This article focuses on how nutrition may help prevent and/or assist with recovery from the
harmful effects of strenuous acute exercise and physical training (decreased immunity …

Several decades of research in the area of exercise immunology have shown that the
immune system is highly responsive to acute and chronic exercise training. Moderate …

Heavily exercising endurance athletes experience extreme physiologic stress, which is
associated with temporary immunodepression and higher risk of infection, particularly upper …

ABSTRACT KOCH, A. Immune Response to Exercise. Brazilian Journal of Biomotricity, v. 4,
n. 2, p 92-103, 2010. Exercise produces transient perturbations in immunity, including …

The mechanisms governing the body's response to physical exercise have been
investigated from various perspectives including metabolism, nutrition, age and sex …

The notion that prolonged, intense exercise causes an “open window” of immunodepression
during recovery after exercise is well accepted. Repeated exercise bouts or intensified …

It is well-established that different altitude training modalities can improve convective oxygen
(O2) transport capacity and physical fitness of athletes (Millet et al., 2010). Exercising in …

During their lifetime, human beings are exposed to different microorganisms (ie, virous,
bacteria, fungi, and germs), parasites, and cancerous cells. This exposure endows the …

Hypoxia elicits hematopoiesis, which ultimately improves oxygen transport to peripheral
tissues. In part because of this, altitude training has been used in the conditioning of elite …

Accepted after revision: May 15. 1995-Exercise participation can modulate interactions
between nutritional status and immune function in at least three ways. Athletes and health …