During times of fear and panic, you’ll always find marketers waiting to take advantage. Unfortunately, that’s been the case during the pandemic of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

While the health of your immune system is always important, understanding how your immune system works — and what it can and can’t do to protect you from illness — is an important reminder, especially when people are trying to convince you to spend your hard-earned money.

In this episode of That’s Healthy, Right? host Adam Bornstein discusses how the immune system really works, what small behavior changes can help your overall health, and the hard truth about any supplements that promise to “boost” your immunity.

To ask a question, read the transcript, or learn more, visit bornfitness.com/thats-healthy-right.

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Resources:

• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public - World Health Organization
• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) > How to Protect Yourself & Others - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Importance of Protein for Immune Health — Rebel Health
• Sleep and Immune Function — European Journal of Physiology
• Zinc for the Common Cold — Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
• Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data — British Medical Journal
• The Science of Sickness Prevention - Born Fitness
• Healthy resources to help keep you fit during COVID-19 — Born Fitness