Nieman, D.C. and Wentz, L.M., 

Here we will summarise the key points and propose TORQ’s Infection Management protocol. 

You have done everything in your power to avoid infection, but you can feel a sore throat or headache coming on, the familiar signs that you’ve caught a virus or other pathogen. 

Will taking specific nutrients during and immediately after exercise have a beneficial impact on your immune system and greater resistance to infection? 

As well as your day-to-day nutrition playing a crucial role in in your overall health, wellbeing and the performance of your immune system. 

It is without doubt that exercise will enhance your immune system making you less likely to pick up a bacterial or viral infection and it puts you in a better position to fight it if you do, but how much exercise does this need to be? 

The immune system can essentially be broken down in to two mechanisms, the Innate Immune Response (IIR) and the Adaptive Immune Response (AIR).