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The HIV Nutrition News Update is a free weekly review of news related to nutrition and HIV/AIDS made possible through the sponsorship of A1WebServer and HIV ReSources, Inc. It is published on Tuesdays. If you know of someone who has signed up for these updates and is not getting them, or if you know someone who may benefit from this information, please forward this message. Copyright and subscription information appears at the end of this update. Early issues of the update are available through the HIV ReSources Web Site through the electronic list or the archive section.

About the HIV ReSources Web Site: The HIV ReSources Web Site was developed in 1996. Originally designed to help U.S. nutrition professionals acquire resources to counsel people with HIV effectively, the Web Site is now accessed by organizations and individuals throughout the world. People from more than 130 countries access the site. The top ten locations accessing the site include: United States, China, Netherlands, Spain, European Union, Canada, Australia, Germany, Mexico, and Great Britain. 

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3/27/07 - The HIV ReSources Web Site is updated.

New Pages:

* HIV ReSource Review Issue 27- Subjects: Blood Glucose Abnormalities in HIV-Positive People: Part One; Guggul; Management of Diarrhea - Interview with Johannes Koch, MD; Metformin; and Project Open Hand Atlanta

* Diabetes Update 2005- PDF Clinician Tool

Updated and Reformatted Pages:

* Archive 18: HIV Nutrition News Update

* HIV ReSource Review Nutrition Research Feature Links 27-30

* HIV ReSource Review Alternative Research Feature Links 27-30

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HIV Nutrition Handout Number Fourteen

This week the focus is on reproducible handout number fourteen Diabetes Update 2005. This clinician tool reviews the diagnosis and classification of diabetes. It notes pharmaceutical treatments for diabetes and includes a list of resources for further information. The resource was originally based on an article by Wendy Wittenbrook, MA, RD, LD, Donna Tinnerello, MS, RD, CDN, and Sharon Ann Meyer, AA, AS, DTR, Blood Glucose Abnormalities in HIV-Positive People: Part One published in the Nov/Dec 2000 HIV ReSource Review issue. 

The fact sheet was updated and revised in March 2005 using research available at that time. If new research or information warrants changes, these reproducibles may be updated providing a copy of the changes is forwarded to HIV ReSources. Visit the HIV ReSources Reproducibles main access web page. In order to view the reproducible materials, you must have the Adobe Acrobat Free Reader installed on your computer. To download the Reader for free visit Adobe. 
 

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Disclaimer- HIV ReSources neither endorses nor opposes any material. Comments are offered for general guidance only. HIV ReSources makes no warranties as to the accuracy or completeness, timeliness or usefulness of any opinions, advice, services or other information contained or referenced in this news update. HIV ReSources does not assume any risk for your use of this update nor is it responsible for information appearing at hyperlinks. In using this update, you agree that HIV ReSources or any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering this update, is not liable for any decision made in reliance upon the information within. This information is not intended to replace professional medical advice. Information is designed to support the relationship that exists between you and your doctor. Any use of this information is done strictly on your own risk and no responsibility is implied or intended on the part of HIV ReSources Inc., the editors, authors, or the publisher. Discuss any lifestyle changes you may be considering with your physician/health care specialist. 

3/20/07 - The HIV ReSources Web Site is updated.

New Pages:

* HIV ReSource Review Issue 26- Subjects: Exercise Recommendations and
HIV, DMSO, Osteoporosis-Interview With Dr. Mary Romeyn, Abacavir,
Phoenix Body Positive

* Building Healthy Bones- PDF Handout

* Highlights: Building Healthy Bones- PDF Handout

Updated and Reformatted Pages:

* Nutrición Y Recursos Del VIH

* HIV/AIDS, Mothers and Children

* Newsletter Gateway

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HIV Nutrition Handout Number Thirteen

This week the focus is on reproducible handout number thirteen Building
Healthy Bones. The handout was originally based on Osteoporosis -
Interview With Dr. Mary Romeyn published in the Sept/Oct 2000 HIV
ReSource Review issue. The fact sheet was updated and revised in March
2005 using research available at that time. 

The handout was designed to help people learn about osteoporosis, which
is one of the complications of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). It includes tips on how to lessen the risk of having this condition. Handouts may be downloaded for low literacy readers or for higher reading levels. 

If new research or information warrants changes, these reproducibles may be updated providing a copy of the changes is forwarded to HIV ReSources. Visit the HIV ReSources Reproducibles main access web page. In order to view the reproducible materials, you must have the Adobe Acrobat Free Reader installed on your computer. To download the Reader for free visit Adobe. 

