Per Lcda. Yaira L Doylet R. (MsC Public Health)
Alternate Member of the Association of Nutritionists of Guayas ANUG
Cell: 0983809255. Email: [email protected]
The World Health Organization as a world reference for health indicates that this disease remains one of the biggest problems for global public health, it has already claimed almost 33 million lives. However, it has taken into account the growing access to effective prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care of HIV, including opportunistic infections, HIV infection has become a chronic health problem that will lead to people living with the virus lead long, healthy lives.
It was estimated that by the end of 2019, there were 38 million people living with HIV. As a result of concerted international efforts to respond to HIV, service coverage has steadily increased. In 2019, 68 %% of adults and 53% of children with HIV were on antiretroviral therapy (ART) for life.
These people always have a weight loss greater than 2 kg.
People with HIV should be referred for nutritional care, taking into account the reference criteria for adults and children.
Does a healthy diet improve your immune system and your quality of life?
Of course, with the change of your eating habits can be achieved, as they say: ‘wanting is power’, at first it is a little difficult to adapt to change, but it is not impossible.
Food Aspects or References
- Six small meals a day.
- Properly combine foods of high biological value are of animal origin, preferably egg as a complete protein and those of vegetable origin all grains from soybeans, lentils, beans, chickpeas, all kinds of beans from the color black , red, yellow, white; each represents a high protein content that will help boost the immune system and increase defenses along with vegetables, fruits and berries of different colors and their differences with the contents of vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber and water, important for staying healthy.
- Remove food that is not easy to spoil when you jump out of your house.
- Do light exercises before coming.
Menu for people with HIV / AIDS
Breakfast
- 1 tz of liquefied soy milk with oats and fox,
- 1 egg tortilla sandwich with spinach
Mid-morning
- 1 serving of pineapple,
- 1 serving of prunes
Lunch
- 1 serving of onion, tomato and avocado salad,
- 1 tz rice,
- 1 serving of grilled fish
Mid Afternoon
- 1 serving of melon
- 1 serving of pear
Snack
- 1 serving of radish salad with cucumber and spinach
- 1 tz of brown rice preferably
- 1 serving grilled chicken. (F)