Clinical nutrition

Pick of the crop International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care An international group with more than 5500 physicians and other healthcare professionals in 42 countries. The web site has a lot of nutrition resource material. As well as this the Assocation has some selected on-line full-text articles from its Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care. AIDS & Wasting Conference 1997 From the AIDS INFO site and excellent summary of the diagnosis, differential diagnosis and management of wsting in HIV/AIDS, from a conference on this topic held in Florida in 1997.

AIDS nutrition: a textbook chapter

Chapter from textbook on clinical nutrition by Dr.V.Utermohlen, has short but clinically very relevant material on many aspects of nutrition in AIDS, including pathophysoilogy, alternative nutrition approaches, and references.

Aids-related diarrhea

Short plain text monograph from the American Societyfor Gastroenterology.

American Dietetic Association position statement

American Dietetic Association's position on nutrition intervention in the care of persons with HIV. Detailed in scope and extensively referenced. Required reading. The ADA has a dietetic practice group for dietitians with a special interest in nutritional aspects HIV/AIDS .

Handbook: Developing and Applying National Guidelines on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS

From the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (funded by USAID).

Nutrition, Immunity, and AIDS: medical lecture notes

Lecture notes for physicians from Medical College of Georgia, Very succinct summary.

Malnutrition in HIV Infection: position paper

Very long plain text document with detailed references from the American Gastroenterological Association entitled officially "Guidelines for the Management of Malnutrition and Cachexia, Chronic Diarrhea, and Hepatobiliary Disease in Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection" It dates from July 1996.

Impact of HIV Infection and AIDS upon Nutritional Status: lecture by Dr.Donald Kotler

Plain text transcript of medical lecture given by Dr. Donald Kotler (Columbia University and the St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Centre in New York), in Sydney in Australia on March 27 1995. Part of HIV Electronic Media Information Review web site. Also to be found at the Australian mirror site.

Index of AIDS Treatments: Nutrients and Vitamins

Long table outlining some of the nutrients used in supplementation by HIV patients, with a brief description of the underlying rationale and some citations to relevant papers.

Nutritional Support In HIV/AIDS

Introductory article by Sarah Dowling (nutritionist) from St James's Hospital in Ireland.

Nutrition, vitamins and HIV

Longish plain text articles from an HIV newsletter published by the Seattle Treatment Education Project. Generally pro-supplement, and with a focus on antioxidant nutrients such as vitamin E, vitamin A, and vitamin C.

Vit.B12 and HIV progression: research article

Research article published in FASEB journal.

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CDC: FAQs on HIV/AIDS and Nutrition

Simple lay information from the Centres for Disease Control.

Eating Defensively

Food safety advice for people with HIV/AIDS

HIV: Medications, Diet & Nutrition

Lay material written by a dietitian, which focuses on the interactions between nutrition and medication commonly used in treating HIV (such as antifungals, antidepressants, and antivirals).

HIV Nutrition ReSources

Some links and access to ordering free issue of newsletter on nutrition in HIV.

Eating for a Strong Immune System

Written by a dietitian, common sense advice on eating, supplements and weight in HIV disease.

HIVpositive

Lots of good material, including a whole section on nutrition in paediatric HIV infection and a search engine.

Interview with a nurse

Krisitin Weaver is a nurse who works in San Francisco. She outlines her approach in this interesting transcript, which is quite balanced and practical.

North America: On-line Resources on AIDS and Nutrition

Lots of good graphically illustrated material on nutrition and food safety for AIDS patients. Also a good listing of of links to other web sites on this topic., from the Momentum AIDS Project: "Food and Family for people living with HIV".

HIV nutrition - The Body

Good set of articles and links to articles on various aspects of nutrition and HIV disease, generally oriented to people with the disease more so than their health professional carers.

Paediatric HIV Nutrition

Very important material on paediatric HIV and nutrition from dietitian Melissa Zafonte, Clinical Research Dietitian, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health. Part of the HIVPOSITIVE site.

Dr. Mary Romeyn: Vitamins, Minerals, and Trace Elements

Long plain text extract from a book on micronutrients and HIV, written by an HIV physician from San Francisco.

Wasting in HIV: Nutrition Support

Notes from a dietitian who works in San Francisco with HIV.

God's Love We Deliver

Eating tips, modified meals and recipes.

Women, HIV And Nutrition

Brief article on supplements for HIV women: someone's personal lay perspective,

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