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Fish Oil And Heart Disease

As noted in the two part article Have Fat Will Travel (Part One and Part Two) fish oil has been known to decrease high levels of blood fat and to decrease the cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha. Researchers recently finished two studies on the effect of fish oil in people at risk of heart disease. Study results suggest that fish oil may be helpful in reducing thrombin generation by addressing triglycerol and other coagulation factors. 

Preliminary studies noted that type 2 diabetics taking four grams of fish oil per day for two months increased high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and lowered triglycerides and the ratio of low-density lipoproteins (LDL) to HDL. 

Polyunsaturated fats such as from fish use up the body's vitamin E in a
dose-dependent manner so vitamin E supplementation is important to consider when using fish oil supplements. It's also notable that fish oil supplements may exacerbate existing low platelet levels and increase the risk of spontaneous bleeding. For recent research news on fish oil, heart disease, and diabetes visit
PubMed Central.
 

3/13/07 - The HIV ReSources Web Site is updated.

New Pages:

* HIV ReSource Review Issue 24- Subjects: Substance Abuse: I, AIDS
Wasting, Cannabis, Intro A, Housing Works

* Nutritional Health And Substances- PDF Handout

* Highlights: Nutrition, Health and Substances- PDF Handout

Updated and Reformatted Pages:

* Early Nutrition Intervention For HIV/AIDS

* Why Be Tested For HIV?

* Newsletter Previews

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HIV Nutrition Handout Number Twelve

This week the focus is on reproducible handout number twelve Nutritional
Health And Substances. The handout was originally based on A Preliminary
Look at Substance Abuse published in the May/June 2000 HIV ReSource
Review issue. The fact sheet was updated and revised in March 2005 using
research available at that time. The Highlights version, for low-literacy readers, is named Nutrition, Health and Substances.

The handouts were designed to help people learn how certain substances can affect their nutritional health. They may be downloaded for low literacy readers or for higher reading levels. 

If new research or information warrants changes, these reproducibles may
be updated providing a copy of the changes are forwarded to HIV ReSources. Visit the HIV ReSources Reproducibles main access web page. In order to view the reproducible materials, you must have the Adobe Acrobat Free Reader installed on your computer. To download the Reader for free visit Adobe. 

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New HIV Tests

A new test to help diagnose HIV-1 infection is now available. It is called
the APTIMA HIV-1 RNA Qualitative Assay and it's made by Gen-Probe Inc.
of San Diego, CA. Approved in October 2006, the test can be used to detect early HIV-1 infection before the appearance of antibodies to HIV-1. Also in October 2006, the FDA granted marketing approval for the PROCLEIX ULTRIO assay. The assay was approved to screen donated blood, plasma, organs and tissue for HIV-1 and hepatitis C virus (HCV) in individual blood donations or in pools of up to 16 blood samples, and to detect the presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV).

3/6/07 - The HIV ReSources Web Site is updated.

New Pages:

* HIV ReSource Review Feature Article: Issue 22- Heart Healthy Food
Choices in the Era of HAART: Part One

* HIV ReSource Review Feature Article: Issue 23- Heart Healthy Food
Choices in the Era of HAART: Part Two

* Food And Heart Disease, It's All About Choices- PDF Handout

* Highlights: Food Choices and Heart Disease- PDF Handout

* Multiple Printing Version of Food And Heart Disease, It's All About
Choices

* Archive 18: HIV Nutrition News Update

Updated and Reformatted Pages:

* HIV ReSource Review Nutrition Research Feature Links 14-26

* HIV ReSource Review Alternative Research Feature Links 14-26

* Conferences, Updates, and Webcasts

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HIV Nutrition Handout Number Eleven

This week the focus is on reproducible handout number eleven, which helps people to plan healthy meals that are low in saturated fat and cholesterol. Food And Heart Disease, It's All About Choices is an educational tool for both clinicians and clients while Highlights: Food Choices and Heart Disease is for people with 4th-5th Grade reading levels. The handouts are useful tools to help people improve their eating habits.

These handouts were originally based on a two-part research article Heart Healthy Food Choices in the Era of HAART that was published in the HIV ReSource Review. Article author's Donna Tinnerello, MS, RD, CDN,
Suzanne Rostler, MA, MS, and Sharon Ann Meyer, AA, AS, DTR gathered
research for the article in late 1999 and early 2000. The educational tool was updated and revised in March 2005 using research available at that time. If new research or information warrants changes, these reproducibles may be updated providing a copy of the changes is forwarded to HIV ReSources.

The handout may be downloaded for low literacy readers or for higher reading levels. Version Two uses less black ink during printing.

