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Can Boost Be Substituted By Ensure For An HIV Positive Person?

I HAVE SOMEONE AM SUPPORTING IN AFRICA WHO IS HIV POSITIVE, HE WAS REALLY WASTED DUE TO POOR NUTRITION, I SENT HIM BOOST NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS AND NOW HE IS STARTING TO GAIN WEIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY BOOST IS NOT FOUND BACK THERE, CAN I BUY HIM ENSURE AND BTWN THE TWO WHICH ON EIS BETTER
Mon, 1 Oct 2018
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Hi,

Nice to know that your assistance or help for the person suffering from HIV from Africa helped him to gain weight with Boost nutritional supplements.

Surely yes, Ensure should help him and thus send him the supplements as soon as possible and also ask him to monitor the weight and circumference of the abdomen, mid-thigh and mid-arm to know the progress.

Also, advise him to go for natural foods like sprouts of all sorts as these are cheap yet very natural and the best source of proteins. He needs balanced carbohydrates, lipids as well as proteins to have the best effect. Hence, add foods and additives which includes all. Your consultation with Nutritionist can help you the most. Great to know, go ahead.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. T Chandrakant,
General Surgeon
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Can Boost Be Substituted By Ensure For An HIV Positive Person?

Hi, Nice to know that your assistance or help for the person suffering from HIV from Africa helped him to gain weight with Boost nutritional supplements. Surely yes, Ensure should help him and thus send him the supplements as soon as possible and also ask him to monitor the weight and circumference of the abdomen, mid-thigh and mid-arm to know the progress. Also, advise him to go for natural foods like sprouts of all sorts as these are cheap yet very natural and the best source of proteins. He needs balanced carbohydrates, lipids as well as proteins to have the best effect. Hence, add foods and additives which includes all. Your consultation with Nutritionist can help you the most. Great to know, go ahead. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. T Chandrakant, General Surgeon