5 Tips to Manage Eating While Staying Home for COVID-19

A couple of weeks ago author Annabelle Gurwitch tweeted, “Time is falling away…I definitely ate. That’s happening a lot: second breakfast, snack après lunch, happy hour treat, dinner, supper, late night munchies…” Are you feeling the same disconnection from your usual eating habits? While we are laughing at social media posts about sweat pants, the … Read more

What’s New in Nutrition and Immunity?

Are you hearing about foods and supplements that can boost your immunity? Or maybe you are wondering if there are foods that you can eat that will help you avoid getting sick from COVID-19 (corona virus.) Research into whether a particular nutrient improves immunity usually comes up with the answer “it depends.” It depends on … Read more

Your immunity: which cells do what

Here are some of the different cells that can be affected by the availability of nutrients and related compounds. This is a shorthand account I compiled based on on-line definitions and Wikipedia entries, so is not definitive. Each description seems to require its own glossary, but this is a start to understanding the complexity of … Read more