Nutrition and AIDS / Edition 2

by Ronald Ross Watson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780849302725
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/19/2000
Series:	Modern Nutrition
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ronald Ross Watson

Table of Contents

Wasting in AIDS in the Era of HAART. Supplementation and Undernutrition: Effects on Survival in Murine AIDS. Antioxidants in Human AIDS. Trace Elements, Free Radicals, and HIV Progression. Use of Herbs and Non-Nutritive Supplements in HIV-Positive and AIDS Patients. AIDS and Food Safety. Thiols to Treat AIDS. Drugs of Abuse: Modulation of Immune and Nutritional Status in AIDS. Cigarette Smoking and AIDS. Lipodystrophy in AIDS: Causes and Nutritional Therapy. Vitamins in HIV Infection. Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Patients in Japan. Nutrition and HIV Infection/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. Traditional and Popular Uses of Food as Therapy for HIV/AIDS. HIV and Infant Growth.

Editorial Reviews

About the New Edition:

"This text is an honorable undertaking in an extremely difficult and controversial field."
-Christine Wanke
Division of Nutrition and Infection
Tufts University School of Medicine
in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

About the First Edition:

"…a necessary book for those who are treating AIDS patients."
- Choice, 1995

"…should be on the desk of every physician that treats HIV-infected individuals…"
AIDS Book Review Journal, July 1995

From the Publisher

3 Stars from Doody

This is a new book on nutrition and AIDS that incorporates contributions from international experts in the areas of energy metabolism, pathogenesis, and impact of nutritional abnormalities and nutritional support. The purpose is to present both basic and applied research in regard to the pathogenesis and clinical importance of nutrition in HIV-infected patients. This is a timely and important topic. The authors are more effective in their presentation of pathogenesis and implications of malnutrition than in presenting clinically relevant/applied knowledge. This book is targeted for practitioners involved in HIV care who have concerns and interests related to the effects of malnutrition on HIV infection and in its therapy. The contributors are drawn from a wide range of expertise (public health, nutritional sciences, immunology, infectious disease, epidemiology, etc.) and are credible in their area of expertise. This book has relatively few tables and graphs, but those that are present are well done. The references are extensive, useful, and up-to-date. This book offers well-written reviews regarding the role of nutrition, both as a co-factor in HIV pathogenesis, as well as an adjunct to therapy. Chapters reviewing the role of nutrition in multiple risk groups, as well as a range of geographic locations, add an important perspective to the book. The clinical chapters, however, fall short of providing useful clinical information and suggestions to practitioners.

Jamie H. Von Roenn

Contributors in nutrition, biochemistry, and other disciplines summarize the recent scientific findings on the efficacy of nutrients, foods, and herbal medicines in preventing or treating AIDS and its symptoms, and in improving the quality of life. They also consider the ill effects of some diets and drugs. Their topics include how supplementation and undernutrition affect survival in murine AIDS, using herbs and non-nutritive supplements in HIV-positive and AIDS patients, food safety, how drugs of abuse modulate immune and nutritional status, vitamins in HIV infection, traditional and popular uses of food as therapy for HIV and AIDS, and infant growth. They also include reports from Japan and sub-Sahara Africa. No date is noted for the first edition. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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