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Diet and Human Immune Function (Nutrition and Health)
David A. Hughes (Ed.)
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Description for Diet and Human Immune Function (Nutrition and Health)
Paperback. Editor(s): Hughes, David A.; Darlington, L.Gail; Bendich, Adrianne. Series: Nutrition and Health. Num Pages: 488 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBNH3; TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 854.
Leading international researchers and clinicians comprehensively review in detail what is known about the ability of diet to enhance human immune function in health, disease, and under various condition of stress. The authors offer state-of-the-art critical appraisals of the influences on the human immune system of several important vitamins and minerals both singly and in combination. The authors also examine how nutrition modulates immune function in various disease states and under three forms of stress-vigorous exercise, military conditions, and air pollution. A much-needed overview of the nutritional consequences of drug-disease interactions provides recommendations for potential nutritional interventions that could increase ... Read more
Leading international researchers and clinicians comprehensively review in detail what is known about the ability of diet to enhance human immune function in health, disease, and under various condition of stress. The authors offer state-of-the-art critical appraisals of the influences on the human immune system of several important vitamins and minerals both singly and in combination. The authors also examine how nutrition modulates immune function in various disease states and under three forms of stress-vigorous exercise, military conditions, and air pollution. A much-needed overview of the nutritional consequences of drug-disease interactions provides recommendations for potential nutritional interventions that could increase ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Humana Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Nutrition and Health
Condition
New
Weight
898g
Number of Pages
468
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9781617374227
SKU
V9781617374227
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99-15
Reviews for Diet and Human Immune Function (Nutrition and Health)
From the Foreword... ...provides exceedingly useful information for practicing physicians ... Read more