Good Nutrition and HIV/AIDS
Good
nutrition is critical for people living with HIV/AIDS. Nutrition should
be viewed as an essential co-therapy that can help maximize medical
management of HIV. Eating well can:
* Prevent or delay the loss of muscle tissue or "wasting" Protein helps build muscle tissue and helps your immune system fight off infection. Studies have shown that HIV weight loss tends to reduce protein stores more quickly than starvation. Carbohydrates and fats are important because HIV can increase the body's metabolic rate causing us to use more calories to do the same work we did with fewer calories before becoming HIV+.
(Source: http://www.momentumaidsproject.org) |
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