Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Shorter exercises may not allow enough time for the pathogen to replicate, but a two-hour plus exercise may allow enough time for it to replicate to a critical threshold that the innate immune system cannot resolve.
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Shorter exercises may not allow enough time for the pathogen to replicate, but a two-hour plus exercise may allow enough time for it to replicate to a critical threshold that the innate immune system cannot resolve.
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The immune system cannot handle the pathogen burden associated with a two plus hour. While there may be a boost to the immune system in an intense 2-hour plus exercise as there is in a moderate 45-minute exercise, the burden on the immune system hits a tipping point that leaves it depleted.