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Our Astonishing Immune System – Everything We Need to Know

Our bodies’ miraculous defense system: how it protects and heals us, and how we can strengthen it every day

Millions of microorganisms have colonized us: bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites. Most of them are harmless, but some of them are malignant pathogens. Without a functioning immune system, we wouldn’t be able to survive. In this book, the physician and award-winning medical publicist highlights what we can do to support our physical defenses. She also explains the specific mechanisms our bodies use to mount a defense against the pathogens and how they can compensate for mismanagement within our internal system.

Day after day, Marianne Koch implements what she promotes, and she is the best evidence of how much we can do for ourselves, since she is in the best of health.

  • Trendy topic: our immune system. The more polluted our environment is, the more important our physical defenses are
  • Conceived with competence, great vividness, and easily understandable descriptions – includes practical tips for how we can strengthen our immune system, based on the most recent scientific findings
Rights sold: The Netherlands (Noordboek)
Genre: Non-Fiction, Nature / Knowledge, Self Help / Psychology

Marianne Koch

Marianne Koch, born in 1931, gave up her international film career in order to resume her medical studies. For decades, she practised as an internist and worked as a medical journalist with her own radio programme as well as being a prolific author for many years. Marianne Koch has been honoured numerous times for her work, thus receiving the Paracelsus Medal in 2019 (the highest honour granted by the German Medical Association) and the Federal Cross of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz) in 2023. 

208 pages, ISBN: 978-3-423-35049-5
First published 2022