The relationship between nutrition, infection, and immunity.
The importance of nutrition in every aspect of human physiology slowly is being appreciated clinically. However, it is clear that immune function is highly dependent on the nutritional status of the individual. That status, in turn, is dependent on the nutritional intake and the metabolic machinery of the individual.
D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects; D002149:Energy Intake; D005503:Food Additives / Q000009:adverse effects; D005506:Food Contamination; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D008661:Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000150:complications; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
D005503:Food Additives