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Book cover Diet and Human Immune Function

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Dietary manipulation with vitamins and other nutrients has been used to beneficially affect immunity in patients, and some studies suggest that they may also decrease the risk of infectious disease and chronic conditions associated with impaired immune responsiveness in general populations (1,2). Although many studies have focused on the potential efficacy of interventions with one or two nutrients (3–10), many investigators have suggested the need to explore a more integrated approach that recognizes the dynamic interrelationship between essential nutrients (11–13). The use of a rationally formulated combination of nutrients could take advantage of the associated and independent pathways in immune functions that are dependent on these compounds.

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  1. Nutrition Division, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Norfolk, UK

    David A. Hughes PhD, RNutr

  2. Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, Surrey, UK

    L. Gail Darlington MD, FRCP

  3. GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Parsippany, NJ, USA

    Adrianne Bendich PhD, FACN

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Kwak, HK., Blumberg, J.B. (2004). Multivitamins. In: Hughes, D.A., Darlington, L.G., Bendich, A. (eds) Diet and Human Immune Function. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-652-2_10

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