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#54 - Exercise and immunity with Dr Michael Gleeson

Inside Exercise

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The Benefits of Physical Activity and Fitness for the Immune System

Being physically active and fit was a major defender against getting hospitalized when you got infected, having to go to the intensive care unit. It's this the the COVID-19 epidemic. So if you're overweight, and you have large amount of adipose tissue, those cells become infiltrated with white blood cells,. They get activated and they produce a pro inflammatory state. This is what the predispose people to problems with infections like COVID.

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