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Bacteria and Food Nutrition

Continuing last articles about people with AIDS and its nutrition, these article will discuss more specific about bacteria inside food that should be avoided by them.

When the AIDS virus damages or destroys the immune system, people become more susceptible to infection by bacteria and other food pathogens. For example, ordinary pneumonia caused by bacterial infection in the lungs, can occur in any individual, but more often occurs in people with AIDS. In addition, when pneumonia that strikes people with AIDS, it causes more severe illness and even more dangerous.
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Nutrition for person with AIDS

People with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are susceptible to various kinds of infectious diseases including food pathogens. They have a higher risk than healthy people as individuals to cope with severe illness or death. Personal attention is required for food handling. The recommendations given here are designed to help prevent bacterial diseases of food.

At the time of people infected with HIV / AIDS, the immune system in the body will decrease. At that time, if there is malnutrition, then the immune system will go down and the greater the likelihood of disease.
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Diet Therapy for person with Obesity

Obesity or overweight is a physiological condition where excess fat is stored in body tissues. Someone said to obesity when weight loss exceeded 10% of ideal body weight. Obesity is a problem since time immemorial. This situation is one of the longest metabolic abnormalities recorded in a history as seen on a clay sculpture that dates back to approximately 22,000 BC. The statue depicts an obese middle-aged woman. Obesity and still always recorded throughout history, from the time of ancient Egypt and Greece, and even even today remains a problem, especially in terms of its treatment.

Obesity raises a variety of effects, both in terms of psychosocial and medical problems. People who are obese have a lot of difficulty in performing daily physical activity and obese people who took out the daily cost for food and clothing which are larger and can also have issues in the relationship of husband and wife and small children are often found on self-identification issues. In medical point of view, diseases such as cholesterol level increases, and heart disease are some examples that could cause by obesity, Lets have a look at diet therapy for person with obesity.
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Diet Therapy in Coroner Patients

Today heart disease and blood vessel becomes the no.1 killer in the world and the number of sufferers continues to grow. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that cardiovascular disease will be the biggest cause of deaths worldwide in 2020.

Heart disease is a disease that interferes with the vascular system, or more precisely attack the heart and veins, some examples such as the heart coronary heart disease, heart attack, high blood pressure, stroke, chest pain and diseases rheumatic heart.
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Protein Function

Protein function helps during growth, maintenance, and building enzymes, hormones, and immunity. Therefore, the protein is often referred to as builder substances. Proteins are divided by two, ie, derived from animal and vegetable. Protein requirements in each individual is different. Protein-containing food sources include fish, eggs, meat, dairy, and nuts.

Not all parents know how many actually fit the required dose of the child. Since the excess nutrients are also not good for growing children.
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