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Learn about your IMMUNE SYSTEM and how endurance running affects it! Immunologist Dr. Yasmin Mohseni, PhD, joins the show this week to talk about running and our immune systems, including...
- The basics of what our immune system is and what it does
- Is exercise good for our immune system? Why?
- What's going on when we feel like we're "getting sick" after a very hard run or a very hard race; are we actually getting sick?
- ARE we more likely to get sick after a hard workout or race (the "open window" hypothesis)?
- "Immune-boosting" things & what we can actually do
- Stress & the immune system
- Running when sick/COVID & the recovery timeline
- and more!
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