I have a stomach flu. My government recommends me to eat as normally as possible.

I’ve generally had no appetite.

And the idea of eating foods, even bland, often makes me feel nauseous.

And when I do eat, I often want to puke what I ate.

Why does my body do this if I’m supposed to fill my guts with food?

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
    164·
    3 days ago

    Not eating, or fasting, when you want to recover actually makes a lot of sense. It lets your body focus on the recovery autophagy. Not spending energy digesting food, which can be very complicated, especially when you’re sick.

    Keep your electrolytes up, but if you’re not hungry don’t eat.

    • WolfLinkEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      You do need the calories and resources, but that’s why you should eat easy to digest things like soup.

    • DanquebecOPEnglish
      21·
      2 days ago

      I’m referring to my state’s recommendations:

      It is not recommended that you stop eating. It will not reduce the symptoms of gastroenteritis, does not provide enough calories and can delay healing.