Proper nutrition is essential to individuals with HIV/AIDS. Yet, it
is often difficult to maintain an adequate diet due to a variety of
conditions associated with the disease and/or medications used to
alleviate symptoms. Eating Positive: A Nutrition Guide and Recipe
Book for People with HIV/AIDS solves this problem with
easy-to-follow, enticing recipes that fit a variety of common diet
restrictions and specific health needs of individuals with
HIV/AIDS. You can use this practical nutrition guide and recipe
book to customize diet plans for your patients or for yourself
(with a doctor's approval) that provide proper nutrition and
satisfy the tastebuds.Chapters in Eating Positive are organized by
diet type. Each chapter describes the diet type, its benefits and
specific restrictions, and actual recipes. Each recipe is
accompanied by its respective nutritional values, such as calories,
fat, protein, carbohydrates, and percent of daily recommended
allowance. An alphabetical index consisting of specific conditions,
complications, diet titles, and food stuffs provides ease of use
and quick reference. Here is just a sample of some of the many diet
types, their benefits, and tasty recipes that are included: Full
Liquid Diet: good for people with mouth pain and difficulty chewing
as it is easy on the digestive system; recipes include: Orange Cow,
Easy Egg Drop Soup, Cherry Dessert, Cottage Cheese Jello Salad,
Tropical Frozen Delight, more Fiber Restricted Diet: slows bowel
movement and decreases inflammation of the tissues making it a
great ally in fighting diarrhea and bowel discomfort; recipes
include: Sauteed Cocktail Tomatoes, Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breasts,
Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers, Ham Rolls with Eggplant Filling, more
Bland Diet: for those who should avoid caffeine, alcohol, spices;
recipes include: Raspberry Float, Pasta Salad, Easy Tortellini
Soup, One-Eyed Egyptians, Noodle Pudding, Watercress Soup, Sour
Cream Coffee Cake, German Potato Dumplings, more High Protein High
Calorie Diet: increased calories and nutritional content build up
energy resources and assist in improving and maintaining the immune
system, stopping and possibly reversing tissue wasting and weight
loss and assisting in wound healing; recipes include: Garlic Pasta,
Beef and Rice Creole, Spinach Cheese Pie, Tournedos of Beef with
Shallot Sauce, Banana Nut Bread, Butterscotch Pie, Pineapple
Coconut Cake, many moreThese diets are not prescriptions but rather
guides for creating and consuming a practical diet to suit
individual needs. You'll find that Eating Positive puts individuals
with HIV/AIDS on the road to a more pleasing, fulfilling, and
healthy diet.
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