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Article: Can diet affect the immune system?
- Article from:
- Nutrition Health Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 1990
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Can Diet Affect the Immune System?
The past few years have brought to the surface a realization that food might have considerable effect upon fortifying the body against disease. Once relegated to "pipe dreams" of food faddists, the scientific community is beginning to embrace such concepts of nutrition with fervor.
Severe deficiencies of protein can inhibit functioning of the antibody and T-cell coordination in fighting invading germs. Most patients suffering from pneumonia, bacteremia, and wound and urinary infections also show evidence of malnutrition, Paul L. Cerrato a recent contributor to RN, the nursing professional journal, reported. "There's a ...