Handbook of Nutrition and Immunity / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9781588293084 Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, LLC Publication date: 06/04/2004 Edition description: 2004 Pages: 365 Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d) This concise handbook covers the practical aspects of the evaluation of nutrition and immunology. It's numerous tables and algorithms render this to be an essential and useful source on how diet-induced changes contribute to the occurrence or prevention of selected diseases. Extensive coverage is given to the impact of diet on such clinical issues as breast feeding, allergies, autoimmune diseases, cancer, perioperative condition, diabetes, allograft rejection, and oral disease. Nutritionists, immunologists and all physicians will benefit from this comprehensive review of the role of nutrition in health, with a major focus on how diet can reduce the onset and progression of numerous chronic diseases.