HIV disease in
the modern doesn’t found a cure yet, and therefore many patients seek alternative
treatments.
But people
should living with HIV must be clever to choose and sort of alternative
treatment methods in accordance with Shari'a HIV treatment that improve
digestion, increase endurance, excrete the virus from the body, and treatment
of opportunistic infections.
The following
are the basic principles for preparing food for HIV-positive patients:
Eat a diet high in vegetables, fruits, grains,
and nuts.
Choose foods low in fat as a source of
protein.
Cut down on sugar, soft drinks and
foods containing sugar.
To maintain
weight without adding fat, then an HIV-positive need to increase the number of
calories. Calculations are:
Eat 17 calories per pound of body
weight to maintain weight.
Eat 20 calories per pound of body
weight if you have an infection.
Eat 25 calories per pound of body
weight if body weight decreased.
Protein helps
build muscle, organs and the immune system. Therefore if the patient is a man,
he needs 100-150 grams of protein per day, whereas if a woman takes 80-100
grams per day. But if people living with HIV / AIDS are having problems with
the kidneys, he or she had to reduce 15% -20% of the amount of protein
consumed.
For
carbohydrates, people with HIV / AIDS need to get the right amount. Every day
is recommended to consume five to six servings (about 3 cups) of fruit and
vegetables. Choose nuts and grains such as brown rice and quinoa. If you do not
have allergies can consume whole wheat or barley. For diabetes, it is mostly
recommended carbohydrates of vegetable origin.
Good fats can
provide extra energy needed by the body. Obtained 30% of daily calories from
fat the body needs.10% of them can be taken from monounsaturated fat that can
be obtained from nuts, avocados, fish, canola and olive oil.
Another 10% is
polyunsaturated fats derived from fish, walnuts, flax seed, corn, soybean and
sunflower oil safflower. While the remaining 10% you can get from fatty meats,
poultry, butter, foods containing milk, coconut and palm oil.
Besides,
HIV-positive need to get the vitamins and minerals needed by the body to help
boost his immune system. Here are the vitamins needed and sources of foods
containing these vitamins:
Vitamin A and beta-carotene: dark
green, yellow, orange vegetables, or red and fruit, liver, whole eggs, milk
Vitamin B: meat, fish, chicken, whole
grains, beans, white beans, avocado, broccoli, and green leafy vegetables
Vitamin C: citrus fruits
Vitamin E: green leafy vegetables,
nuts, and vegetable oils
Selenium: grains, legumes, poultry,
fish, eggs, and peanut butter
Zinc: dairy products meat, poultry,
fish, beans, nuts, and milk, and more
It may be
difficult to get all the vitamins needed by the body, that should be discussed
with a doctor's recommendation for giving the right multivitamin supplement
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