دانلود کتاب Diet, immunity and inflammation

Although inflammation is one of the body’s first responses to infection, overactive immune responses can cause chronic inflammatory diseases. Long-term low-grade inflammation has also been identified as a risk factor for other diseases. Diet, immunity and inflammation provides a comprehensive introduction to immunity and inflammation and the role that diet and nutrition play with regard to this key bodily response. Part one discusses innate and adaptive immunity, mucosal immunity in a healthy gut and chronic inflammatory diseases and low grade inflammation. Part two highlights the role of micronutrients in inflammation and immunity. Part three explores other dietary constituents and includes chapters on intestinal bacteria and probiotics and antimicrobial. Further chapters explore the role of olive oil, arginine and glutamine in immune functions. Nutrition, immunity and inflammation are discussed in part four. Chapters focus on adverse immune reactions to foods, early nutritional programming, the impact of nutrition on the immune system during ageing, and the effect that malnutrition has on immunity and susceptibility to infection.