AIDS/HIV
Foods to Eat More Of: 
  • Fruits: Avocado, clementines, grapefruit, lemons, limes, oranges, peaches, pears, strawberries, tangerines.
  • Vegetables: arugula, asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, collard greens, kale, onions, romaine lettuce, spinach, squash, watercress.
  • Meat, liver, eggs, milk, and other high-calorie, high-protein foods to prevent weight and muscle loss.
  • Pasta and other starchy foods.
  • Whole grains, seeds (flax, pumpkin, sprouted, sunflower) & soy yogurt or tofu.
  • Garlic, ginger, shiitake and maitake mushrooms.

Foods to Avoid or Minimize: 
  • Fatty foods, sugar and honey.
  • Coffee, tea and other caffeinated drinks that can cause diarrhea and reduce absorption of some nutrients.
  • Raw or under-cooked foods, especially shellfish, eggs, and rare or uncooked processed meats.
  • Alcohol, which can worsen diarrhea and interact with AIDS medication.

Essential Oils:
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Natural/Herbal:
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Supplements & Homeopathic:
  • Vitamin C/Vitamin E: 2,000 mg vitamin C 3 times daily; 400 IU vitamin E daily  (reduce if it causes increased diarrhea). 
  • Coenzyme Q10: 100 mg twice daily (take with food).
  • Zinc/Copper: 30 mg zinc (add 2 mg copper daily if using zinc longer than 1 month).
  • NAC/Amino Acid Complex: 500 mg NAC 3 times daily; follow label for amino acids (take both on empty stomach at different times).
  • Turmeric/Bromelain: 400 mg turmeric and 500 mg bromelain 3 times daily (bromelain to provide 6,000 GDU or 9,000 MCU daily).
  • Essential Fatty Acids: 1,000 mg evening primrose oil 3 times daily; 1 Tablespoon (14 grams) flaxseed oil daily (or use 1,000 mg borage oil once daily for primrose oil).
  • DHEA: 100 mg each morning (take only under medical supervision, don't use if you're at risk for hormone-related cancers, like breast, prostate, etc).
  • Reishi/Maitake Mushrooms: 500 mg reishi and 200 mg maitake 3 times daily (avoid reishi mushrooms if you're on anticoagulants).
  • Alpha-lipoic acid: up to 250-1,000 mg daily. 
  • N-acetylcysteine: 250-600 mg daily. 
  • MGN 3: 1 gram 3 times daily (with meals). 

​Mind-Body Connection:
  • Can represent feeling of hopelessness/defenselessness, not being good enough, and/or denial of your true self/sexual guilt.  

Recipes - Food Medicine: 
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways.  Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets.  Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).

Smoothies/Beverages:
Meals:​ Sides & Salads:​
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