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The Immunity Fix
The Immunity Fix is a comprehensive guide to how the immune system works, how different viruses and infections affect our health and offers strategies that have been shown to enhance the immune system. It includes the most up-to-date scientific information about the most important factors related to staying healthy during viral outbreaks as well as in everyday life. There’s also practical tips and tools that improve stress resilience, speed of recovery, metabolic health, cardiovascular function and quality of life. Here are the topics discussed in the book: * Lessons From Past Pandemics * Fundamentals of the Immune System and Immunosenescence * Immunity and Cancer: What's the Link? * Magnesium Deficiency and Immunodeficiencies * How an Overactive Immune System Drives Chronic Inflammation and Autoimmune Diseases * COVID-19 and an Overactive Immune System * Insulin Resistance and Immunity * Balancing Our Omega 6/3 Ratio to Calm an Overactive Immune System * Hot and Cold Therapy to Prime the Immune System * Eating for a Healthy Immune System * The Power of Nutrients and Nutraceuticals for Boosting Immunity * Intermittent Fasting, Autophagy and Immunosenescence * Exercise and Immunity * Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and the Immune SystemCompared to other books about the same topic, The Immunity Fix takes an objective view about the pros and cons of every known intervention and lays out the most research-backed protocols to follow. This book will teach you how to support your immune system, what to do when you actually get sick and how to improve your overall health and vitality. As a cardiovascular research scientist and doctor of pharmacy Dr. James J. DiNicolantonio has spent years researching nutrition. A well-respected and internationally known scientist and expert on health and nutrition, he has contributed extensively to health policy and medical literature. Dr. DiNicolantonio is the author of 3 best-selling health books, The Salt Fix, Superfuel and The Longevity Solution. Siim Land is an author, speaker, content creator and renown biohacker from Estonia. Despite his young age, he is considered one of the top people in the biohacking and health optimization community. Siim Land has written books like Metabolic Autophagy and Stronger by Stress.
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298 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2020
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May 14, 2021
I usually breeze through books pretty quickly, but I took my time with this one and stuck with 30-50 pages a day, taking copious notes and cross referencing the references, which is over 150 pages long! I was delighted to see such a well researched and updated book on the topic of immunity. I was seriously giddy to read this each night, after my children were in bed.
This book covers the topic of immunity thoroughly and in an engaging manner. I do have a strong love for research in science based subjects, especially microbiology, so this was right up my alley, however, I felt like this was laid out in a fairly understandable language for the average reader. It is a bit hard to tell how it would come across for someone without a strong science base, but the author usually reiterates points in simplified terms, after expounding on details, and there is a decent amount of repetition throughout as well. Not to the point where it is too redundant, but enough to help important points stick.
I loved how the book connected back to many health issues that I have and that the author has a proactive approach to holistically treating issues naturally, when possible. Scientifically, I found this book to be extremely neutral and unbiased, which can be a big conundrum in science based books. He doesn't cherry pick data, but brings up when there have been conflicting studies or if sample sizes were small or in mice, so applications could be different for humans.
I was delighted with this book and am so excited to check out others by the author as well! I thought this book was extremely informative and the perfect nonfiction read to help relax in the evenings (if you love science).
This book covers the topic of immunity thoroughly and in an engaging manner. I do have a strong love for research in science based subjects, especially microbiology, so this was right up my alley, however, I felt like this was laid out in a fairly understandable language for the average reader. It is a bit hard to tell how it would come across for someone without a strong science base, but the author usually reiterates points in simplified terms, after expounding on details, and there is a decent amount of repetition throughout as well. Not to the point where it is too redundant, but enough to help important points stick.
I loved how the book connected back to many health issues that I have and that the author has a proactive approach to holistically treating issues naturally, when possible. Scientifically, I found this book to be extremely neutral and unbiased, which can be a big conundrum in science based books. He doesn't cherry pick data, but brings up when there have been conflicting studies or if sample sizes were small or in mice, so applications could be different for humans.
I was delighted with this book and am so excited to check out others by the author as well! I thought this book was extremely informative and the perfect nonfiction read to help relax in the evenings (if you love science).
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