Could vitamin D help to keep rheumatoid arthritis at bay?
A new study using cells taken from joints of people with rheumatoid arthritis shows that some types of immune cell can lose their sensitivity to vitamin D.
November 22, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: arthritis / rheumatology, diet, immune-cell, new-study, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, rheumatoid-arthritis, sensitivity, some-types, their-sensitivity, using-cells
Chewing your food could protect against infection
New research finds that chewing food can trigger the oral release of Th17 cells – a type of immune cell that can help to protect against infection.
January 20, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: immune system / vaccines, immune-cell, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oral, oral-release, research-finds, trigger-the-oral
Dietary fiber reduces asthma
A high-fiber diet reduces the severity of allergic airway disease, including decreased lung inflammation, in mice according to a study published online in Nature Medicine. These findings highlight how diet can influence immune cell development and disease outside of the gut.
January 6, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: allergic-airway, high-fiber-diet, how-diet, immune-cell, including-decreased, lung-inflammation, nature, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldiets, reduces-the-severity, respiratory / asthma, study-published
