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BOOST YOUR IMMUNITY

The power of nutrition to strengthen the immune system is not yet fully understood. But it’s widely accepted that lifestyle can have a major impact on a person’s immune system, for better or for worse. Stress, lack of exercise, bad sleep and poor diet can increase your susceptibility to disease, as can overtraining.

During intense training it’s possible to stress your immune system by eating the wrong amount and the wrong type of foods, as well as underestimating the importance of recovery time. So, firstly, you need to take care to eat enough energy; not having the right amount of calories can increase your stress hormones which is detrimental to immune

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