Immune background state among the residents of the north, depending on nutrition type

ABSTRACT The questionnaire survey and the study of 1334 people living in the north of the European part of the Russian Federation, of which 970 are women and 364 are men, was conducted. 707 residents of the Arkhangelsk region and 627 residents of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The results of the questionnaire were analyzed depending on the appetite state (decreased -102 respondents, increased - 276, normal appetite – 1096, as well as dietary compliance – 124 and adherence to vegetarianism – 139). The most pronounced combined defects of immune protection (deficiency of phagocytic protection, deficiency of the content of natural killers and T-helpers) occur in people who have been eating mainly cereals and bread for a long time. Increased appetite in people over 55 years of age is associated with the frequency of chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (35.7%) and increased tolerance to food antigens (52.3%).