Post Date November, 17 2024
As long as people hear about AIDS, they will be terrified. AIDS is highly contagious, mainly through sexual transmission, blood transmission, and mother to child transmission. In addition to isolation, patients should also do a good job in diet care, so that they can improve the body's resistance and immunity.
What are the dietary principles of AIDS?
1. Eat less
AIDS patients eat too much at a time, indigestion, serious damage to the spleen and stomach. Eating too little can lead to malnutrition, and the principle of eating a small amount should be adopted. Chew slowly when eating, and eat six meals a day. Don't drink too much water and drinks before meals. Nutritional drinks such as yogurt and milk can be consumed between meals.
2. Eat more fresh vegetables and fruits
AIDS patients should eat more seasonal vegetables and fruits, improve the body's resistance to disease, and eat more fruits rich in carotene and vitamin A.
3. Choose a high protein and high-energy diet
AIDS patients have decreased appetite, absorption function and malnutrition. The metabolic rate of AIDS patients is rising, and the energy is unbalanced. In terms of diet, they should eat more high energy and protein foods such as fish, shrimp, shellfish, chicken, rabbit meat, etc. However, it is important to control the amount and not eat too much. Otherwise, the burden on the kidneys will increase.
4. Avoid eating cold and greasy foods
80% of AIDS patients suffer from chronic diarrhea and lose weight directly. In terms of diet, actively stop diarrhea, improve food absorption rate, maintain normal weight, avoid eating foods with low fat content, try to use vegetable oil as the main cooking method, and use steaming and stewing. Do not eat fried and hard foods, and do not eat foods with high fiber to stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis. In addition, supplement minerals and vitamins, and increase body moisture and potassium containing foods.
Kind reminder
AIDS patients should follow the above dietary principles at ordinary times, improve body metabolism, provide a lot of nutrition for the body, and improve immunity. In addition, AIDS patients with oral and pharyngeal inflammation, causing pain. These people must never eat rough, fibrous food. These foods require a lot of chewing, and the diet is mainly soft food, with more semi liquid foods to eat.
