Vitamin A supplementation may cause the immune system to ‘forget’ past infections
New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that vitamin A inhibits trained immunity, leading to tolerance of the innate immune cells upon stimulation with mitogens and…
July 1, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, inhibits-trained, innate, journal, leukocyte, leukocyte-biology, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, research-published, the-innate, upon-stimulation
Immune function likely enhanced by red grapes, blueberries
In an analysis of 446 compounds for their ability to boost the innate immune system in humans, researchers in the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University discovered just two that stood out from the crowd – the resveratrol found in red grapes and a compound called pterostilbene from blueberries…
September 19, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: crowd, innate, institute, linus, linus-pauling, nutrition / diet, oregon, oregon-state, red-grapes, stood-out, the-resveratrol, university
Attacks By Viral Infections During The Winter May Be Averted By Vitamin D Supplements
Vitamin D may be known as the sunshine vitamin, but a new research report appearing in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that it is more than that. According to the report, insufficient levels of vitamin D are related to a deficiency in our innate immune defenses that protect us from infections, neoplasias or autoimmune diseases…
May 2, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, immune-defenses, innate, journal, leukocyte, leukocyte-biology, neoplasias-or-autoimmune, new-research, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, our-innate, report, sunshine, the-report, the-sunshine
