#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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