Dr. Giulia Enders

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ZOE Science & Nutrition · How 'boosting' your immune system increases inflammation and 4 ways to support balance instead | Dr Giulia Enders · 7 May 2026 podcast

And then we have some foods that are declared as pro-inflammatory.

Usually with all of them, it is really about the amount.

If you have too much of them, like peanuts, sesame oil, I suppose because of the omegas in there, too much like meat, butter, vegetables,

All these things that drive up your blood sugar, pasties.

It's a list, and I really don't usually like those lists too much, but you can pretty much tell it's the old story about having some veggies, some fruit, and some balanced carbs and good fats.

What about exercise, which I think a lot of people will be surprised is linked to your immune system health.

I think no one will be surprised listening to this that it's good for your health overall.

But why is that good for my immune system and therefore what kind of exercise should we be doing?

Well, one interesting factor that the immune system will even use for itself or manipulate in order to have better outcomes is just having a stronger, faster heartbeat.

When you get sick, you notice that your heartbeat will get a bit faster.

And well, it does make sense because the immune system, the cells, they travel through the bloodstream.

So if you have more pumping going on, they get everywhere faster and they can, you know, be pumped around more often and visit more areas in the same amount of time if you just pump a bit more.

And the important thing about exercise is that you have immune cells in the venous system and lymphatic system of your tissues.

And by activating muscles, you press them up back into the circulation from the tissue.

So you give it a little boost, which otherwise happens just in a longer period of time.

You boost it while moving because you pump everything faster and with more force.

So does that mean you should be doing exercise when you're sick?

No, not when you're sick, not necessarily.

That can be bad for the heart, especially when you have a viral infection.

But when you exercise regularly, when you're healthy, then you train your heart and your lungs to pump around stronger.

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