DiNicolantonio James - The Immunity Fix

There are few things as important as the immune system to your health. It is the defense that shields you from the outside world and all the potential pathogens you might come in contact with. When your immune system is weak your overall vitality and wellbeing will suffer, not to mention who wants to get sick all the time? Having a healthy immune system is something that the majority of people today take for granted. It is only with several recent pandemics that our eyes have been opened to the importance of having a well-functioning immune system. Despite living in a sterile industrialized world where we might not come across bacteria and viruses as often, we are still exposed to various toxins, pollutants, and heavy metals. The Western diet is full of refined carbs, sugars, seed oils, artificial sweeteners, and other highly refined foods, which contributes to the high prevalence of chronic diseases around the world. In fact, the increased toxic load on top of poor metabolic health raises the demand for a strong immune system.

The importance of having a robust immune system became more predominant in light of recent events when the world was struck by a global pandemic. It revealed many fragilities and weaknesses of our current healthcare system, economy, and individual health statuses. This is exactly the kind of wake-up call that has the potential to shift peoples mindset about diet, exercise, and their overall health. There is little you can do about unexpected events that shake society, but you can take care of your own body. The least you can and should do is to strengthen your own immunity and optimize your own health and fitness.

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. Theres also practical tips and tools that improve stress resilience, speed of recovery, metabolic health, cardiovascular function, and quality of life.

Compared 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. Theres also strategies and cutting-edge biohacking techniques that are not mentioned anywhere else. 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.

Here is how the book is structured:

• Introduction provides a brief overview on the importance of the immune system
• Chapter One begins with an overview about the biggest and most important pandemics in history. We will also cover The Spanish Flu that spread across the globe at the end of World War I and give future projections.
• Chapter Two dives deep into the fundamentals of the immune system. It also discusses how the immune system works, what categories it is divided into and why it becomes dysfunctional.
• Chapter Three discusses the link between immunity and cancer. We uncover how immunodeficiencies promote the development of malignancies and ways to enhance the immune system.
• Chapter Four covers the link between inflammation and a dysfunctional immune system and autoimmune diseases.
• Chapter Five focuses on metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and the immune system. How does your metabolic health and body composition affect your immunity and what can you do about it?
• Chapter Six : The Fat Fix reveals the predominant source of inflammation and chronic disease in the modern diet. We will help to balance your omega-6/3 ratio to calm down inflammation and an overactive immune system.
• Chapter Seven introduces the concept of hormesis or a small amount of stress that has a positive effect on the body. In this particular chapter, we talk about hot and cold therapy that can strengthen your immunity.
• Chapter Eight tells you how to eat for a healthy immune system. We review what nutrients are needed for immunity, which foods strengthen the immune system, and which ones weaken it.
• Chapter Nine covers the power of nutrients, nutraceuticals, and other supplements. Although we recommend trying to get your nutrients from whole foods, some supplementation is not only beneficial but may also be needed to fix the most common deficiencies people have.
• Chapter Ten describes another hormetic stressor, which is intermittent fasting. We explain how some aspects of time-restricted eating can be an effective strategy for strengthening the immune system.
• Chapter Eleven goes into exercise and immunity. It discusses how much exercise is good and how much is harmful. Additionally, we cover how you can slow down immunosenescence and prevent metabolic syndrome with resistance training.