[pronut-hiv] Why is good nutrition important in HIV?

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Why is good nutrition important in HIV?
Good nutrition helps keep your immune system strong, enabling you to
better fight disease. A healthy diet improves quality of life.

Weight loss, wasting, and malnutrition continue to be common problems
in HIV, despite more effective antiretroviral medications, and can
contribute to HIV disease progression.

Good nutrition helps the body process the many medications taken by
people with HIV.

Diet (and exercise) may help with symptoms such as diarrhea, nausea,
and fatigue, and with fat redistribution and metabolic abnormalities
such as high blood sugar, cholesterol, and triglycerides.