Nutrition and AIDS

2. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-8493-0272-5
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 546 g

Reihe: Modern Nutrition

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.

Zielgruppe

Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Watson, Ronald Ross

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Infektionskrankheiten
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin HIV, AIDS

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Wasting in AIDS in the Era of HAART. Supplementation and Undernutrition: Effects on Survival in Murine AIDS. Antioxidants in Human AIDS. Trace Elements, Free Radicals, and HIV Progression. Use of Herbs and Non-Nutritive Supplements in HIV-Positive and AIDS Patients. AIDS and Food Safety. Thiols to Treat AIDS. Drugs of Abuse: Modulation of Immune and Nutritional Status in AIDS. Cigarette Smoking and AIDS. Lipodystrophy in AIDS: Causes and Nutritional Therapy. Vitamins in HIV Infection. Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Patients in Japan. Nutrition and HIV Infection/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. Traditional and Popular Uses of Food as Therapy for HIV/AIDS. HIV and Infant Growth.

Über Autor(innen)

Ronald Ross Watson