Single-nutrient effects on immunologic functions. Report of a workshop sponsored by the Department of Food and Nutrition and its nutrition advisory group of the American Medical Association.

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Single-nutrient effects on immunologic functions. Report of a workshop sponsored by the Department of Food and Nutrition and its nutrition advisory group of the American Medical Association.

JAMA. 1981 Jan 2;245(1):53-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/81050037
Beisel WR; Edelman R; Nauss K; Suskind RM

Abstract: Immune system dysfunction can result from singlie-nutrient deficiencies or excesses, alone or in combination with generalized protein-energy malnutriton. Acquired immune dysfunctions in man occur with deficiencies of iron, zinc, vitamins A and B12, pyridoxine, and folic acid and with excesses of essential fatty acids and vitamin E. Additional micronutrients are important for maintaining immunologic competence in animals. Deficits or excesses of many trace elements and single nutrients thus have potential for causing immune dysfunctions in man. Since nutritionally induced immune dysfunction is generally reversible, it is important to recognize and identify clinical illnesses in which immunologic dysfunctions are of nutritional origin. Correction of malnutrition should lead to prompt reversal of acquired immune dysfunctions.

Keywords: American Medical Association Antibody Formation Avitaminosis/IMMUNOLOGY Deficiency Diseases/DIAGNOSIS/IMMUNOLOGY Human Iron/DEFICIENCY Lymphocytes/IMMUNOLOGY *Nutrition Nutrition Disorders/DIAGNOSIS/*IMMUNOLOGY Nutrition Surveys Protein Deficiency/IMMUNOLOGY United States Zinc/DEFICIENCY JOURNAL ARTICLE
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