Jinsei ni Tsukareta Saikyou Majutsushi wa Akiramete Nemuru Koto ni Shita - Vol. 1 Ch. 3

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why would you feed ice cream to someone who has a fever? lmao
 
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why would you feed ice cream to someone who has a fever? lmao
To help cool the body and soothe a sore throat caused by inflammation or coughing (as opposed to postnasal drip; for that, you consume starch to sop it up). Sorbet, Italian ice, shaved ice, or something along those lines would usually be better, but that depends on the symptoms (if their stomach is in good shape, then ice cream can be better). So, I'm assuming that Fiona has no digestive symptoms but the inside of her throat feels like it's burning.

Overall, what's best to do depends on the illness and its symptoms. (And obviously, a patient suffering from injuries is another matter.)

Personally, I've always found the Japanese trope of feeding a sick person pork to be the craziest and dumbest thing: red meat and its fat are both infamously difficult to digest — not what anyone with a lick of sense would call good for a patient suffering from an illness. (I don't think the mangaka/authors are bothering to think about it, usually. And, to be fair, works which go into actual traditional Japanese treatments usually stick with congee — which is really a type of rice gruel/watered-down porridge — or udon, both of which make a lot of sense. Often supplementing it with easy-to-digest vegetables. Common sense, really. Which leaves me wondering where the pork nonsense came from. Even fish or mushrooms would be better — not that I'd recommend either for the task.)

The best things to feed a sick person are grains/starches, clear liquids, and lean poultry (never something like duck or goose) — thus why Westerners usually feed patients a soup consisting of chicken or turkey broth, easy-to-digest vegetables (carrots, onions, etc.), a starch (usually rice, noodles, barley, or potatoes — in that order), and, sometimes, small amounts of the bird's white meat.
…Unless it's a stomach aliment, in which case simple grains are the only way to go.
 
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To help cool the body and soothe a sore throat caused by inflammation or coughing (as opposed to postnasal drip; for that, you consume starch to sop it up). Sorbet, Italian ice, shaved ice, or something along those lines would usually be better, but that depends on the symptoms (if their stomach is in good shape, then ice cream can be better). So, I'm assuming that Fiona has no digestive symptoms but the inside of her throat feels like it's burning.

Overall, what's best to do depends on the illness and its symptoms. (And obviously, a patient suffering from injuries is another matter.)


Personally, I've always found the Japanese trope of feeding a sick person pork to be the craziest and dumbest thing: red meat and its fat are both infamously difficult to digest — not what anyone with a lick of sense would call good for a patient suffering from an illness. (I don't think the mangaka/authors are bothering to think about it, usually. And, to be fair, works which go into actual traditional Japanese treatments usually stick with congee — which is really a type of rice gruel/watered-down porridge — or udon, both of which make a lot of sense. Often supplementing it with easy-to-digest vegetables. Common sense, really. Which leaves me wondering where the pork nonsense came from. Even fish or mushrooms would be better — not that I'd recommend either for the task.)

The best things to feed a sick person are grains/starches, clear liquids, and lean poultry (never something like duck or goose) — thus why Westerners usually feed patients a soup consisting of chicken or turkey broth, easy-to-digest vegetables (carrots, onions, etc.), a starch (usually rice, noodles, barley, or potatoes — in that order), and, sometimes, small amounts of the bird's white meat.
…Unless it's a stomach aliment, in which case simple grains are the only way to go.
wow I didn't know that. I remember eating ice cream as a kid when I had a fever so my brother wouldn't steal my share, and it made me feel 10x worse. I guess I should've googled it first lmao.
 
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wow I didn't know that. I remember eating ice cream as a kid when I had a fever so my brother wouldn't steal my share, and it made me feel 10x worse. I guess I should've googled it first lmao.
You had enough energy and a computer at hand with which to google it?! Wow.

I'm not sure if you
could find this stuff out online so easily, because it's essentially scientifically backed up traditional treatments. My siblings and I learnt all this from my parents, who learnt it from their parents, who learnt it from their parents (ad infinitum). The science behind it took longer, but the basic "x is harder to digest than y" is empirical information resulting in treatments which are both traditional and ancient (by which I mean, the ancient Greeks, Romans, their neighbours, and basically all of their descendants had the same ideas about diets for the ill; ditto the ancient Chinese). Our ancestors weren't dumb, it's just that we humans are ever pygmies on the shoulders of giants.

FYI, the thing about milk and milk products is that, although their proteins and sugars are hard to digest, dairy coats the throat (which is why singers avoid it before performances — afterwards, dairy is among the best things to ensure your throat will be in good shape in 12 or so hours for more singing).
 

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