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Feed a cold, starve a fever?

  • Gijs R. van den Brink
  • , Daniëlle E. M. van den Boogaardt
  • , Sander J. H. van Deventer
  • , Maikel P. Peppelenbosch

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Abstract

An English old wives' tale advises us to "feed a cold and starve a fever." Here we report that the nutritional status modulates the T helper 1 (Th1)-Th2 balance of activated T cells in human volunteers. Food intake resulted in increased levels of gamma interferon production, whereas food deprivation stimulated interleukin-4 release
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)182-183
JournalClinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002

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