NUTRITION FOR PERSONS INFECTED WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS

摘要

An enteral nutritional product for persons infected with humanimmunodeficiency virus contains a soy protein hydrolysate having a molecularweight partition, as determined by size exclusion chromatography, wherein30-60% of the particles have a molecular weight in the range of 1500-5000Daltons. The nutritional product also contains a source of intact protein.The nutritional product has a ratio, by weight, of n-6 to n-3 fatty acids ofabout 1.3:1 to 2.5:1. Enteral nutritional support of a person infected withhuman immunodeficiency virus may be provided by including this enteralnutritional product in the infected person's diet. Apoptosis of CD4 cells ina person infected with human immunodeficiency virus may be impeded by feedingthe infected person this enteral nutritional product.