BACKGROUND

The AIDS pandemic is so serious as to likely to become the greatest catastrophe in human history. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that is thought to lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in humans in which the immune system fails, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections. However, there are some anomalies that strongly suggest that this conventional wisdom is incorrect and that belief in it is blocking progress in the development of new treatments for AIDS and of novel ways of preventing its spread.

According to the latest work on AIDS by Dr. Harold Foster, AIDS patients are very deficient in four nutrients: selenium, cysteine, glutamine and tryptophan. His research published in Reversing AIDS and Preventing Recurrence indicates that replenishing these nutrients can stop or reverse AIDS, and in some cases possibly prevent its recurrence.

ORTHOMOLECULAR APPROACH

Dr. Harold Foster's research demonstrates that as HIV-1 replicates it removes selenium, cysteine, glutamine and tryptophan from seropositive individuals. 

Orthomolecular treatment of HIV and AIDS could therefore include the use of the following supplements:

Glutathione

Glutathione peroxidase 

Selenium 

Cysteine 

Glutamine 

Tryptophan

* A customized program must be developed by an orthomolecular practitioner

REFERENCES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Articles and Resources

Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, October 25, 2007. NUTRIENTS BOOST NATURAL ANTI-RETROVIRAL ENZYME IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS.  http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v03n09.shtml

Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, April 26, 2006. AIDS MAY BE A COMBINATION OF NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES: HIV Depletes Body of Selenium and Three Amino Acids. http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v02n03.shtml

Foster, H.D. (2002). What Really Causes AIDS. Victoria: Trafford Publishing. (Full text, free download at http://www.hdfoster.com/WhatReallyCausesAIDS.pdf ) 

Foster, H.D. (2004). How HIV-1 causes AIDS: Implications for prevention and treatment. Medical Hypotheses, 62, 549-553.

Hickey S and Saul AW. Vitamin C: The Real Story. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Pub, 2008.

Hoffer A and Saul AW. Orthomolecular Medicine for Everyone. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Pub, 2008.