produces phlegm, so eating fish will aggravate the symptoms of cold and fever. In addition, the protein content of fish is relatively high, protein in the body when absorbed and decomposed metabolism will produce excess heat, so that the body’s heat production increased, but will aggravate the symptoms of cold and fever. Protein in the human body is more difficult to digest and absorb, the human body’s gastrointestinal function during the fever decreased, the secretion of digestive enzymes is also reduced, for protein digestion is also very weak, it is recommended that you do not eat fish better. Some people have allergies, it is easy to be allergic to fish and shrimp. If the allergy occurs during the cold and fever eat fish, it is likely to lead to very serious consequences, very dangerous, it is recommended to eat simple, light, easy to digest food, like rice porridge or millet porridge are better.