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Good nutrition is treatment-adjacent in HIV: it maintains weight and muscle, supports immunity, and helps medicines work.
Good nutrition is treatment-adjacent in HIV: it maintains weight and muscle, supports immunity, and helps medicines work. Classical Ayurveda's nourishing (Brimhana) diet for depletion states fits this need well.
For Kshaya (depletion) states, classical texts prescribe nourishing, easily digested, strength-building food:
Is there an "HIV diet" that boosts CD4? No specific food raises CD4 - ART does that. Diet maintains the body that ART protects.
Should I avoid sour or spicy food? Only if your mouth or stomach demands it. There is no universal forbidden list; adequacy and safety come first.
Do I need supplements? A balanced diet covers most needs; specific deficiencies (B12, vitamin D, iron) are common and worth testing rather than blind supplementing.
Eat enough, eat safe, eat nourishing - the classical Brimhana kitchen and the modern nutrition plan agree. Food maintains the strength that treatment builds on.
Written By
Dr. Daksh
BDS
Reviewed By
Dr. Varun Gupta
MD Pharmacology, MBBS
Last updated on
27 Sep 2022 • 06:23 PM (IST)
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