| Description |
1 online resource (403 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Conventions Used in This Book -- What You're Not to Read -- Foolish Assumptions -- How This Book Is Organized -- Part 1: Getting to Know Your Immune System -- Part 2: What Happens When Your Immune System Gets Off Track -- Part 3: Laying the Groundwork for Super Immunity: Nutrition, Lifestyle, and Detox -- Part 4: Cooking Up Recipes for Immunity and Wellness -- Part 5: The Part of Tens -- Icons Used in This Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Getting to Know Your Immune System |
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Chapter 1 Immunity: Your Ticket to a Stronger, Longer, and Healthier Life -- Super Immunity 101 -- Starting with your immune system -- Boosting your immunity with nutritional excellence -- Considering super immunity and modern medicine -- Living Longer, Stronger, and Healthier -- Focusing on healthy cells -- Turning on your "super immunity" genes -- Choosing health -- Boosting Your Immunity to Look and Feel Amazing -- Looking younger -- Increasing vitality -- Getting a good night's sleep -- Clearing up skin and digestive issues |
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Chapter 2 Understanding the Parts and Functions of Your Immune System -- Introducing the Key Players: Your Immune Organs -- Bone marrow -- Thymus -- Spleen -- Lymph nodes -- How they work together -- Meeting More Players: All the Different Cell Types -- Phagocytes -- Lymphocytes -- How they work together -- Tracking How the Immune System Really Works -- Establishing surface barriers and mucosal immunity -- Accepting normal flora -- Complement system -- Relying on innate immune response -- Acquired immune response -- Considering Vaccinations and How They Work |
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Teaching your immune system to remember and fight -- Weighing pros and cons of vaccination -- Making an informed decision about flu shots -- Part 2 What Happens When Your Immune System Gets Off Track -- Chapter 3 Strengthening Your Allergy Defense System -- Battling Sneezes, Sniffles, and Itchy Eyes -- Getting to the root of the allergic reaction -- Pinpointing causes of allergic rhinitis -- Diagnosing allergic rhinitis -- Using conventional medicine treatment for allergies -- Choosing natural medicine treatment for allergies -- Catching Your Breath Again: Asthma -- Diagnosing asthma |
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Using conventional medical treatment for asthma -- Choosing natural medicine treatments for asthma -- Soothing Scaly, Itchy Skin: Eczema -- Diagnosing eczema -- Using conventional medical treatment for eczema -- Choosing natural medical treatment for eczema -- Distinguishing between Food Allergies and Food Sensitivities -- Immediate/Acute food allergies -- Delayed food-allergy reactions and food sensitivities -- Chapter 4 Autoimmune Disorders: Dealing with an Overactive Immune System -- Getting to the Root of a Confused Immune System -- Uncovering a genetic predisposition |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Weighing the impact of gender |
| Subject |
Immune system -- Popular works
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Immunologic diseases -- Prevention -- Popular works
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Immune system
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Petrucci, Kellyann
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| ISBN |
9781119740131 |
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1119740134 |
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9781119740148 |
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1119740142 |
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