Stomach bug: what to eat and drink

STOMACH BUG?

Half the country still believes flat Coke helps.

It's one of the worst things you can drink.

This one's entirely practical. No theory you can't use today.

Most of the advice people are working from on stomach bugs is about thirty years out of date, and one bit of it actively slows your recovery down.

In this episode:

Why this is a fluid problem rather than a food problem, and the sipping technique that keeps it down

What rehydration sachets actually do, why the sugar in them isn't for energy, and the one thing to buy now while you're well

Why flat cola, fruit juice, fizzy drinks…

The skinny

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