In recent years, the public has bee confronted with a plethora of advertisements concerning herbs and diet and their relationship to chronic disease--- without the knowledge and expertise necessary to distinguish fact from fallacy. Fortunately, there exists within each of our own bodies an amazingly powerful and efficient weapon with which to combat disease---far more powerful than any drug could possibly provide---the human immune system.

But the immune system is only half of the equation. Knowing how to supply your immune system with the right kinds of fuel is the other half. Simply put, Nutritional Immunology is the study of how nutrition affects the immune system's ability to fight disease. It's a philosophy of prevention, rather than cure.