Virus fact
Winter is fun, sometimes snow and many holidays, but we can miss that flu as a toothache. Fortunately, the results of a study from the University of Wales (Bangor) and the University of Birmingham provide a way to really prevent the flu. The scientists at these universities divided test subjects into two groups. Everyone got a flu shot, one flu went on one light training schedule and the other group to one heavy schedule. Thereafter, the amount of anti-flu antibodies circulating in the blood was measured at regular intervals. They found that there was a significant difference in the number of antibodies, immediately after the flu injection but also 12 months later, in favor of the group who trained heavily. That means that there is a clear link between sports and the strength of your immune system. To fight a virus (and many other things) you have to keep training!