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When we spend more time indoors in autumn, the risk of catching a virus goes up. So make sure to get outside, as everyday exercise also helps support your immune system. Foto: Andreas Mikkel

Autumn brings colds and fatigue, but summer may already have helped your body prepare for the season. Now the challenge is to keep it strong, say a virologist and an exercise and nutrition expert.

Professor debunks myth: Your body may be strong, but that is not the only reason you get sick

When we spend more time indoors in autumn, the risk of catching a virus goes up. So make sure to get outside, as everyday exercise also helps support your immune system. Foto: Andreas Mikkel

Bladene falmer og falder. Og på en måde gør vi det også selv. For efteråret er årstid for virusser og infektioner, der gør os blege og lægger os ned.

Men modsat naturens gang i skoven og haven behøver det ikke at være sådan for os. Det er en myte, at immunforsvaret svækkes i den mørke tid. Snarere tværtimod.

Til gengæld er der flere andre grunde til, at vi bliver syge. Den gode nyhed er, at man med gode valg kan forebygge det.

To eksperter kommer her med deres bedste råd til at undgå forkølelsen.

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