Ebook: Nutrition and Immunity

Front Cover; Nutrition and Immunity; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 -- The Potential Impact of Nutritional Factors on Immunologic Responsiveness; Introduction; The Influence of Nutritional Factors on Immunological Parameters; Nutritional Sequelae of Infectious Disease; Means of Investigating the Interactions between Nutrition, Immunity, and Infectious Disease; The Spectrum of Interactions between Nutrition and Immunology; Chapter 2 -- Evaluation of Immunologic Function; Introduction; Experimental Work in Animals; Experiments of Nature.;Nutrition and Immunity discusses the interaction between nutrition, immune function, and immunity, based on empirical and epidemiologic point of view. It is organized into 14 chapters that focus on experimental studies on laboratory animals, including animal models to isolate specific factors in the interaction between nutrition and immunity. The book starts with an introduction to the potential impact of nutritional factors on immune responsiveness. Two chapters deal with the evaluation of immune function and nutritional assessment. Other chapters present classic observations on malnutr.