Nutritional goals for those with AIDS include:
- Consume a high calorie, high protein diet.
- Take a multivitamin with minerals, but do not take large doses of vitamins.
Nutritional Goals in HIV and AIDS- Maintain your weight.
- Consume a high calorie, high protein diet.
- Take a multivitamin with minerals, but do not take large doses of vitamins.
- Avoid fad diets.
Tips on Increasing Your Caloric Intake- Include 2 or 3 snacks in your daily meal plan
- Add milk, honey, sugar, margarine, oil and gravy to your food.
- Add dry milk powder to mashed potatoes, casseroles, soups and pudding.
- Drink whole milk or half-and-half rather than low fat milk.
- Spread peanut butter on toast, waffles, bananas or apples.
- Use sour cream, mayonnaise, whipped cream and jelly.
- Add cheese to scrambled eggs, sandwiches, hamburgers, and vegetables.
- Snack on nuts, cheese, hard-boiled eggs, and hard candies.
- Try instant breakfast drinks or supplements:
