Table of Content
Part 1 Immunity and inflammation: An introduction: Innate and adaptive immunity; Mucosal immunity in a healthy gut; Chronic inflammatory diseases; Chronic low-grade inflammation. Part 2 Micronutrients, immunity and inflammation: The role of zinc in immunity and inflammation; The role of dietary selenium in inflammation and immunity; The role of iron in immunity and inflammation: Implications for the response to infection; Vitamin A and the immune system; Vitamin D and the immune system. Part 3 Other dietary constituents, immunity and inflammation: Intestinal bacteria and probiotics: Effects on the immune system and impacts on human health; Impacts of prebiotics on the immune system and inflammation; Food bioactive proteins and peptides: Antimicrobial, immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects; Gangliosides, immunity, infection and inflammation; Plant foods and inflammatory processes; Flavonoids and immune function; Immunomodulatory effects of mushroom B-glucans; Modulation of inflammatory and immune responses by short-chain fatty acids; Long-chain fatty acids and inflammatory processes; Olive oil and immune function; The cell- and immune-modulating properties of glutamine; Arginine and immune function; Sulphur amino acids and immune function. Part 4 Nutrition, immunity and inflammation: Adverse immune reactions to foods; Early nutritional programming; The immune system during ageing: Impacts of nutrition and other parameters; Exercise, nutrition and immunity; Malnutrition, immunity and infection.
