Pt. I. Nutrition and HIV. 1. A New Model for Treatment. 2. Understanding the Process of Wasting -- Pt. II. What You Can Do for Yourself. 3. Starting Your Own Assessment. 4. Vitamins, Minerals, and Trace Elements. 5. Other Supplements That Enhance Immune Response. 6. Improving Your Appetite. 7. Improving Your Environment. 8. Sex, Drugs, and Exercise -- Epilogue: Your Personal Program -- Pt. III. What You Can Do with Your Doctor. 9. Choosing a Doctor. 10. Understanding Your Health Care Plan. 11. Monitoring Your Nutrition. 12. The Wasting Syndrome. 13. Fighting the Virus. 14. Secondary Infections. 15. Special Problems. 16. Joining Studies. 17. Women and HIV. 18. What to Do: Algorithms for Care -- Pt. IV. Taking Charge: How to Direct Your Own Healing. 19. Taking Charge of Your Medical Care. 20. Feeding the Soul -- App. I. 1993 CDC Criteria for a Diagnosis of AIDS -- App. II. Diet Diary and Nutritional Assessment Form -- App. III. List of Caloric Values.

App. IV. Vitamin Supplementation Sources -- App. V. Types of Studies to Evaluate Drug Effects -- App. VI. HIV Flow Sheet -- App. VII. Recommended Schedules for Prophylaxis of Infection -- App. VIII. HIV Intake Physical -- App. IX. Buyers' Clubs and Information Sources -- App. X. Partial List of Feeding Programs -- App. XI. Water Safety -- App. XII. Antiretrovirogram: Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors.