Too much exercise can increase flu risk

06/01/2012 | Influenza |
strenuous exercise

Exercise is good for you, however experts say that moderation is key if you want avoid placing yourself at risk of getting the flu.

Being healthy and fit should be everybody’s priority, however according to an expert from the he University of Loughborough, straining your body too much can affect the immune system and make us more vulnerable to respiratory infection such as flus and colds, according to a report by the Telegraph

Professor Mike Gleeson who led the research said at the Association for Science Education conference at the University of Liverpool, that people who were inactive had an average risk of developing one of these infections; how....

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