Nutrition and immunity: lessons for COVID-19

Abstract The role of the immune system is to protect the individual against pathogenic organisms. Nutrition is one of multiple factors that determines the immune response and good nutrition is important in supporting the immune response. Immunity can be impaired in older people, particularly those w...

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Main Author: Philip C. Calder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Nutrition & Diabetes
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41387-021-00165-0