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Open AccessNutrition and Athlete Immune Health: New Perspectives on an Old Paradigm
Respiratory and gastrointestinal infections limit an athlete’s availability to train and compete. To better understand how sick an athlete will become when they have an infection, a paradigm recently adopted f...
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Nutritional Aspects of Immunosuppression in Athletes
The literature suggests that a heavy schedule of training and competition leads to immunosuppression in athletes, placing them at a greater risk of opportunistic infection. There are many factors which influen...
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Glutamine, Exercise and Immune Function
Glutamine is the most abundant free amino acid in human muscle and plasma and is utilised at high rates by rapidly dividing cells, including leucocytes, to provide energy and optimal conditions for nucleotide ...
