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Chester Myers' Nutrition Series

HIV & Nutrition: Some Recommended Monographs

Charlie Cmigelski, RD

  • Nutritional Solutions For Managing Diarrhea - 4 pages
  • Supplementation list with "More Nutrition Supplements to Know About" - 3 pages
  • EatUp! (available from Nutrition for Life - Eat Up!, Tufts University Medical School, 136 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA 02111-9927) - 55 pages
  • articles in Nutrition for Life (from Tufts University) - periodical

Diana Davis-Kelly, LDN, RD

1. Enhancing the Immune System Through Diet & Nutrition Supplementation Program - 18 pages
- Nutrition and the Immune System
- The Ten Principles to Enhance your Immune System
- Defensive Nourishment Tips
- Nutritional Therapy Checklist .. Nutritional Stores
- Therapeutic Use of Nutrients
2. Shop with Supermarket Immune Smarts© - 18 pages
- "Supermarket Smarts" Shopping List
- Eating Out with Your Health in Mind
- Superunleaded Immune Mini-Meal or Snacks .. EA-ZY MEALS
- Advance Planning
3. Nutritional Alchemy© - 6 pages

Jennifer Jensen, MS, RD (** articles reprinted from Being Alive's Newsletter)
  • Anyone for Another Dozen Pills? - 4 pages
  • Nutrition Power: Priorities and Protein** - 2 pages
  • Diarrhea and What You Can Do About It - 1 page
  • Diarrhea - 2 pages
  • What about Dairy?/More About Dairy - 2 pages
  • Body Weight Basics/Body Weight Specifics - 2 pages
  • Your Weight-Gain Program - 2 pages
  • Mouth Care - 2 pages
  • Nutrition Power: Modern Food Safety** - 2 pages
  • Nutrition Power: Controlling Wasting & Tasting** - 2 pages
  • Nutrition Power: Disaster Nutrition - 2 pages
  • Upside-Down Nutrition** - 2 pages
  • Antioxidants -- Still Worthy** - 2 pages

Lark Lands, MS, Ph.D. (these should be dated February, 1994 or later)
  • The Ten Commandments of Living Long and Well with HIV - 2 pages
  • HIV Treatment Strategy, Overview - 2 pages
  • HIV Treatment Strategy, Part I: Dietary Guidelines - 9 pages
  • HIV Treatment Strategy, Part II: Therapeutic Basics - 21 pages
  • HIV Treatment Strategy, Part II-A: Core List of Nutrients - 2 pages
  • HIV Treatment Strategy, Part III: Drug Information - 2 pages
  • HIV Treatment Strategy, Part III-A: Interleukin-2 - 3 pages
  • HIV Treatment Strategy, Part III-B: New Antiviral Possibilities - 2 pages
  • HIV Treatment Strategy, Part IV-A: OIs and Symptoms
  • Diarrhea in HIV Infection, Possible Causes, Diagnostic Techniques, and Therapies - 12 pages
  • HIV Treatment Strategy, Part V: Preventing Body Decline and Internal Damage in People Living with HIV - 10 pages
  • Choosing and Purchasing Supplements - Quality vs Cost - 2 pages
  • Eliminating Symptoms and Slowing Disease Progression: The Synergism of Complementary Therapies and Aggressive Medical Management - 3 pages
  • Nutrient Supplementation Needs in HIV Infection - 10 pages
  • Glutamine (excerpt from book "Positively Well: ...") - 5 pages

Chester Myers, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Series: Information relating to HIV & Nutrition
  • HIV & Diet revisited - 9 pages
  • HIV & Dietary Supplements revisited - 6 pages
  • HIV & Nutrients revisited - 5 pages
  • HIV & Copper and Zinc revisited - 11 pages
  • HIV & Cysteine revisited - 5 pages
  • HIV & Carnitine - 3 pages
  • HIV & Vitamin B12 - 9 pages
  • HIV & The Gut - 13 pages
  • HIV & Liquid Food Supplements - 18 pages
  • HIV & Use of Acetaminophen medications - 8 pages
  • References for HIV & Nutrition, Vol 1 and Vol 2 - 47 pages
  • Vol 3 as Reference Manager database

