But if you carefully mix healthy, high calorie, nutrient-dense food, you may actually make it to a pound of weight gain. Still, if you need fast calories, fat will get you there faster than any other food type. So, if you happen to need 5000 calories in a hurry, these non-health foods may be your best body booster. One of our greatest sources of nutrient-dense fat is nuts. The other high fat foods good for HIV are avocados, olives, and coconuts.
Preferred oils are from olives, canola, and coconuts.
There's nothing terribly wrong with fat, especially if we need to gain weight, but if you're like me, you can't take in too much at a time. Then it's back to the pasta and maybe a heavy dose of appetite stimulants and occasional digestive distress. If poor digestion and malabsorption get bad enough, meal sizes may have to get smaller, and meal frequency increased. Don't eat three big meals a day-eat six or seven smaller ones. This technique will usually help with any pain associated with malabsorption, and that's about as bad as fat gets.