How to Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle with HIV

HIGHLIGHTS:

Alter your lifestyle to stay healthy with HIV
Change your eating habits and stay active
Stay up to date with your vaccines
Take the help of yoga and meditation for faster recovery

It becomes essential for an HIV-positive person to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Because HIV also invites mental health disorders if it is not managed properly.

Here are some ways to make changes in your lifestyle to stay healthy.

Alter you Lifestyle

1) Eat Healthy

There are a number of drugs that an HIV-positive person takes, thus increasing the chances of its side effects. Eating proper food will ensure to reduce these side effects.

Always consult your doctor before following any diet. In general, you can take food that is rich in nutrients. Such as nuts and seeds, lean meats, fatty fish, beans and lentils.

Apart from this, there are many food items which can worsen your condition like seafood, raw egg, dairy products etc. Hence it is important to follow the diet recommended by the doctor.

2) Stay Active

Exercising regularly will improve your mood and ultimately reduce your health problems. Like high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease etc.

Taking the time daily to do a little exercise will improve your strength and reduce your risk of depression and anxiety. You don’t need to do heavy exercise but light exercise like walking, and cycling for 30 to 60 minutes a day will be healthy.

3) Take vaccination from Time to Time

The process of rapid recovery is taking medicines and vaccines in time. Because vaccines are very important in HIV and a little delay can make the virus worse. So follow a regular routine of taking vaccines to avoid serious complications of the infection.

Summing Up

It is important to stay positive and look on the bright side of life while going through tough times. For that, you can do yoga and meditation to feel light and calm. As long as you feel good inside, your chances of recovery are high.

Here at AAF, we create a strong community where everyone is accepted and can talk openly about their issues is what we at AAF strive to build.

AAF director and famous Aashiqui actress Anu dedicated her time and life to creating a healthy and heartfelt society for HIV-positive people through her positivity sessions and helping them in shaping their mental health.

To book, your sessions and for more information contact us at anu@anuaggarwalfoundation.org.