Diet and Human Immune Function

• I Overview.- 1 The Basics of Immunology for the Non-Immunologist.- 2 Assessment of Human Immune Response.- 3 Effects of Infection on Nutritional and Immune Status.- 4 Neonatal Nutrition and Immunity.- 5 Nutrition and Immunity in the Elderly.- II Vitamins and Immune Responses.- 6 Vitamin A.- 7 Vitamin C.- 8 Vitamin E.- 9 Carotenoids.- 10 Multivitamins.- III Minerals and Immune Responses.- 11 Iron.- 12 Selenium.- 13 Zinc.- IV Nutrition, Immunity, and Disease.- 14 Rheumatoid Arthritis.- 15 Osteoporosis, Nutrition, and the Immune System.- 16 HIV Infection.- 17 Probiotics and Immunomodulation.- 18 Dietary Fat, Immunity, and Cancer.- V Environmental Stressors.- 19 Exercise, Cytokines, and Lymphocytes: Nutritional and Metabolic Aspects.- 20 Military Studies and Nutritional Immunology: Undernutrition and Susceptibility to Illness.- 21 Air Pollution, Reactive Oxygen Species, and Allergic Bronchial Asthma: The Therapeutic Role of Antioxidants.- 22 Use of Drugs that Affect Nutrition and Immune Function.- VI Appendices.- I Abbreviations.- II Glossary.- III Related Books and Websites.

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