A study from Saarland University (Germany) compared elite, competitive athletes’ (both men and women) to normal, healthy young people’s immune response to a vaccine. They found that after a flu vaccine, the athlete group had significantly more immune cells and antibodies post-vaccination than the non-athlete group. The researchers concluded that being in great shape is associated with a much more pronounced immune response and is likely to increase our protection from any vaccination.

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