Doctors and dieticians alike tell us we should eat at least five portions each day of fresh fruit and
vegetables and increase the amount of Omega 3 oils (from oily fish like
tuna or sardines) in our diet. Many of us are aware of the anti-bacterial
effect of garlic and others know that increasing the amount of boiled
rice helps naturally deal with diarrhoea.
But many dietary supplements such as garlic tablets that slow the absorption
of some anti-HIV drugs, and even excessive Vitamin C, which the body cannot
store and leads to worse diarrhoea, are best avoided.
The best diet is the Mediterranean diet with lots of olive oil, fresh
fish and salads and the worst diet is the typical northern European diet
of excessive milk products, fats and little dietary fibre, fresh fruit
or vegetables.
Booze, fags and recreational drugs
Now we've got your attention.
Apart from the cost of cigarettes - a pack a day at £4.30 is over
£1,500 each year - we all know it's a filthy habit that ruins our
health.
There's now new evidence that HIV positive people have higher rates of
cigarette smoking than the rest of the general population. Apart from
the the known increased risks of lung diseases, research shows that people
with HIV who smoke have a significantly higher risk (as much as ten times
higher) of coronary heart disease and
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