Immuno-Nutrition

S5E10: How To Keep Your Immune System Young + Covid19 & Your Genes w Dr. Jenna Macchiochi, PhD

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

ABOUT DR. JENNA:

Website: www.drjennamacciochi.com

Book: Staying-Well-Healthy-Immune-System

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJMacc

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