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There is no indication that drinking milk when you have a fever is harmful, as long as you have no trouble keeping it down. For the "don't drink milk when you have a cold" issue, see below.

Hoary old myth based on the fact that mucus (a.k.a. snot) looks milky. In fact, some Aussies did a clinical trial to test this. Question "Is there a relationship between drinking milk and mucus production. Answer: NO* A wonderful site: all about myths of the Common Cold here: http://www.commoncold.org/special1.htm * Pinnock, C.B., N.M. Graham, A. Mylvaganam, and R.M. Douglas. 1990. Relationship between milk intake and mucus production in adult volunteers challenged with rhinovirus-2. American Review of Respiratory Disease. 141:352-356.

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