Gut Flora, Nutrition, Immunity and Health
Roy Fuller, Gabriela Perdigon | 2003-01-01 00:00:00 | Blackwell Publishing | 290 | Medicine
It is a self-evident truth that food is essential for the growth and survival of the consumer. However, there are foods which, as well as contributing essential nutrients, also contain additional components which improve disease resistance and general health status over and above that induced by ingestion of conventional foods. The importance of this concept is reflected in the recent development of the so-called functional foods. These can occur naturally or be produced by addition or by modification. They exemplify the relationship that exists between nutrition, gut flora, immunology and health. Some have the capacity to modify the composition or activity of the gut microflora. This, in turn, can modulate the immune system of the gut which has very significant consequences because it accounts for a large proportion of the total immune system of the body. These beneficial effects on the immune response may be manifest as an increase in activity which suppresses pathogens or they may be responsible for down-regulation of the response which will prevent allergic and inflammatory reactions.
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