Between the lectures, some students asked me a question: "Why can''t I eat eggs when I have a fever?" This question makes me wonder. Why is that? Who said that you can''t eat eggs if you have a fever? This one is annotated from January 8 "Yangcheng Metro News" is widely quoted. How does the report explain the reason? "Because eggs mainly contain egg protein and ovalbumin, which is a complete protein, 99.7% can be absorbed by the body. After eating eggs, it will generate some additional heat, which will increase the body''s heat and increase it. Fever symptoms". The nutritional value of protein in eggs is extremely high (it can be said that it is the highest of all foods), and the absorption rate is also very high. This is a fact, but "after eating eggs, it will produce a certain amount of extra calories, which increases the body’s calories and exacerbates fever symptoms. "It is nonsense, and anyone with a little medical knowledge will know that any food (including eggs, food, fruits, beans, meat...) contains calories and has a fever of "calories" "Absolutely not because of eating too many calories (food)! "Eating eggs increases fever" is theoretically untenable. Moreover, in clinical practice, there is no evidence that eating eggs will increase the temperature of the fever or prolong the duration of the fever. If there is no evidence, it is also taken out and published without hesitation. It is also claimed to be a deputy chief physician of the "Internal Medicine Department of Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences".

　　 The cultural tradition of the Chinese people is willing to believe in "taboos". There are a lot of various taboos in people''s lives. Among them, dietary taboos are as much as cattle hair, and they are also easily accepted by people who do not understand nutrition. But as a doctor or media, it is also sad to blindly believe, spread, and create such unfounded dietary taboos.

　　During fever, energy consumption is very large (each time the temperature rises by 1 degree Celsius, the basal metabolism is estimated to increase by about 10%), so you must pay attention to supplement energy and nutrition, (if your appetite allows), you should increase the staple food, eggs , Milk and meat intake to supplement body energy consumption. Of course, considering having a bad appetite when you have a fever, eating light food is more desirable, but light does not mean taboo eggs or meat. Steamed egg custard, boiled eggs, and scrambled eggs are all foods that should be the priority choice for those who have a fever-of course, if you don''t like eggs, you can skip them and replace them with meat and fish. I think that for those who have no appetite and have a bad appetite, the best advice is to eat whatever you like! Ignore the unreliable taboos.

The most ridiculous thing about many (if you don’t say all) taboos is that those who believe in taboos are as thin as ice, and those who break taboos are safe! It is recommended that you do not follow thin ice and be safe.