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Diet for HIV Positive People

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Jill Corleone, RDN, LD

Poor nutrition and weight loss increase the risk of illness and even death in HIV-infected people, according to an April 2003 article in "Clinical Infectious Diseases." Nutritional status may be compromised by complications of the disease, as well as the medications used to treat it.