{"id":19339,"date":"2022-03-26T17:29:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T17:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=19339"},"modified":"2022-03-26T17:29:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T17:29:06","slug":"do-i-have-to-change-my-lifestyle-now-that-i-am-hiv-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/19339","title":{"rendered":"Do I have to change my lifestyle now that I am HIV positive?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, how are you doing?<\/p>\n

It is great that TLD is working well for you and that you are not experiencing any weird side effects.<\/p>\n

Taking care of your health is important regardless of your HIV status. Also, being HIV positive should not stop you doing what you enjoy in life. There needs to be a balance between what can negatively impact your life and what you get enjoyment from.<\/p>\n

Why has it been a conscious decision to start eating more? Being HIV positive does not require a greater intake of food than someone who is HIV negative. Like with all food, it is best that it is a balanced diet but there is no requirement to have more unless you want to.<\/p>\n

Your alcohol consumption is within a healthy limit and you are drinking a good amount of water. Like with everything, it would be recommended to cut down or quit on smoking. This is more a matter of how smoking effects your health overall rather than anything HIV specific.<\/p>\n

Living a healthy life with HIV is just like doing the same without HIV. Eat well, exercise, don’t over indulge and enjoy it. This is a link to the i-base healthy lifestyle guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Josh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am 24. I have been on TLD regimen for one week exactly. I haven’t had any weird side effects, just my normal anxiety and insomnia. I’ve been eating way more, which was a conscious decision. I still smoke about 15 cigarettes a day and half a joint per day. I had like 7 units of alcohol during this and drink about two litres of water per day. <\/p>\n

Can anyone on this ART share their long term experience and daily habits and any possible side effects, which their lifestyle might have contributed to? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,28,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-newly-diagnosed","category-starting-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}