Nutrition and immune function /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI Publishing, in association with The Nutrition Society, 2002.
• Series: Frontiers in nutritional science ; no. 1.
• Subjects: Immune system.; Nutrition.; Natural immunity.; Dietary supplements.; Policy and Planning.; Human Immunology and Allergology, (New March 2000); Physiology of Human Nutrition.; Nutrition related Disorders and Therapeutic Nutrition.; Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000); Protozoan, Helminth and Arthropod Parasites of Humans, (New March 2000); Non-communicable Human Diseases and Injuries.; Techniques and Methodology.; Man.; Aging.; Amino acids.; Antioxidants.; Exercise.; Fatty acids.; Food allergies.; Health policy.; Human diseases.; Immune response.; Immunity.; Immunology.; Infections.; Infectious diseases.; Methodology.; Minerals.; Nutrients.; Probiotics.; Public health.; Undernutrition.; Vitamins.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 426 pages) : illustrations, charts.; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book contains 18 chapters discussing the roles of specific nutrients in maintaining the immune response and protection against infection and non-communicable diseases, and the influence of various factors, such as exercise and aging, on the interaction between nutrition and immune function. The contents include methods for studying nutrient-immune function interactions, the impact of undernutrition on immune function and infection, the influences of fatty acids, amino acids, antioxidant vitamins, various minerals and probiotics on immunity, food allergies, immunological effects of changes throughout the life cycle, and public health policy implications.