Nutrition-Infection Interactions and Impacts on Human Health

This book provides a summary of the current state-of-the-art evidence of nutrition-infection interactions, including relevant clinical and basic science research and its impact on health and disease. It explores the role of nutrition in health and disease as well as effects of both under and over nutrition. Chapters cover roles of GI microbiota, enteric syndromes, immune-nutrients, pro/pre and postbiotics, HIV infection, nutrient-drug interactions, infection-nutrient interactions in special populations, and identifying future research directions for nutritional and anti-infective strategies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138033766
• ISBN13: 9781138033764
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"