Immune: Stay Healthy and Take Good Care of Your Immune System

by Servaas Bingé, David Shaw (Translator)

Overview

There’s no shortage of tips for boosting the immune system. Everyone has an opinion, but who can tell fact from fiction?

Sports Physician Servaas Bingé takes us on a fascinating journey through the immune system and explains just how we become ill. He translates the latest scientific findings on immunity into clear advice with which you can optimize your lifestyle.

After reading this book, you will know exactly how you can strengthen your immune system through diet, stress reduction, sleep, and exercise. Using no-nonsense language with a touch of humor and lots of creative thinking, Dr Bingé provides superb guidance to the most important thing you can do—stay healthy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781950354900
Publisher:	Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
Publication date:	05/03/2022
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.30(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr Servaas Bingé is a general practitioner and sports physician. From his work as chief physician of Lotto-Soudal, the oldest professional cycling team in the world, he developed the concept of “healthitude”, combining our health, attitudes, and daily choices. He is a sought-after speaker on topics of health and is the author of four books.

David Shaw works as a journalist for Germany’s international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle, as well as translating from several languages, including German, Dutch, Russian, and French. He lives in Berlin.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Introduction
These Here Are Crazy Times
So Everyone’s a Virologist Now?
What Is the Immune System, Anyway?
Vaccination, Hygiene, and Medicine
COVID-19
Stopping the Spread
Stopping the Spread, Part II
Anti-vaxxers
How Do We Get Sick?

Chapter 1
Microbiology
Pathology
Microbiology Is Everywhere
Microbiology Has Rock Stars of Its Own
Bacteria in Detail
How Viruses Work
Fungi and Friends

Chapter 2
Immunology
The Front Line
The White Army
Inflammation
The Strategy of Your White Army
Know Thine Enemy
There’s Humor in Your Body
Fake News
Plan D
Collateral Damage
Hypersensitivity

Chapter 3
Lifestyle
Trust Me, I’m A Doctor
The Four P’s
The Best Time to Plant a Tree Is Ten Years Ago
Nutrition
Exercise
Sleep
Stress

Chapter 4
Inside the Medicine Cabinet
The Ideal Amounts
Bioavailability
Just Pop a Pill and That’s All You Need?
Micronutrients
Herbs and Foodstuffs

Chapter 5
Recipes
Vitamins and Minerals
Antioxidants
Recipes to Support Your Microbiome

Chapter 6
COVID-19
Facts and Figures
Case-Fatality Ratio
R Number
Transmission
The Tests
What Can You Do Yourself?
To Boost or Not to Boost

Acknowledgements