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#139 - "Exercise, Immune Function and Infection Risk" with Dr Richard Simpson
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Episode 139 of the Institute of Performance Nutrition's "We Do Science" podcast! In this episode, I (Laurent Bannock) discuss "Exercise, Immune Function and Infection Risk" with Dr Richard Simpson PhD (University of Arizona, USA).
Discussion Topics Include:
- General introduction to exercise immunology and impact of exercise on the immune system
- Moderate exercise and impact on health promotion
- Arduous exercise and potential impact on immune suppression
- The open window hypothesis and infection risk
- Can exercise affect immune function and infection risk: both sides of the debate
- Take home messages from the evidence and applied perspectives
Key Paper(s) Discussed / Referred to:
- Can exercise affect immune function to increase susceptibility to infection?
- Exercise, Immunity and the COVID-19 Pandemic
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