Visit the HIV ReSources Reproducibles main access web page. In order to view the reproducible materials, you must have the Adobe Acrobat Free Reader installed on your computer. To download the Reader for free visit Adobe. 

HIV Nutrition Handout Number Ten

This week the focus is on reproducible handout number ten Selected Complementary Treatments. The handout was originally based on a two-part research article Botanical Use Among People Living with HIV by Nancy Spaulding-Albright, RD, CNSD, LD/N and Sharon Ann Meyer, AA, AS, DTR. The handouts were designed to help people learn more about popular complementary treatments. The Highlights version Food and Supplements, for low-literacy readers, includes more information on functional foods.

The handouts were updated and revised in March 2005 using research available at that time. If new research or information warrants changes, these reproducibles may be updated providing a copy of the changes are forwarded to HIV ReSources.

Visit the HIV ReSources Reproducibles main access web page. In order to view the reproducible materials, you must have the Adobe Acrobat Free Reader installed on your computer. To download the Reader for free visit Adobe. 

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Selenium and HIV

New research adds to the wealth of information found in Selenium and HIV/ AIDS by John Babish, PhD. Selenium and HIV/AIDS was published in the March/April 2003 HIV Nutrition Update. Recent research notes that selenium may help to lower levels of HIV in the blood. In the reported study, 260 volunteers took a selenium-enriched yeast named Selenomax. The five-year, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was conducted at the University of Miami and supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health.

Reference

Hurwitz B. Suppression of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Viral Load with Selenium Supplementation. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2007;Volume 167.

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Conference Information

The following conferences may be of interest to those interested in HIV and/or nutrition. Please refer to the Web Sites listed for more information.

* Overview of HIV Infection and AIDS will be held in Bronx, NY on March 16, 2007. HIV Treatment Integration will be held in Bronx, NY on April 23-26, 2007. For additional information visit the ACRIA Web Site.

* 3rd International Workshop on HIV and Hepatitis Coinfection will be held in Paris, France on June 7-9, 2007. 

* The 2nd International Symposium on Energy and Protein Metabolism and Nutrition will be held in Vichy, France on September 9-13, 2007. 

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About HIV ReSources, Incorporated: HIV ReSources formed in 1995 to enable nation-wide distribution of HIV nutrition resources. The corporation strives to increase the quality of life for people living with HIV and AIDS through the provision of effective nutritional services. Originally developed to help nutrition professionals acquire local resources to counsel HIV-challenged individuals effectively, nutrition education materials are now used by organizations throughout the world. 

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Editor’s Note:

The HIV Nutrition News Update will not be published the week of February 25, 2007.
 

2/13/07 - The HIV ReSources Web Site is updated.

New Pages:

* HIV ReSource Review Issue 19- Subjects: Nutritional Treatments for Weight Loss, HMB, Dronabinol, Core Center

* Treatments for Unintentional Weight Loss- Handout in PDF

* Highlights: Treatments for Unintentional Weight Loss- Handout in PDF

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Consumer Education Materials from FDA

Consumer education materials to help people use the Nutrition Facts label and choose healthy foods to reduce obesity are available from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Download Make Your Calories Count, a Web-based learning program. Download the new Nutrition Facts Label Brochure.

The FDA’s Web Site also offers information to help people use medicines safely. Visit Use Medicine Safely to access this educational tool.

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HIV Nutrition Handout Number Nine

This week the focus is on reproducible handout number nine Nutritional and Pharmaceutical Treatments for Weight Loss. This informational resource was designed to help people gain weight. Although weight gain is not commonly needed in people with HIV currently, the handout is still useful for those people experiencing unwanted weight loss. The educational tool may be downloaded for low literacy readers or for higher reading levels.

Originally based on research articles published in the HIV ReSource Review, the handout was updated and revised in March 2005 using information available at that time. All company contact information is up-to-date as of February 8, 2007. If new research or information warrants changes, these reproducibles may be updated providing a copy of the changes are forwarded to HIV ReSources.

Visit the HIV ReSources Reproducibles main access web page. In order to view the reproducible materials, you must have the Adobe Acrobat Free Reader installed on your computer. To download the Reader for free visit Adobe. 

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For information on Spiritual Topics, including ways to help deal with current life issues, please visit the Dean Allen DeLong Web Site.

2/6/07 - The HIV ReSources Web Site is updated.

