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6:00 am: TB meds

8:00 am: arv: zido/lami

HIV promotes a strong and destructive Pro-oxidant state within the body.  This Oxidative state produces stress that can damage cells and tissue in the body.  Since we are on the subject of nutrition, I should mention a food that can help.  Grapes!  Grapes not only have a full assortment of nutritional value, including; Vitamins B12 and C, Selenium, Zinc and Resveratrol, as well as much more.  But it also acts as a powerful Antioxidant, thus reducing cell and tissue damage.  In-fact to illustrate some of the power of grapes, there is something called the French Paradox.  Researchers have found that the French regularly eat more animal fat, which has been linked to greater chances of disease, such as Heart Disease.  The Paradox comes in when the French maintain a low incidence of Heart Disease.  This is primarily believed to be due to their high consumption of red wine and the Resveratrol in it.  Resveratrol is currently being researched as alternative treatments for cancer and HIV for its potent qualities.  It is believed to work by halting both cancer and HIV from progressing and replicating, and even is believed to induce cell death within cancer cells.

Back in the 1920’s, Johanna Brandt, an immigrant from South Africa, developed what she called, a cure, derived from grapes.  It was shortly titled, the Brandt Grape Cure, and it was believe to cure both cancer and reverse HIV, through it potent Antioxidant, detoxifying and nutritional properties.  Though the cure has been ridiculed as being a hoax, it is only now that some of the many properties of grapes are getting a second look, as we are discovering some of its potential in the area of fighting diseases.   This treatment starts off by cutting all other foods from your diet before going on a 12 hour water fast.  After 12 hours, you casually consume grapes (preferably concord or purple grapes, with the skin and seeds intact) over the next 12 hours as well as your drinking water accordingly.  Afterwards, you start the process over again until healthy.

The theory is, the fasting puts your body into a more starved state as well as the infected cells, then when you eat the grapes, the disease fighting qualities of the grapes are what the diseases themselves get instead.  It is important to note that the skin and seeds should be intact and the grapes themselves, fresh and unprocessed, as that’s where a majority of these nutrients come from.

8:00 pm: arv: zido/lami, efav. Prophylaxis: Cotrimoxazole