Diet and Nutrition

Dietary Supplement Keeps Immune System Balanced in HIV Patients

Published in AIDS Weekly, October 16th, 2000

Patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who receive a daily dose of a dietary supplement can boost their levels of glutathione - a nutrient essential for proper functioning of the immune system, Stanford researchers have found.

Restoring glutathione levels to those found in healthy people may help HIV infected patients fight the AIDS-causing virus and fend off other diseases, the researchers say.

"The importance here is that glutathione is a central component of all cells, and glutathione deficiency is associated with poor prognosis in many, many diseases," said Leonore (Lee) Herzenberg, PhD, professor of genetics. She is...

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