Watson; Ronald
R.: Nutrition
and AIDS, Second Edition September
2000; 25.000 Ptas./150,23 Euros; 256 Pag.
Description
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.
