Monday, February 27, 2006
Comfort Food
Does anyone else get a craving for ice cream when they have a fever, and for a shot of anything when they have a sore throat?
I suppose it's the old adage that doctors never practice what they preach, although in singapore they always seem to be infuriatingl pristine. I remember a kindly old GP back in birmingham telling me the Doctor's creed - "if you drink less than your GP, you're doing okay..."
so when I'm ill probably the only thing I do right is drink soup. Research has shown that chicken soup with pepper works better than cough mixture to get you better, which frankly, doesn't really do anything much. I guess as a doctor I know that the rest of it all is symptomatic relief, and the actual course of the illness won't be affected by anything much (other than chicken soup, which I firmly believe in)
So what the heck, this past week it's been lots of ice cream and chicken soup for me; I haven't really been able to muster up the energy to get myself a drink.
I may not be any better, but heck I sure feel better. That's what comfort food is for, isn't it?
I suppose it's the old adage that doctors never practice what they preach, although in singapore they always seem to be infuriatingl pristine. I remember a kindly old GP back in birmingham telling me the Doctor's creed - "if you drink less than your GP, you're doing okay..."
so when I'm ill probably the only thing I do right is drink soup. Research has shown that chicken soup with pepper works better than cough mixture to get you better, which frankly, doesn't really do anything much. I guess as a doctor I know that the rest of it all is symptomatic relief, and the actual course of the illness won't be affected by anything much (other than chicken soup, which I firmly believe in)
So what the heck, this past week it's been lots of ice cream and chicken soup for me; I haven't really been able to muster up the energy to get myself a drink.
I may not be any better, but heck I sure feel better. That's what comfort food is for, isn't it?