Chester Myers, M.Sc., Ph.D.
  • Monitoring the Numbers from your Lab Work - 2 pages
  • Serum Triglycerides and the Fat that we Eat - 4 pages
  • Opportunistic Infections - listing of categories - 2 pages
  • Supplementation - Option or Necessity ?? - 4 pages
  • Vitamin & Mineral Supplementation .. A Start - 2 pages
  • A Possible Vitamin/Mineral Supplementation Program for those living with HIV/AIDS - 4 pages
  • Is a Deficiency of Cysteine, an Amino Acid, one of the Sources of Wasting in HIV Infection? - 5 pages
  • Carnitine - 4 pages
  • HIV/AIDS and Nutrition - Commentary re Proof-Type Studies - 9 pages
  • Miscellaneous Notes regarding HIV & Nutrition - 15 pages
  • PML - Yet Another Manifestation of B12 Deficiency ?? - 1 page
  • Possible Pitfalls Regarding Advice given about Nutrition & HIV - 20 pages
  • Primum non nocere - first do no harm - 8 pages
  • Food Safety - 8 pages
  • "Exercise" - 1 page
  • Vitamin/Mineral Supplementation & HIV/AIDS FOOD ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH - 4 pages
  • Zinc Supplementation in HIV/AIDS - 2 pages

Conference Reports
  • Until There is a Cure IV: Surviving HIV Through Knowledge and Self-Empowerment - 16 pages
  • 1993 Western Pharmacy Education Faire by the California Pharmacists Association Educational Foundation - 9 pages
  • 1994 Third Intern'l Conference on Nutrition and AIDS (Philadelphia) - 17 pages
  • 1995 Intern'l Conference on HIV & Nutrition (Cannes, France) - in preparation

Articles published in Canadian AIDS News
  • What some medical studies and health practitioners leave out - 1992
  • The "ins and outs" of food supplements and HIV disease - 1992
  • Dr. Myers replies (to letters to the editor) - 1993
  • Staying up-to-date with nutrition information for PLWHIV/AIDS - 1993
  • More questions than answers around nutritional effects of HIV on women and men - 1993
  • Good advice on nutrition helps maintain quality of life - 1993
  • Tuberculosis raises nutrition-related issues in HIV disease - 1994
  • Is Dementia Curable? - 1995
  • Is proof of efficacy needed in order to feed starving people? - 1996
  • Supplementation on Initial Diagnosis of HIV Infection - 1997

Articles published in The Positive Side
  • Food Supplements - 1992
  • Vitamins: B12 - 1992
  • Oral Health, You and your Gut (3 parts) - 1993
  • Taking Supplements: Cysteine may help keep your immune system healthy - 1993
  • Eating Well is the best Defense - 1993
  • About Nutritional Advice - 1993/94
  • Healthy Eating: good news and bad views - 1994
  • HIV/AIDS and Nutrition - Where are we going?
  • Serum Triglycerides - And the fat that we eat - 1996

Pamphlets written for AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT)
  • What about Antioxidants?
  • What about Diarrhea?
  • What about Vitamins?
  • Some Things about Digestion
  • You and Your Food

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The above monographs may be available from:
AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT)
399 Church Street
Toronto, Ontario M5B 2J6

Toronto PWA Foundation
399 Church Street, 2nd floor
Toronto, Ontario M5B 2J6

Community AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE)
555 Richmond Street West
Suite 505
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3B1

email: info@catie.ca

Supplements Plus
451 Church Street
Toronto, Ontario M4Y 2C5

AIDS Committee of Guelph and Wellington County
265 Woolwich Street
Guelph, Ontario N1H 3V8

Additional Miscellaneous Monographs
Fad Diets and Practices - C. Myers, 1991 (about some potentially dangerous aspects of some fad diets)
Open Memo (& subsequent correspondence) - C. Myers, 1993/4 (regarding certain misinformed advice)
Notes re SST Treatment and HIV infection AND Indications for Requirements of Nutritional Support - C. Myers, 1991
Pigments and Antioxidants - C. Myers, 1991 (about some potentially helpful compounds in vegetables and fruits)
Peroxide and Ozone Treatments - C. Myers, 1991 (warnings about potential dangers)
Review of Chinese Herbs' contents - C. Myers, 1991 (lists some known components beneficial for health and to help in states of disease)
The AIDS Scenario (a schematic) - J. Jensen, L. Lands, C. Myers, 1994 (logical results of cysteine deficiency, gut deterioration, and oxidation stress)
Where do we need action (memo) - C. Myers, 1991(still relevant comments re some needed community action)

Author, Chester Myers, holds both honours B.Sc. and M.Sc. (1969) degrees in physical chemistry from Dalhousie University, and a Ph.D. (1975) from the University of Toronto (biophysical chemistry) where he investigated the mechanism of action of one of the digestive enzymes. In addition to publishing in the scientific literature and having authored several patents, he has written extensively on topics regarding health and HIV. The latter include articles in The Positive Side, Canadian AIDS News, and monographs available from the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT), the Community AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE), and various other organizations.

Disclaimer:
The material in this publication is for information purposes only. It does not endorse any particular treatment program nor strategy; neither is it intended as medical advice nor as a replacement for medical advice.

©This document is copyrighted by Chester Myers. All materials may be reprinted and/or distributed without prior permission. However, reprints may not be edited.

March 1997
Last modified on: 09/15/2004

 

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