Educate Act Thrive - Eat for the Immune System

詳細資訊

What do you know about getting healthy and staying healthy? Eat better, exercise, and sleep more... But what should we eat and why? Do our daily food choices really impact our heart, lungs, and brain? Is getting sick an inevitable occurrence or one we have control over? Much of our medical knowledge is gated behind complicated concepts that are too hard to understand. As a result, we have a heavy dependence on doctors and a blind reliance on prescriptions and medical technology.

For us to lead healthy and productive lives, we need the knowledge to prevent sickness and disease.

This knowledge should not be hidden behind incomprehensible gibberish. It should be easily accessible and easy to apply to our own lives on a daily basis. Good health comes down to the little things, like what foods we serve to our families and what we buy at the grocery store. Educate Act Thrive: EAT for the Immune System does its best to distill the complex topics of health and diet into easily digestible fragments for us to take actionable steps to build healthier lives.

About The Author

Dr. EE Zhang grew up around the world before attending the University of Glasgow School of Medicine, from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) degree. She spends most of her time trying to make information about medicine and health more accessible and easily understood. The rest of the day she tries to keep her dog entertained.

Table Of Contents

* CHAPTER 1 THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IS OUR SUPERWEAPON
* THE DIFFERENT ORGANS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
* CELLS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
* THE INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM
* CELLS OF THE INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM
* THE ADAPTIVE IMMUNE SYSTEM
* CELLS OF THE ADAPTIVE IMMUNE SYSTEM
* HOW IT ALL FITS TOGETHER
* WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT ALL GOES WRONG
* WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM HEALTHY
* CHAPTER 2 NUTRITIONAL IMMUNOLOGY
* MEDICINE IS NOT THE CURE
* HAPPY IMMUNE SYSTEM, HAPPY BODY
* ANIMAL PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTE TO INFLAMMATION
* EAT MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
* NUTRITION AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
* LIFESTYLE FACTORS THAT CAN AFFECT OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
* CHAPTER 3 HOMEOSTASIS
* BALANCE IN THE BODY
* THE HUMAN BODY AS A WHOLE ENTITY
* THINK OF NUTRITION AS A WHOLE
* REPLACING OUR NUTRIENTS
* WHOLESOME IS BEST
* CHAPTER 4 IMMUNE SURVEILLANCE—SOPHISTICATION IN BALANCE
* INFLAMMATION—A CALL TO WAR
* MANIPULATION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM CAUSES IMBALANCE
* IMMUNITY IS TREMENDOUSLY COMPLICATED
* DRUGS ARE NOT “INTELLIGENT”
* WHOLESOME PLANT FOODS ARE “INTELLIGENT”
* NUTRITION IS KEY TO A WELL-FUNCTIONING IMMUNE SYSTEM
* CHAPTER 5 GUT MICROBIOTA—THE BODY’S GOOD BUDDY
* WE ARE NOT 100% HUMAN
* WHERE DO THE BACTERIA FIRST COME FROM?
* GUT MICROBIOTA AND IMMUNITY
* ROLE OF GUT MICROBIOTA IN NUTRITION AND HEALTH
* THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY IN GUT MICROBIOTA
* GUT MICROBIOTA AND OBESITY
* GUT MICROBIOTA AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
* GUT MICROBIOTA AND COLORECTAL CANCER
* GUT MICROBIOTA AND HEART DISEASE AND STROKE
* GUT MICROBIOTA AND ALLERGIES
* BALANCE MATTERS IN THE GUT TOO
* CHAPTER 6 AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
* AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON
* AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES ARE A MYSTERY
* TYPES OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
* THERE IS NO CURE FOR AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
* RISK FACTORS FOR AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
* AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES MUST BE TRIGGERED
* THE THEORIES BEHIND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
* AN UNHEALTHY DIET CAN WORSEN INFLAMMATION
* A HEALTHY GUT MAY PROTECT AGAINST AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
* EATING MORE FIBER MAY PROTECT AGAINST AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
* FOOD IS THE BEST MEDICINE
* CHAPTER 7 ALLERGIES
* APPROPRIATE IMMUNE RESPONSE
* ALLERGIC IMMUNE RESPONSE
* WHAT HAPPENS DURING AN ALLERGIC REACTION
* SYMPTOMS OF AN ALLERGIC REACTION
* TYPES OF ALLERGIC DISEASES
* DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A FOOD ALLERGY AND A FOOD INTOLERANCE
* DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
* COPING WITH FOOD INTOLERANCE
* TREATMENT FOR FOOD ALLERGIES AND FOOD INTOLERANCES
* ALLERGENS ARE NOT NECESSARILY BAD
* A HYPOALLERGENIC PRODUCT IS NOT NECESSARILY A BETTER PRODUCT
* CURRENT TREATMENTS FOR ALLERGIES
* MECHANISMS OF ALLERGIES
* THE INCIDENCE OF ALLERGIES IS INCREASING
* WHY ALLERGIES HAPPEN
* EARLY LIFE IS IMPORTANT
* ALLERGIES ARE NOT INEVITABLE!
* CHAPTER 8 CANCER
* CANCER IS A SLOW, PROGRESSIVE DISEASE
* THE LIMITS TO MODERN MEDICAL IMAGING
* WHAT IS CANCER
* CANCER CELLS ARE IMMORTAL
* HOW CANCER KILLS
* CANCER CELLS WILL SPREAD
* CANCER DOES NOT STOP MUTATING
* RISK FACTORS FOR CANCER
* GENES AND CANCER
* IMMUNE DEFENSE AGAINST CANCER
* BASICS OF CONVENTIONAL CANCER TREATMENTS
* TARGETED THERAPY
* BASICS OF IMMUNOTHERAPY
* A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE CAN REDUCE CANCER RISK
* EAT MORE PHYTOCHEMICALS
* IT IS POSSIBLE TO LIVE OVER 120 YEARS!
* CHAPTER 9 VIRUSES AND BACTERIA
* MICROSCOPIC ENEMIES—VIRUSES AND BACTERIA
* HOW VIRUSES CAUSE DISEASE
* HOW BACTERIA CAUSE DISEASE
* MEDICATIONS TO FIGHT AGAINST VIRUSES AND BACTERIA
* VACCINATION
* INTERFERONS
* THE EMERGENCE OF NEW DISEASES IS NOT NOVEL
* THE HUMBLE ANNIHILATOR—BACTERIA
* HOW SUPERBUGS ARE FORMED
* CONTRIBUTORS TO SUPERBUGS
* BACTERIA NATURALLY EVADE ANTIBIOTICS
* THE BACTERIA ARE WINNING
* ANTIBIOTICS ARE NOT A CURE-ALL
* NO NEW ANTIBIOTICS
* FIGHT AGAINST THE RESISTANCE
* MODERN MEDICINE IS NOT A “PARACHUTE”
* CHAPTER 10 INFECTIONS ARE NOT JUST INFECTIONS
* NOT ALL INFECTIOUS DISEASES ARE CURABLE
* INFECTIONS CAN TRIGGER AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
* INFECTIONS CAN HAVE LONG-TERM EFFECTS
* INFECTIONS MAY AFFECT OUR GENES
* STRESS AND DISEASES
* RELAX AND ENJOY
* CHAPTER 11 PUT THE BRAKES ON AGING
* TAKE CHARGE OF OUR HEALTH
* LIVE LONG, LIVE WELL