New Pages:

* HIV ReSource Review Issue 8- Subjects: Calories, Bitter Melon, Megestrol Acetate 

* Nutritional Status: The Key to Good Health- Handout in PDF

* Highlights: Good Habits, Good Health- Handout in PDF

* Multiple Printing Version of Nutritional Status: The Key to Good Health- Handout in PDF

* Archive 17: HIV Nutrition News Update

Updated and Reformatted Pages:

* HIV ReSource Review Nutrition Research Feature Links 1-13

* HIV ReSource Review Alternative Research Feature Links 1-13

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HIV Nutrition Handout Number Eight

This week the focus is on reproducible handout number eight. Nutritional
Status: The Key to Good Health is an educational tool for both clinicians and clients while Highlights: Good Habits, Good Health is for people with 4th-5th Grade reading levels.  Version Two uses less black ink during printing. 

This educational tool is based on information found in the HIV ReSource
Review and in the book Nutrition and HIV: A New Model for Treatment by
Mary Romeyn, MD. Originally designed in 1999, the handout was updated and revised in March 2005 using research available at that time. The handout remains timely. If new research or information warrants changes, these reproducibles may be updated providing a copy of the changes are forwarded to HIV ReSources.

Visit the HIV ReSources Reproducibles main access web page. In order to view the reproducible materials, you must have the Adobe Acrobat Free Reader installed on your computer. To download the Reader for free visit Adobe. 

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Conference Information

The following conferences may be of interest to those interested in HIV and/or nutrition. Please refer to the Web Sites listed for more information.

* 28th Annual Minority Health Conference AIDS at 25: It's Time to Deliver was held on February 23, 2007 in Chapel Hill, NC. 

* Integrative Medicine - The Future? will be held on March 17-18 in London, UK. 

* HIV Management 2007: The New York Course will be held on May 4-5, 2007
in New York, NY. 

* ACTHIV will be held from May 31 to June 3, 2007 in Dallas, TX. 

1/23/07 - The HIV ReSources Web Site is updated.

New Pages:

* HIV ReSource Review Issue 15- Subjects: Lipodystrophy Part One, Alpha
Lipoic Acid, Thalidomide

* HIV ReSource Review Issue 16- Subjects: Lipodystrophy Part Two, Zinc,
Nelfinavir

* Dealing With Lipodystrophy- Handout in PDF

* Highlights: Body Changes And Medicine- Handout in PDF

* Multiple Printing Version of Dealing With Lipodystrophy- Handout in PDF

Updated and Reformatted Pages:

* HIV ReSource Review Nutrition Research Feature Links 14-26

* HIV ReSource Review Alternative Research Feature Links 14-26

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HIV Nutrition Handout Number Seven

This week the focus is on reproducible handout number seven Dealing With
Lipodystrophy/Body Changes And Medicine. The patient education tool was
originally based on information from a two-part research article  published in HIV ReSource Review Issues 15 and 16. The article, Have Fat Will Travel was authored by Chester D. Myers PhD. The handout may be downloaded for low literacy readers or for higher reading levels. Version Two uses less black ink during printing. 

The Handout was updated and revised in March 2005 using research available at that time. If new research or information warrants changes, these reproducibles may be updated providing a copy of the changes are forwarded to HIV ReSources.

Visit the HIV ReSources Reproducibles main access web page. In order to view the reproducible materials, you must have the Adobe Acrobat Free Reader installed on your computer. To download the Reader for free visit Adobe. 

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Subscriber Note: The HIV Nutrition News Update will not publish on January 30, 2007. 
 

1/16/06 - The HIV ReSources Web Site is updated.

New Pages:

* Resources For Positive Women- Handout in PDF

* Highlights: Resources For Positive Women- Handout in PDF

* Multiple Printing Version of Resources For Positive Women- Handout in PDF

* HIV Nutrition Update Issue 47- Subjects: CLA, Sugar, Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Know Your Fats Book Review, Emtricitabine

* HIV Nutrition Update Issue 48- Subjects: CLA, Vitamin Supplements, Lexiva, Resource Corner

Updated and Reformatted Pages:

* General Health Information

* Newsletters, Magazines And Manuals

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Fatty Acids And Heart Disease

Recent information adds to the wealth of knowledge on fatty acids published in various issues of the HIV ReSource Review and HIV Nutrition Update. In the July/Aug 2001 HIV Nutrition Update, Mary Enig, PhD noted that lauric acid, a saturated fatty acid, has antiviral activity and may reduce the viral load in HIV patients.

HIV infection is now commonly associated with an increased risk of heart
disease. As noted in Have Fat Will Travel Part One (by Chester D. Myers, PhD in the HIV ReSource Review Nov/Dec 1998 issue), metabolic disturbances in HIV disease include 'futile cycling' of fatty acids. In 1998, Carr and others noted high cholesterol levels associated with HIV protease inhibitors. 

