Why does the body lose appetite when sick (like with the flu)? Shouldn’t it be super hungry as it needs more power to the immense system?

Question

*immune not immense

In: Biology

Answer 1

Somebody who went further in Bio than me will detail this I’m sure, but iirc it has to do with creating an Iron deficiency and Iron binding. Iron is important for a virus to replicate itself, and your body works to make it unavailable