Sport
Athletes often tend to cross the line between sporting effort and total exhaustion – and thus also the line between health promotion and overstraining the body. Several studies have shown that excessive sporting activity such as marathon competition or training, mountain cross, triathlon, cross-fit or even intensive training in untrained individuals weakens the immune system and increases susceptibility to infections1-6). It has been found that there is a significant correlation between training load and occurrence of colds. In addition, the weakening of the body through cold symptoms impairs the further training of athletes.
If you are preparing your immune system for an athletic challenge or generally do a lot of sports, it is advisable to train your immune system as well. ApuXan® with its very well absorbable beta-glucans and zinc can help you to do so.*
*Zinc contributes to a normal function of the immune system.
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2:Ekblom, B., Ekblom, O., and Malm, C. (2006). Infectious episodes before and after a marathon race. Scand J Med Sci Sports 16, 287-293.
3:Matthews, C.E., Ockene, I.S., Freedson, P.S., Rosal, M.C., Merriam, P.A., and Hebert, J.R. (2002). Moderate to vigorous physical activity and risk of upper-respiratory tract infection. Med Sci Sports Exerc 34, 1242-1248.
4:Nieman, D.C. (1997). Risk of upper respiratory tract infection in athletes: an epidemiologic and immunologic perspective. J Athl Train 32, 344-349.
5:Nieman, D.C., Nehlsen-Cannarella, S.L., Henson, D.A., Koch, A.J., Butterworth, D.E., Fagoaga, O.R., and Utter, A. (1998). Immune response to exercise training and/or energy restriction in obese women. Med Sci Sports Exerc 30, 679-686.
6:Nieman, D.C., Nehlsen-Cannarella, S.L., Markoff, P.A., Balk-Lamberton, A.J., Yang, H., Chritton, D.B., Lee, J.W., and Arabatzis, K. (1990). The effects of moderate exercise training on natural killer cells and acute upper respiratory tract infections. Int J Sports Med 11, 467-473.
