starving healthy?

i'm sick. worse still, i have a fever. i could very well be delirious, so bear with me here...

whenever i get a fever i try to remember whether the old saying is "starve a fever, feed a cold" or the reverse. after doing some digging (rather, typing the phrase in google), i found i should be starving if i follow the lore.

however, google also tells me that this myth may have basis in fact, if only for a little while. cool.

i'm eating anyway, i'm hungry.