50: Boosting immunity: what role do nutraceuticals and supplements play?

<div> <br> Set against the growing interest in supplements which has been heightened by the Covid-19 pandemic, this podcast will look at what role nutraceuticals and supplements might play in boosting immunity and the potential benefits this could bring to the health system.</div> <div><br> </div> <div><strong>What is the science behind nutraceuticals and supplements boosting immunity?</strong></div> <div> <br> What is the right advice to give to consumers and what role can industry play? Do nutraceuticals and supplements act as a good resource for boosting immunity? We explore the science behind the headlines and how industry, academia and policy makers can work together to deliver the right solutions that will help consumers and potentially benefit the wider public health agenda and system.</div> <div><br> </div> <div><strong>About our panel</strong></div> <div> <br> Professor Mairead Kiely, Professor of Human Nutrition and Head, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, <a href="https://www.ucc.ie/en/">University College Cork</a> </div> <div> <br> Mairead is co-chair of the Cork Centre for Vitamin D and Nutrition Research at UCC and led a Pan-EU project on vitamin D requirements, food fortification and health outcomes until early 2018. She leads the Maternal and Child Nutrition Programme at the INFANT Research Centre.</div> <div> <br> Mairead has more than 25 years experience in human nutrition and health research and she has worked on vitamins, minerals and bioactive food constituents throughout her career. She is a registered public health nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition and is currently the chair of the Irish Section of the Nutrition Society.</div> <div> <br> Professor Susan Lanham-New, Head of the Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Surrey</div> <div> <br> Professor Susan Lanham-New is head of the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Surrey and is a registered Public Health Nutritionist (RPHNutr). She completed her BSc in Exercise Physiology at the University