Why Exercise and Nutrition Are Important for Immunological Health
It prevents virus reactivation, residual inflammation, cytokine storm, and other infection-related issues — including COVID-19
In times of COVID-19 pandemic, taking care of immunological health increases life quality and could be life-saving, researchers assert in several recent April academic papers.
Exercise and Antiviral Defense
While exercise has not been shown to fend off coronaviruses, it reduces unnecessary chronic inflammation which frees up immunological resources to fight infections.
Exercise has long-lasting effects in lowering chronic low-grade inflammation in those healthy or with diseases like HIV, cancer, diabetes, obesity, etc., Professors Richard J. Simpson and Emmanuel Katsanis at the University of Arizona said in a paper published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity titled, “The immunological case for staying active during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Physically active people are also more resistant to respiratory illnesses. Exercise enhances the immune responses against all sorts of viruses, including influenza and common cold rhinovirus, the professors added. Mice engaged in physical exercise of moderate intensity…
