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Outsmarting HIV with Healthy Nutrition

From: https://www.positivelyaware.com/2012/12_01/hiv_wellness_series.shtml Living with a chronic illness like HIV can present certain nutritional challenges. Without effective HIV medication treatment, replicating virus can tax the body, destroying lean body mass and impairing immune function and quality of life.1, 2 While this destruction of lean tissue can be controlled with effective HIV antiretroviral combination therapy, other challenges like fat …

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AIDS Nelson Vergel, AIDS expert, talks HIV and healthy aging by Kate Sosin, Windy City Times

https://bit.ly/lRCGbu AIDS Nelson Vergel, AIDS expert, talks HIV and healthy agingby Kate Sosin, Windy City Times2011-06-08 Nelson Vergel and Jeff Berry from TPAN. Photo by Kate Sosin Nelson Vergel is not what you think of when you say “AIDS over 50.”With hefty round muscles pushing out against a tight blue t-shirt and a lively demeanor, …

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Vitamin D Supplements May Limit Tenofovir Bone Toxicity

Thanks to Jules Levin for sponsoring this article in his web site Natap.org Vitamin D Supplements May Limit Tenofovir Bone Toxicity 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, February 27-March 2, 2011, Boston Mark Mascolini In a randomized trial of 18-to-25-year-olds, vitamin D3 supplementation appeared to offset a negative impact of tenofovir on parathyroid hormone …

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