We Do Science - The Sports Nutrition Podcast
For current and aspiring sports and exercise nutritionists! The Institute of Performance Nutrition's We Do Science podcast, hosted by Dr Laurent Bannock, features a wide variety of leading guest experts (elite practitioners and scientists) with expertise in sport and exercise nutrition, and related fields relevant to real-world practice.
We Do Science - The Sports Nutrition Podcast
#124 - "Nutrition and Athlete Immune Health" with Prof Neil Walsh PhD
Episode 124 of the Institute of Performance Nutrition's "We Do Science" podcast! In this episode, I (Laurent Bannock) discuss "Nutrition and Athlete Immune Health" with Professor Neil Walsh (School of Sport and Exercise Sciences
Liverpool John Moores University, UK).
Discussion Topics Include:
- Defining Athletes, Immunity and Health
- Overview of Contemporary View on Immunity
- Infection Risks, Lowered Immunity, and Consequences
- Resistance and Tolerance:
- How Nutrition Influences Immunity and Infection
- Energy Deficiency & Infection: The Debate Continues
- New Theoretical Perspective on Nutrition and Athlete Immune Health
- Tolerogenic Nutritional Supplements
Key Papers Discussed / Referred to:
- Nutrition and Athlete Immune Health: New Perspectives on an Old Paradigm (Sport Med, 2019)
- Recommendations to maintain immune health in athletes (EJSS, 2018)
Related Podcast Episodes:
- Episode 80 - 'Athlete Immune Health' with Professor Neil Walsh
- Episode 69 - 'Immunological Aspects of Training & Sports Nutrition' with Professor Michael Gleeson
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