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S5E10 // How To Keep Your Immune System Young + Covid19 & Your Genes w Dr. Jenna Macchiochi, PhD
The Performance Nutrition Podcast
English - November 05, 2021 13:31 - 56 minutes - 103 MB - ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsEducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In Season 5, Episode 10 Dr. Marc Bubbs interviews Dr. Jenna Macciochi, PhD, expert immunologist, lecturer at Sussex University and author of Immunity: The Science of Staying Well.
Dr Jenna specialises in understanding how nutrition and lifestyle interact with the immune system in health and disease.
Summary of Episode
2:05 – How immunologists Dr. Jenna Macciochi, PhD got interested in the field?
3:50 – What is your immune system? (It May Surprise You!)
7:05 – Myths around the immune system you hear online?
10:30 – What is immune-metabolism? (The connection between immunity and metabolism)
14:10 – How weight loss, or maintaining a healthy weight, has a powerful impact on immunity and health.
18:10 – Your chronological age vs. your immunological age. (Why is it important?)
21:25 – Covid19 and myocarditis: does the covid19 vaccine increase your risk?
24:05 – Controlled exposure of covid19 virus vs. the whole virus (genetic variation)
28:25 – Will the seasonal cold and flus be worse this year? (Will you have an immunity debt?)
33:00 – Nutrition for immunity: where to start?
37:45 – How does an urban vs. rural environment impact immune function?
40:05 – Food colours and immunity
45:30 – Supplements to support immunity
48:35 – How mindset and nature is interconnected with our immunity