Overview

Evidence shows that nutritional supports can help maintain health in the HIV-infected patient by replacing lost nutrients, compensating for nutritional damage done by the retrovirus-induced immunodeficiency, and stimulating the remaining immune system and cells for better host defenses.This new edition of Nutrition and AIDS is a timely look at what dietary materials, supplements, and foods may benefit or treat AIDS, as well as nutritional deficiencies that can accelerate progression to AIDS and death. It offers a variety of alternative dietary and herbal remedies, including some that have been tested in animals and humans to stimulate immune defense or compensate for changes induced by HIV infection. In addition, it surveys items that may accelerate nutritional depletion in AIDS patients, such as cocaine, alcohol, and tobacco use. It includes data from animal studies modeling AIDS and nutrition, studies not yet done in humans but applicable to them. Including updated reviews on topics from the author's earlier publications on the subject, with a focus on how to use this nutritional information to treat or retard development of AIDS, Nutrition and AIDS brings to the forefront the most recent advances in understanding the nutritional deficiencies of AIDS and HIV-positive patients.

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Author:   Ronald Ross Watson ,  Ira Wolinsky (Professor Emeritus, University of Houston, Texas, USA) ,  Ira Wolinsky (Professor Emeritus, University of Houston, Texas, USA) ,  Aurea Westrick-Thompson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780849302725

ISBN 10:   0849302722
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   19 September 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Reviews

About the New Edition: This text is an honorable undertaking in an extremely difficult and controversial field. -Christine Wanke Division of Nutrition and Infection Tufts University School of Medicine in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition About the First Edition: a necessary book for those who are treating AIDS patients. - Choice, 1995 should be on the desk of every physician that treats HIV-infected individuals AIDS Book Review Journal, July 1995

About the New Edition: This text is an honorable undertaking in an extremely difficult and controversial field. -Christine Wanke Division of Nutrition and Infection Tufts University School of Medicine in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition About the First Edition: ...a necessary book for those who are treating AIDS patients. - Choice, 1995 ...should be on the desk of every physician that treats HIV-infected individuals... AIDS Book Review Journal, July 1995

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