Immunology, Virology and Microbiology

Nutritional Immunology: A Multi-Dimensional Approach

Nutritional Immunology aimed at understanding how diet and nutritional factors influence the immune responses, thereby regulating health and disease outcomes. Beyond providing essential nutrients, diet can actively influence the immune system. Naturally occurring compounds like  linoleic acid, abscisic acid, polyunsaturated fatty acids, resveratrol, curcumin, limonin, Vitamin E, Vitamin A, and Vitamin D modulate immune responses. Nutrition plays a fundamental role in the maintenance of health and the treatment of disease. Basic emerging of nutritional immunology is because of the detrimental effect of malnutrition on the immune system. Nutritional deficiency or unbalanced nutrition compromises the immune response leading to increased susceptibility to infectious diseases, cancer, suboptimal response to vaccinations, and other immunological disorders, e.g., allergies