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Diet and the Immune System Lecture

Lectures of General Interest: Diet and the Immune System Lecture

This lecture looks at how our immune system is essential for our survival, and how it's influenced by a number of different things, including our diet, and the way that we live. It looks at why nutrition affects your immune system, and also why this becomes increasingly important as we become older. As well as looking at specific nutrients, it also will look at current research.

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