Feed a cold, starve a fever?
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An English old wives' tale advises us to "feed a cold and starve a fever." Here we report that the nutritional status modulates the T helper 1 (Th1)-Th2 balance of activated T cells in human volunteers. Food intake resulted in increased levels of gamma interferon production, whereas food deprivation stimulated interleukin-4 release.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology
دوره 9 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002