Maintaining a Healthy Immune System

Maintaining a Healthy Immune

System: What you can do

to help

Leonard H. Calabrese, D.O. R. J. Fasenmyer Chair of Clinical Immunology

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Table of Contents

About the Author5 A personal note from Dr Calabrese 5

The Immune System from 30,000 Feet7 The Immune System: The Basics9 Aging and Immunity: `Inflammaging'10 A Training Program for Immune Health11 Diet, Nutrition and Immunity 12 Steps to Relief: an Anti-Inflammatory Diet 16 Your Immune System needs to get its Zzz's 18 Exercise 21 Stress Management 23 What A Change in Perspective Can Do for You 26 Infection Protection28 References 30 Additional Reading 30 Resources 31

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About the Author

Dr Len Calabrese is a Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and the director of the RJ Fasenmyer Center for Clinical Immunology He has been practicing clinical immunology and engaging in research and education at the Cleveland Clinic for over 35 years He is the author of over 300 manuscripts, chapters and editorials on the subject of clinical immunology

A personal note from Dr. Calabrese "I created the first version of this monograph on immune health over 15 years ago and have updated it several times. It is not comprehensive, but more of a bottom line on what you can do to tune and maintain your own immune system. There is no way, in the context of such a booklet, to provide all or even most of the evidence in this field and in many areas, the evidence is inconclusive. Unfortunately for you and me, we still need to make choices about our lifestyle even when we don't know all there is to know about everything that affects the immune system; all we can do is make our choices based on the best information available. This latest version is a bit more personal, although I have left in the scientific background and a number of key references and resources (including the wonderful programs offered by the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute). I have still tried to word it in a way that would be similar to how I would talk to a patient if we were chatting in my office. The 2017 version includes tips from two local experts in the fields of nutrition and yoga - enjoy! Lastly, this version remains more comprehensive than previous versions in that I reveal how I make my own choices in trying to achieve optimal immune health. I hope you read and enjoy this monograph. Let me know what you think."

~ Dr Len Calabrese, August, 2017

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