Mujawar and others recently noted that HIV-1 replication depends on cholesterol. These researchers studied the effects of HIV infection on cellular cholesterol metabolism. Study results reveal that HIV infection of macrophages may contribute to increased risk of atherosclerosis in HIV-infected patients.

In the March/April 2004  and the May/June 2004 HIV Nutrition Update, John
Babish PhD discussed Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), a group of
polyunsaturated fatty acids, and presented an overview of the potential for CLA supplementation in HIV. 

To research any of these topics further visit PubMed Central.

References

* Carr A and others. A Syndrome Of Peripheral Lipodystrophy,
Hyperlipidemia And Insulin Resistance In Patients Receiving HIV Protease
Inhibitors. AIDS. 1998; 12:F51-F58.

* Mujawar and others. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Impairs Reverse
Cholesterol Transport from Macrophages. PLoS Biol. 2006 November; 4(11):
e365. Published online 2006 October 31. Abstract

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HIV Nutrition Handout Number Six

This week the focus is on reproducible handout number six. Resources For
Positive Women is a resource tool for women living with HIV. It may be
downloaded for low literacy readers or for higher reading levels. Version Two uses less black ink during printing. The handout includes a list of books, nutrition resources, web site links and organizations useful for women. 

This reproducible tool was last revised in March 2005. To date, the only
information that is no longer available is Numedx Journals and Tufts
University Nutrition Navigator. As noted in the handout, Web Site pages do change and going to the 'root address' of non-working links often leads to the information noted. The Web Site address for Project Inform is the root address. Under the section Online Nutrition Resources, readers may go to the root address of HIVdent and AIDS Project Los Angeles to find the information they seek. 

AEGIS is found at two Web Site domain names. For some reason, when checked, the Web Site address for people recently diagnosed did not respond. Information for people recently diagnosed is available at http://www.aegis.org/topics/dayone/. Resources For Positive Women remains a valuable source of information despite these Web Site changes.

These reproducibles may be updated providing a copy of the changes are forwarded to HIV ReSources.

Visit the HIV ReSources Reproducibles main access web page. In order to view the reproducible materials, you must have the Adobe Acrobat Free Reader installed on your computer. To download the Reader for free visit Adobe.

1/9/06 - The HIV ReSources Web Site is updated.

New Pages:

* Nutrition Consult Communication Form- Reproducible in PDF

Updated and Reformatted Pages:

* Weight Loss And Wasting

* Learn About HIV/AIDS

* HIV Information Links

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European Nutrition Conference

Visit the European Nutrition Conference Web Site. The conference will be held in Paris this summer. For more information telephone: +33 (0)1 41 06 67 70, or fax : +33 (0)1 41 06 67 79. 

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HIV Nutrition Handout Number Five

This week the focus is on one of our resources designed to improve communication between the doctor and nutritionist. Reproducible tool number five offers a lengthy list of risk factors that can affect nutritional status. The Nutrition Consult Communication Form is a client nutritional assessment tool designed and refined with the help of numerous organizations. Health care professionals will find it most useful as it documents the findings of a patient nutritional assessment.

This reproducible tool was last revised in March 2005 and remains up-to-date. If new research or information warrants changes, these reproducibles may be updated providing a copy of the changes are forwarded to HIV ReSources.

Visit the HIV ReSources Reproducibles main access web page. In order to view the reproducible materials, you must have the Adobe Acrobat Free Reader installed on your computer. To download the Reader for free visit Adobe. 

1/2/07 - The HIV ReSources Web Site is updated.

New Pages:

* Nutritional Risk Checklist- Handout in PDF

* Highlights: Nutritional Risk Checklist- Handout in PDF

Updated and Reformatted Pages:

* Nutrition Related Issues

* Networking, Toll Free Numbers And Resources

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HIV Nutrition Handout Number Four

This week the focus is on handout number four of the HIV ReSources
Reproducibles series. It is a client nutritional assessment and
educational tool titled the Nutritional Risk Checklist. The checklist
was designed and refined with the help of numerous organizations. It may
be downloaded for low literacy readers or for higher reading levels.

This reproducible tool was last revised in March 2005 and remains up-to-date. If new research or information warrants changes, these reproducibles may be updated providing a copy of the changes are forwarded to HIV ReSources.

Visit the HIV ReSources Reproducibles main access web page. In order to view the reproducible materials, you must have the Adobe Acrobat Free Reader installed on your computer. To download the Reader for free visit Adobe.