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no_hypocrisy

(55,667 posts) Sat Sep 22, 2018, 09:24 AM Sep 2018

I have a bad head cold and can taste nothing at all. [View all]

I *think* I'm hungry but don't know what to eat.

Should I go ahead and eat something I really don't care for, e.g., roasted beets, because I can't taste them?

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I have a bad head cold and can taste nothing at all. [View all] no_hypocrisy Sep 2018 OP

I find fruits or veggies with high amts. of Vitamin C usually taste better lark Sep 2018 #1

actually thats sounds tasty! samnsara Sep 2018 #2

Yes. Eat all the healthy foods you normally hate. rickford66 Sep 2018 #3

My go-to when I have a head cold: Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2018 #4

Oh yeahhhhhh ! ! ! no_hypocrisy Sep 2018 #13

The best and only food for a cold! smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #18

Try some saline spray or a neti pot to help clear your sinus. LuvLoogie Sep 2018 #5

Isn't that a drag? The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #6

Flu shot soup. Hotler Sep 2018 #7

Wow, gonna make and eat! no_hypocrisy Sep 2018 #12

Ther is a Thai restaruant here in Denver that makes a flu-shot soup... Hotler Sep 2018 #17

It sounds horrible but you can't taste it anyhow and it might help clear you up. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #15

Also chinese hot mustard will clear you up. nt Hotler Sep 2018 #8

You can take advantage of this to save money SkatmanRoth Sep 2018 #9

You need some pho. yewberry Sep 2018 #10

Buy several pounds of naval oranges....sweet ones...and eat as many as you feel like eating red dog 1 Sep 2018 #11

Every one of you is a dear! no_hypocrisy Sep 2018 #14

Nows the time for a whistler162 Sep 2018 #16

Take this opportunity to eat some tofu! nt zanana1 Sep 2018 #19