Immunonutrition is a fairly recent branch of nutrition, and it means eating a type of diet that supports or increases the immune system.

Initially used in patients with trauma or in patients who must be or have been subjected to particular surgical procedures, today we are starting to talk about immunonutrition also in the field of prevention.

For example to support the immune defenses or increase them to cope with inflammation.

This is because today it is taken for granted that food influences our immune defenses, through the intestinal flora and through the supply or lack of nutrients that can give rise to inflammatory processes.

For example, we know that those who eat a diet low in vitamins and minerals and rich in industrial and poorly fresh foods are more likely to get sick or suffer from inflammatory disorders.

Immunonutrition in this case is preventive, but not decisive.
That is, at the moment it is not possible to cure diseases with diet, if anything to prevent them or reduce their symptoms.

In this article we see, in the light of modern scientific research and some specific text, to discover the fixed points of immunonutrition.
And to translate them into a practical food approach.

IMMUNONUTRITION, GENETICS AND DIET

This is the title of a text on immunonutrition by a team of doctors from the Universities of Houston, Texas, and Los Angeles, specialists in Human Nutrition, Immunology and Biochemistry.

The text states that nutritional deficiencies can compromise immune function, and that instead the integration of particular nutrients can stimulate the immune defenses.

From the point of view of nutrients, for example, it has been seen that vitamins A, D, B6 and folates support and increase the immune system.