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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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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Most proteins form large structures within the cell termasuklah as enzymes and respiratory pigments. Proteins are formed from units principles that are recognized as ASID acids. Proteins may define into two types of fibrous proteins namely that much depends on the secondary structure of this protein shapes where it may be repeated.

When the second form is the globular proteins (enzymes and antibodies) that a lot depends on the interaction-free structure that there are 20 kinds of amino ASID is used to form the polypeptide chain (protein) function, shape, size and type of proteins will be determined by the type, number and a sprinkling of acid acids contained in such structures. Naming a few amino acids called revenge condensation with the enactment characterized peptide bond formation and the formation of water molecules.
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Fats, also called lipids, is a substance that is rich in energy, serves as the primary source of energy for the body’s metabolic processes. Fats that circulate in the body that is derived from two sources of food and production of liver, which can be stored in fat cells as energy reserves. The function of fat is as a source of energy, protective organ, cell formation, a source of essential fatty acids, fat soluble vitamins conveyances, conserve protein, give a sense of fullness and delicacy, as a lubricant, and maintain body temperature. Clinically, the fat that matters is:

There are four types of fat / lipid as described below:
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Fiber is coming from Cellulose, while cellulose is coming from carbohydrates. Fiber itself often comes from complex carbohydrates that we have discuss in earlier articles.

Fiber used to be used as and index in judging food quality. The higher amount of the fiber inside the food, then the nutrient values of the food is decreasing, its because fiber are consider as materials that is not digestible. But later, researchers agree that fiber are indeed needed by human, without it, it could result in constipation.
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