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Immunonutrition: Beneficial Effects in Surgical Patients
The potential to modulate the activity of the immune system by interventions with specific nutrients is termed immunonutrition.
Elder Nutrition - World Health Organization
Keep Fit for Life: Meeting the Nutritional Needs of Older Persons. The World Health Organization promotes health and well-being throughout the life course; this includes the attainment of the highest possible level of health and quality of life for the largest number of older persons, who are defined as people over 60 years of age.
Coffee: Number One Source of Antioxidants
Coffee provides more than just a morning jolt; that steaming cup of java is also the number one source of antioxidants in the U.S. diet, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Scranton (Pa.). Their study was described today at the 230th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.
Gerson's History and The Diet Therapy
"There is no cancer in normal metabolism," wrote Max Gerson, M.D. ( 1881-1959). A pioneer of what is today known as nutritional metabolic therapy, the German-born physician, who lived in the United States for twenty-three years, believed that cancer cannot occur unless the functions of the liver, the pancreas, and the immune system as well as other body functions have degenerated.
Rejuvenating With The Gerson Therapy
Health Action, Oct/92
When I first saw Charlotte Gerson, I was pleased. As the long time spokesperson for The Gerson Therapy, she was spry, bursting with energy, and obviously full of enthusiasm for the rejuvenating benefits of the Gerson natural foods diet and treatment.