Cooking for Life A Guide to Nutrition and Food Safety for the HIV-Positive Community

by Lehmann, Robert H.; Kotler, Donald P.

• ISBN13: 9780440507536
• ISBN10: 0440507537
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-12-02
• Publisher: Dell

Summary

This groundbreaking, compassionate, and medically sound sourcebook is a food bible for the HIV community and their caregivers.

One single factor can have life-or-death importance for someone with HIV: food. The right diet and nutrition can boost the immune system, and most important, maintain lean body mass. Cooking for Life contains all the information you need about one of the safest, most effective, yet underutilized, weapons for staying well.

Find out why food poisoning, even a mild case, is highly dangerous . . . and what steps will protect you at home or while eating out. Discover what liquid nutritional supplements can do for the HIV-positive person . . . and how to make them taste better. Learn how to identify the fundamental components of a sound diet—including soluble and insoluble fiber, complementary and complete proteins, and much more.

“An excellent, very readable book, full of practical information. It belongs in all collections on AIDS care.”—John S. James, editor and publisher, AIDS Treatment News

Table of Contents

Foreword	xix	(2)
Donald P. Kotler, M.D.
Preface	xxi	(2)
Nutrition and Long-Term Survival	xxiii
Part One: Nutrition and Exercise	3	(34)
1. HIV and Wasting	3	(9)
2. Basic Nutrition	12	(12)
3. Special Nutritional considerations for HIV+ Individuals	24	(7)
4. Exercise	31	(6)
Part Two: Food and Water Safety	37	(38)
5. Food Poisoning	37	(4)
6. Safe Food-Handling Practices	41	(11)
7. Safe Cooking Guidelines	52	(8)
8. Water Safety	60	(7)
9. Eating Defensively Away from Home	67	(8)
Part Three: Dietary Troubleshooting	75	(58)
10. Diarrhea	75	(20)
11. Nausea	95	(7)
12. Oral Problems	102	(6)
13. Renal Failure	108	(6)
14. Strategies for Weight Gain and Maintenance	114	(9)
15. Accommodating Changes in Taste Perception	123	(4)
16. Nutritional Supplements and Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)	127	(6)
Part Four: Cooking Techniques and Recipes	133	(70)
17. Basic Principles of Cooking Protein	133	(1)
18. Selection, Storage, and Cooking of Vegetables and Fruits	134	(8)
19. Nutritional Enhancements for Everyday Foods	142	(3)
20. Handy Foods: When You're Too Tired or Sick to Cook	145	(8)
21. Budget Eating without Nutritional Sacrifice	153	(5)
22. Recipes	158	(45)
Part Five: Further Thoughts	203	(8)
23. Suggestions for Helpers	203	(4)
24. When Food Is Not Love	207	(4)
Appendices	211	(26)
Appendix A: AIDS-Specific Meals Programs	211	(4)
Appendix B: 800 (and other) Handy Reference Numbers	215	(3)
Appendix C: ACT UP Standard of Care	218	(11)
Appendix D: Living Will	229	(5)
Appendix E: Additional Information	234	(3)
Index	237