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The links between diet and immunity
Today, we’re going to talk about immunity, a hot topic as we emerge from winter, as it encompasses all defense mechanisms of an organism against infectious agents (like viruses, bacteria, or parasites).
How can we boost our natural immunity with simple daily gestures and magical foods? How can we try to avoid relying on medication?
This is what we will explore today.
“I have decided to be happy because it is good for my health”, said Voltaire…
The Guest: Thierry Souccar
And to discuss our immunity and its link with nutrition, we welcome Thierry Souccar.
A journalist and scientific author, he has written 19 books on diet and health, including many best-sellers.
In charge for 10 years of health, biology, and nutrition matters at Sciences et Avenir, he created the site LaNutrition.fr in 2006, the first French-language information site on diet and health.
He is particularly the author of the book “Stop Sabotaging Your Immunity“. In it, he details the lifestyle changes we should adopt for our immunity, whether it’s diet, physical exercise, stress management, or sleep.
The goal: to put the immune system to rest, avoid overactivating it, and create an inflammatory environment.
The Questions
- How did you become interested in nutrition – since it’s the name of the website you created?
- What is your definition of immunity? I feel like it’s something very natural if we know how to cherish it.
- “Stop Sabotaging Our Immunity” is the title of your book, very timely. Could you explain a few factors that are completely sabotaging this immunity today?
- What simple nutrition advice would you give our listeners to cherish or even improve their immunity?
- What would you say are the top 10 foods that promote good immunity?
- And the foods to absolutely avoid?
- Are dietary supplements useful for immunity (vitamin D, etc.)?
- Are there any particularly noteworthy recent scientific studies on immunity?
- What are your projects and what development do you foresee for “lanutrition.fr”?
- You mention in your book the Cretan diet with a low glycemic load. Do you have a recipe good for immunity to share with us?
Resources for Further Exploration
- Stop Sabotaging Our Immunity, Editions Thierry Souccar
- Book Presentation Article, LaNutrition.fr
- Article on Diet and COVID, LaNutrition.fr
- LaNutrition.fr
