Most replayed moment: Can you really boost your immune system? | Professor Daniel Davis
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Most replayed moment: Can you really boost your immune system? | Professor Daniel Davis

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 25, 202616 min
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  • Health

Today we’re talking about the immune system. It’s one of the most important systems in our body, yet it’s also one of the hardest to understand. You can’t see it, you can’t feel it working, and there’s no simple way to measure whether it’s strong or weak. But when it fails, we certainly notice. Everywhere we look, supplements and superfoods promise to ‘boost’ our immune system. But how many of these claims are actually supported by science? Professor Daniel Davis joins me to explain how our immune sys...

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Hello and welcome to Zoe recap, where each week we find the best bits from one of our podcast episodes to help you improve your health. Today we're talking about the immune system. It's one of the most important systems in our body, and it's also one of the hardest to understand. You can't see it, you can't feel it working, and there's no simple way to measure whether it's strong or weak. But when it fails, we certainly notice.

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Everywhere we look, supplements and superfoods promise to boost our immune system. But how many of these claims are actually supported by science? Professor Daniel Davis joins me to explain how our immune system truly

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works, and what the evidence says is the best ways to support it. The immune system is very complicated. I'm sure people are very aware of the importance of your immune system in fighting off all different kinds of infections.

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