Exercise can provide both physical and mental benefits for people living with HIV, The Sacramento Bee reports (sacbee.com, 5/13).
According to the article, many HIV-positive people begin exercise regimens or endurance training in order to boost their immune systems and help fight off illness.
Studies have also shown that exercise can help manage symptoms of metabolic syndrome, which increases a person’s risk for heart disease and diabetes. It can also lead to improved circulation and nervous-system function in people living with HIV.
The article also reports on the psychological benefits of exercise.
“For me, the effects are more psychological than biochemical,” Bob Katz, a member of an HIV-positive cycling club in California, told The Sacramento Bee. “Having a sense of self-worth, feeling comfortable in your body, is something exercising will do.”
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rosetta, Buffalo, 2008-05-19 10:12:37
what is good for the body of a negative person is really important to those of us striving to be healthier with HIV/AIDS. It doesn't take millions of dollars of research to figure that out...oh yeah especially all this smoking and HIV attention...dah...is smoking good for anyone....this "research is a waste of money" it just kills me that funding for supporting services are cut, yet money is wasted on what most people already know about good health.......
"I'm HIV positive and diabetic (as well as have high cholesterol) and some of my meds specify taking them with 'high fat foods' which I have to do twice a day. I've eaten as healthy as possible, but when it comes to high fat foods, I am in a quandary...about what to eat sometimes..."
