Understanding Your Immune System by Eve Potts and Marion Morra

Started: 4/26/06
Finished: 4/27/06
Pages: 205
Year: 1986
Genre: Health
Grade: B
Reason for reading: grabbed it off the shelf (from a bookbox)
Blurb (from back cover): "All around us are tiny invisible enemies...dangerous, deadly, ever alert to the body's weaknesses. But nature has provided us with an amazing mechanism called the IMMUNE SYSTEM to protect us from these continuous threats to our well-being. Now, UNDERSTANDING YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM will show you how to build and protect your body's essential defese system to ensure good health.
"Understand how an extraordinary network of cells and organs mobilize to seek out and destroy hostile invaders such as bacteria, viruses, and tumor cells.
"Be aware of the role nutrition plays in a strong immune system.
"Discover how vitamins and minerals can help you build immune power.
"Identify the common substances that can weaken your immune system.
"Learn how genetics, aging, and lifestyle affect your immune system.
"Find out how stress and your emotions can determine how well your immune system works.
"Learn the results of the latest research on AIDS."
Opinion: Full of information, much of it still relevant after 20 years of research. Easy language that most everyone will be able to understand.