Aisha Tukur
Digital creator and classical homoeopathy practitioner Dr Manjari Rao shared a reel on Instagram, encouraging people to remember that fevers are catabolic in nature and work to trim off excess fat. While there’s a lot of medical information floating on the internet, it is our job to verify from doctors and find out the truth. Thus, indianexpress.com spoke to clinical experts to understand whether losing weight as a result of fevers is recommended at all.
“High temperatures can make you lose weight as the body’s metabolism increases. Whenever you have a high fever, your body has to work harder in order to fight off infection and in such a case, one may end up burning more calories thus leading to weight loss,” said Dr Suchismitha Rajamanya, Lead Consultant & HOD – Internal Medicine, Aster Whitefield Hospital, Bengaluru.
