Ep 159 - Covid 19. Lessons from Sports and Exercise Medicinewith John Rogers and Nathan Lewis

Simon interviews Dr John Rogers and Dr Nathan Lewis on respiratory infection prevention.

John a Sports and Exercise Medicine Consultant in Manchester. He is also Chief Medical Officer for British Triathlon and Visiting Professor in Sport & Exercise Medicine at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Nathan is lead performance nutrition scientist at the English Institute of Sport and at ORRECO.

These two academics take us through how sports science might be able to support our wellbeing during the Covid19 pandemic.

References

Recommendations to maintain immune health in athletes https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tejs20

Probiotics https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006895.pub3/epdf/full 

Vitamin D and Respiratory Tract Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23840373/

Vitamin C for prevention and treatment of pneumonia https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD013134/full

Vitamin C and common cold https://www.cochrane.org/CD000980/ARI_vitamin-c-for-preventing-and-treating-the-common-cold 

Effect of Flavonoids on Upper Respiratory Tract Infections and Immune Function: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27184276/

Vitamin C and Infections https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28353648/

Zinc lozenges and the common cold: a meta-analysis comparing zinc acetate and zinc gluconate, and the role of zinc dosage https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28515951/