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ZOE Science & Nutrition

How 'boosting' your immune system increases inflammation and 4 ways to support balance instead | Dr Giulia Enders

May 7, 2026 · 1h 1m

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What if boosting your immune system is the wrong goal? Today, Dr Giulia Enders explains how boosting immunity may increase inflammation and why your symptoms are often part of your body’s defence. Your immune system is not failing when you feel sick. It is trying to protect you. So what should you focus on instead? That’s the idea at the very heart of Giulia’s new book, Organ Speak. Giulia is a gastroenterologist and author whose previous book, Gut, sold eight million copies and helped convince the world that gut health was worth taking seriously. She explains how the immune system really works and why symptoms like a runny nose, cough, or fever come from your body, not the infection…