Nutrition and Immunity
This volume provides readers with a systematic assessment of current literature on the link between nutrition and immunity. Chapters cover immunonutrition topics such as child development, cancer, aging, allergic asthma, food intolerance, obesity, and chr
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Nutrition and Immunity
Maryam Mahmoudi • Nima Rezaei Editors
Nutrition and Immunity
Editors Maryam Mahmoudi Department Cellular and Molecular Nutrition Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Dietitians and Nutrition Experts Team (DiNET) Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN) Tehran Iran
Nima Rezaei Research Center for Immunodeficiencies Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Network of Immunity in Infection, Malignancy and Autoimmunity (NIIMA) Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN) Tehran Iran
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We wish to dedicate this book to our daughters, Ariana and Arnika, with the hope that progress in science may result in better quality of life for the next generations, and at the same time that international collaboration in research will happen without barriers. Whatever we have learnt, comes from our mentors. This book is therefore dedicated also to all of them, but most importantly to the patients and their families whose continuous support has guided us during the years. Maryam Mahmoudi, MD, PhD Nima Rezaei, MD, PhD
Preface
There is a commonsense link between nutrition and health – eating too little correlates to infection and immunodeficiency disorders while eating too much to obesity and other metabolic disorders. But that is actually what we want to know is where does this link arise from? As
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