This booklet is intended to answer some of the most commonly asked questions about food, nutrition and HIV infection. It outlines how to eat well if you are HIV-positive and the sort of foods you should eat to keep well if you experience changes in your metabolism whilst taking anti-HIV medication. Information on the sort of food you need to eat to maximise absorption of anti-HIV drugs is included. It also gives advice on how to prevent weight loss and food-borne infections.

Acknowledgments

This edition edited by Michael Carter.
Eighth edition 2008

NAM is grateful to the funders of this booklet series:

Thanks for the assistance of:

• Alastair Duncan, Senior Dietitian, St Thomas’s Hospital, London
• Claire Moir, Senior Dietitian, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London
• Michelle Phillpot, Senior Specialist Dietitian, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
• Taryn Visser, Senior Dietitian, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London