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Nutrition and immunity: an update
2010-02-01
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Immunity encompasses all mechanisms and responses used by the organism to defend itself against bacteria, viruses or parasites. Adequate supply and balance of nutrients are required for proper efficiency of the host defences. Research has identified dietary factors that affect human and animal immune responses like amino acids, fatty acids, minerals and vitamins. Some of these nutrients have been proven to have sp...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 8d651bd8-69cb-5da3-8962-530743eefef4
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02374.x