AIDS/HIV
Foods to Eat More Of:
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
Essential Oils:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
Natural/Herbal:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
Supplements & Homeopathic:
Mind-Body Connection:
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:
- 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:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
- Cistus, cumin, helichrysum, lemon, nutmeg (on thymus, bottom of feet and under arms).
Natural/Herbal:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
- Daily exercise.
- Yoga, Tai chi and meditation.
- Aloe, anise, astragalus, burdock, cat's claw (avoid if trying to conceive), evening primrose oil, garlic, ginger, ginseng, licorice, st. john's wort, star anise, turmeric.
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:
- Apple Cider (V, GF)
- Green Smoothie (GF)
- Herbal Mango Smoothie (V, GF)
- Mango Pineapple Smoothie (V, GF)
- Mega-Greens Smoothie (GF)
- Sunrise Smoothie (V, GF)
- Super Skin Smoothie (GF)
- Yogi Tea (V, GF)
Meals:
- Adult Ramen (V, GF)
- Asian Broccoli & Rice Bowl (V, GF)
- Asparagus-Potato Soup
- Avocado & Egg Toast
- Broth (Veggie/Chicken/Beef) - (V, GF)
- Cauliflower Ragu
- Cauliflower Soup
- Chicken Marsala
- Chili-Spiced Pork Loin (GF)
- Deluxe Egg Salad Sandwich/Wrap
- Dumpling Soup
- Egg Bake
- Fish Fillets with Broccoli Stuffing
- Garlic Soup (V, GF)
- Healthy Mac & Cheese (V)
- Healthy Scrambled Eggs (GF)
- Japanese Onion Soup (V, GF)
- Lemon Chicken (GF)
- Miso Soup (V, GF)
- Pasta Della California (V)
- Pasta Fagioli (V)
- Shells with Healthy Sauce
- Soy Chicken (GF)
- Spiced Lentil Soup (V, GF)
- Spinach Pasta (V)
- Turkey BLT with Avocado & Sprouts
- Turkey Medallions
- Turkey Mushroom Saute (GF)
- Veggie Frittata (GF)
- Veggie Omelet (GF)
- Wild Rice Soup
- Asian Cabbage Salad (V, GF)
- Avocado Cilantro Lime Rice (V, GF)
- BLT Salad (GF)
- Butternut Squash Risotto (V, GF)
- Caraway Brussels Sprouts (V, GF)
- Cauliflower with Mustard Sauce (GF)
- Chinese Peanut Salad (V, GF)
- Guacamole (V, GF)
- Irish Potatoes (Colcannon) - (GF)
- Kale Salad with Sesame Dressing (V, GF)
- Mediterranean Orzo (V)
- Pesto Potatoes (V, GF)
- Pesto Vegetables (V, GF)
- Quinoa Salad (V, GF)
- Roasted Asparagus or Green Beans (V, GF)
- Spinach & Strawberry Salad (V)