When you have a cold and fever, it is best not to eat chicken. First of all, in Chinese medicine, there is a saying that fish produces fire and meat produces phlegm, so eating chicken tends to have the phenomenon of producing phlegm. A cold is an infection in the upper respiratory tract, so if you eat chicken, it will easily lead to coughing and coughing up phlegm, which will aggravate the symptoms of the cold. Secondly, the protein content in chicken is particularly high, and the protein is digested, absorbed, decomposed and metabolized in the human body, which will produce excess heat, but will aggravate the symptoms of fever, which is not conducive to recovery from cold and fever. So it is better not to eat chicken during cold and fever, eat simple and light, easy to digest is better, will not increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, otherwise chicken can easily lead to symptoms of indigestion, making people feel less comfortable. At this time, you can drink rice porridge or millet porridge, which is not only rich in water and heat, but also will not aggravate the burden of the gastrointestinal tract.