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Does eating spicy food shorten a cold or flu?
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No: Eating spicy foods does not alter the duration of one's infection from cold viruses or influenza viruses. However, she may feel better or worse after spicy foods, depending on whether the spiciness covers up some of her cold symptoms, or makes her symptoms feel even stronger.
Answered 4/28/2013
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