Post Date September, 03 2023
The initial symptoms of AIDS are generally not obvious, but as a serious life-threatening infectious disease, the treatment of AIDS is a major medical problem, and patients need nutritional support while undergoing drug treatment.
High protein and high calorie diets are mainly used. Generally, AIDS virus infected people and patients have increased protein consumption, decreased intestinal absorption capacity, weight loss and other phenomena due to physical changes. In addition, taking medication can also affect the patient's hematopoietic function. In response to these characteristics, the diet of patients and infected individuals should mainly consist of high protein and high calorie foods, and follow the principles of a diverse, small, and balanced diet.
High protein foods beneficial to AIDS include
1. Shrimp, such as sea fish, shrimp, cuttlefish, shellfish, crabs, etc.
2. Poultry such as chickens, pigeons, rabbits, etc.
3. Milk and dairy products, such as high-quality cheese.
4. Eggs, such as eggs and duck eggs.
5. Tofu, soybean milk and other bean products.
To supplement vitamins and minerals, one should eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, especially spinach, mustard, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, carrots, and other rich carotene C and vitamin C (green peppers, oranges, cauliflower, spinach) Vitamin e (grain, pine nut, happy fruit, almond, etc.) Try not to eat high-fat food and sweet food. At present, there is no exact evidence that food can prevent or reduce HIV infection, but some food can enhance the immunity of patients and reduce complications.
Scientists have found in experiments that vitamin C and glutathione can inhibit HIV, with glutathione inhibiting the virus by up to 90%. The relatively low content of glutathione in infected individuals suggests that glutathione may help inhibit virus replication. Glutathione is present in many foods, including asparagus and watermelon, which are high in content. Fresh grapes, oranges, strawberries, peaches, pumpkins, cauliflower, etc. also contain glutathione. It should be pointed out that the content of glutathione in canned and processed food is only 1/8 of that in fresh food. In addition, heating the aforementioned food, grinding or squeezing, may also result in loss of a portion of glutathione. Mushrooms can also enhance immune function. According to the experimental results in Japan, shiitake mushrooms have certain anti HIV effects.
