Sexual Health
Can AIDS patients eat high protein food? Pay attention to these three points in AIDS diet
When it comes to AIDS patients, AIDS is an incurable disease. However, we should not lose the courage to survive, actively assist doctors in treatment, adjust diet, and keep working regularly, which can prolong life.
How to eat when suffering from AIDS?
1. High energy and high protein diet
HIV and the body scramble for nutrition, increase protein consumption, weaken the ability of the small intestine to absorb nutrients, and make the body thin. In addition, the function of the hematopoietic system will also be affected during medication.
Such people's diet is mainly high in protein and calories, adopting the principle of eating small amounts and multiple meals in a balanced manner to intake nutrients for the body. High protein foods in daily life include seafood, shrimp, beef, dog meat, and rabbit meat. In addition, soybean milk, tofu, eggs and milk also contain high-quality protein, but the more the better, if too much intake will increase the burden of liver and kidney, it should be adjusted appropriately under the guidance of doctors.
2. Reasonable supplementation of minerals and vitamins
In summer, various vegetables and fruits are sold one after another. AIDS patients should eat more carrots, spinach, pumpkins, etc., which are rich in carotene. They should also eat more green peppers, citrus fruits, green leafy vegetables, almonds, walnuts, happy fruits, oysters, cereals, etc., which are rich in vitamin c, vitamin e, zinc, so as to reduce the intake of sweets and fats. Ensure at least 400 grams of vegetables and 100 grams of fruits per day to enhance the ability to resist viruses and bacteria, and help restore the immune system.
3. Pay attention to diversity in diet
AIDS should ensure at least five different types of food every day, and adopt the principle of a small number of meals to avoid Binge eating, or it will cause indigestion and damage the spleen and stomach. But don't eat too little. Otherwise, insufficient nutrition intake will worsen the condition. Most patients with AIDS have weak spleen and stomach. Pay attention to the temperature of diet, do not eat cold, greasy and sour food, do not have diarrhea, and aggravate the symptoms.
Kind reminder
Simply put, AIDS is a chronic disease. After being infected with AIDS virus, as long as the patient does not get sick, the survival period can be extended by means of drugs. At ordinary times, we should do a good job in prevention, clean self love, and avoid unclean sex life. When we have sex, we should try to wear condoms to reduce the probability of contracting sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS.