RE: [pronut-hiv] Advice on developing STANDARD Nutrition Guidelines for PLWHA (6)

["Rachel Stern" <sternworks@att.net>]

Re: "...cooking oil, sugar, and red meat."  I don't think being
doctrinaire is a good idea. For example, red meat could be helpful for
some people - if it's available and acceptable. 

Rachel Stern
-----Original Message-----
From: pronut-hiv-bounces@healthnet.org
[mailto:pronut-hiv-bounces@healthnet.org] On Behalf Of George M. Carter
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 9:58 AM
To: Nutrition and HIV/AIDS
Subject: Re: [pronut-hiv] Advice on developing STANDARD
NutritionGuidelines for PLWHA (3)


   Dear Daisy and all--
   Your message is very important and I have a great resource for you!
My
   dear  friend  Lynde  Francis, who directs the Centre, has been
working
   for  12  years  on  nutritional  issues  and has recently published
an
   EXCELLENT  book  entitled  "Positive Living: Food & Us" written by
her
   with  Jim  Rose.  She  has also worked on nutritional guidelines for
a
   number  of  countries, including Malawi and Zambia, as well as one
for
   Zimbabwe.  The  work  on the guidelines in Zimbabewe has been
underway
   for  about  4  years  but  has  not yet been approved as she has had
a
   dispute  with  one  of  the local experts who keeps insisting that
the
   guidelines  include  the use of cooking oil, sugar and red meat.
These
   can all have deleterious effects on digestion and should be avoided
or
   minimized drastically where possible. Of course, nutritional
decisions
   are  VERY  personal  and we can't tell anyone what to do--merely
offer
   the information in a way that can help to empower choices.