AIDS

Understanding HIV and AIDS

With December 1 as World Aids Day, knowledge about the disease is promoted as the number one way of controlling and preventing this terrible disease. Every year thousands of people are diagnosed with AIDS-there is about 4,500 of them in Canada alone diagnosed with HIV. HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus and it is the virus that actually causes AIDS.

Reishi, "Mushroom of Immortality"

<meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.4 (Win32)" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> In regards to alternative medicine, the Reishi mushroom is something to behold. Once used only by an elite few in Japan, these mushrooms are now starting to be recognized worldwide for their many amazing healing abilities. This mushroom is sometimes called the “mushroom of immortality” as well as the “medicine of kings”. </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="comment_add first"><a href="/blog/comment/reply/8359#comment-form" title="Add a new comment to this page.">Add new comment</a></li> <li class="node_read_more last"><a href="/blog/reishi_mushroom_immortality" title="Read the rest of Reishi, "Mushroom of Immortality".">Read more</a></li> </ul> <div class="big_links"> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=www.is.gd/lPdkqG+Reishi%2C+%22Mushroom+of+Immortality%22+%23Nutrition+News+%23cancer+%23heart+disease+%23detox+%23sleep+%23relaxation+%23disease+%23toxins+%23immune+boost+%23reishi+mushrroms+%23AIDS" class="tweet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tweet!</a><a href="/blog/rss.xml" class="blog_rss">Subscribe to Astro</a> </div> </div></div> <!-- /node-inner, /node --> </div> <!-- Commenting out the RSS icon so it won't show up on the homepage. --> </div></div> <!-- /#content-inner, /#content --> <div id="sidebar-right"><div id="sidebar-right-inner" class="region region-right"> <div id="block-astro_ebook-0" class="block block-astro_ebook region-odd odd region-count-1 count-1"><div class="block-inner"> <h2 class="title">Nutrition & Health Guide</h2> <div class="content"> <div class='konafilter'><p>Learn how to shed pounds and lead a healthy and nutritious lifestyle with Astro Nutrition's acclaimed Weight Loss Tips. <strong>Get your FREE copy of the Astro Easy Weight Loss eBook by signing up.</strong></p><form action="https://app.icontact.com/icp/signup.php" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post" id="icpsignup4435"> <div><input type="hidden" name="redirect" id="edit-redirect" value="http://astronutrition.com/blog/thankyou" /> <input type="hidden" name="errorredirect" id="edit-errorredirect" value="http://astronutrition.com/blog/error" /> <input type="hidden" name="listid" id="edit-listid" value="53023" /> <input type="hidden" name="specialid:53023" id="edit-specialid:53023" value="TX8Q" /> <input type="hidden" name="clientid" id="edit-clientid" value="248744" /> <input type="hidden" name="formid" id="edit-formid" value="4435" /> <input type="hidden" name="reallistid" id="edit-reallistid" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="doubleopt" id="edit-doubleopt" value="1" /> <div class="form-item" id="edit-fields-fullname-wrapper"> <label for="edit-fields-fullname">Your Name...: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="128" name="fields_fullname" id="edit-fields-fullname" size="60" value="" class="form-text required" /> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-fields-email-wrapper"> <label for="edit-fields-email">Your Email Address...: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="128" name="fields_email" id="edit-fields-email" size="60" value="" class="form-text required" /> </div> <input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" id="form-e0ae31d09aed6080d54e9bd7ec55509c" value="form-e0ae31d09aed6080d54e9bd7ec55509c" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" id="edit-icpsignup4435" value="icpsignup4435" /> <input type="image" name="submit" value="Submit" id="edit-submit" class="form-submit" src="/blog/sites/all/modules/astro_ebook/images/weight_loss_guide_submit_button.png" /> </div></form> </div><!--/.konafilter --><script type="text/javascript"> var icpForm4435 = document.getElementById('icpsignup4435'); if (document.location.protocol === "https:") icpForm4435.action = "https://app.icontact.com/icp/signup.php"; function verifyRequired4435() { if (icpForm4435["fields_fullname"].value == "") { icpForm4435["fields_fullname"].focus(); alert("The Full Name field is required."); return false; } if (icpForm4435["fields_email"].value == "") { icpForm4435["fields_email"].focus(); alert("The Email field is required."); return false; } return true; } </script> </div> </div></div> <!-- /block-inner, /block --> <div id="block-views-astro_tweets-block2" class="block block-views region-even even region-count-2 count-2"><div class="block-inner"> <h2 class="title">Recent Tweets</h2> <div class="content"> <div class="view view-astro-tweets view-id-astro_tweets view-display-id-block2 view-dom-id-1"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <span class="views-field-text"> <span class="field-content">Snacks in particular can be made in advance as a means of keeping you from overindulging... <a href="http://t.co/hT1aHtBb" title="http://t.co/hT1aHtBb">http://t.co/hT1aHtBb</a></span> </span> <span class="views-field-created-time"> <span class="field-content"><em>7 weeks 2 days</em> ago</span> </span> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <span class="views-field-text"> <span class="field-content">For weight loss, primrose oil also has much to offer... <a href="http://t.co/WNzsseLl" title="http://t.co/WNzsseLl">http://t.co/WNzsseLl</a></span> </span> <span class="views-field-created-time"> <span class="field-content"><em>7 weeks 6 days</em> ago</span> </span> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <span class="views-field-text"> <span class="field-content">For those seeking to maintain lean muscle mass and to build muscle bulk, Glutamine is a perfect supplement... <a href="http://t.co/Vfq3wH98" title="http://t.co/Vfq3wH98">http://t.co/Vfq3wH98</a></span> </span> <span class="views-field-created-time"> <span class="field-content"><em>8 weeks 3 hours</em> ago</span> </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="view-footer"> <a class="twitter-follow" href="http://twitter.com/AstroNutrition">Follow me on Twitter</a> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <!-- /block-inner, /block --> <div id="block-views-featured_sites-block_1" class="block block-views region-odd odd region-count-3 count-3"><div class="block-inner"> <h2 class="title">Featured Sites</h2> <div class="content"> <div class="view view-featured-sites view-id-featured_sites view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-2"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field-field-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="http://astronutrition.com" target="_blank">AstroNutrition</a></span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="http://astrosupplements.com" target="_blank">Vitamins and Nutrition Supplements UK</a></span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="http://astronutrition.com/blog/advertise" target="_blank">Get Featured Here!</a></span> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <!-- /block-inner, /block --> <div id="block-astro_extras-4" class="block block-astro_extras region-even even region-count-4 count-4"><div class="block-inner"> <h2 class="title">Top Commentators</h2> <div class="content"> <ul id="top_commentators"><li><a href="/blog/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brian Kinkade</a> (8)</li><li><a href="/blog/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Bill Leighty</a> (8)</li><li><a href="/blog/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Michelle</a> (8)</li><li><a href="/blog/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Debbie Drummond</a> (8)</li><li><a href="/blog/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kevin Koitz</a> (8)</li><li><a href="/blog/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Erica</a> (7)</li><li><a href="/blog/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nancy Braun</a> (5)</li><li><a href="/blog/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Doebler</a> (5)</li><li><a href="/blog/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Michelle Sterling</a> (5)</li><li><a href="/blog/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Dennis DeSouza</a> (5)</li></ul> </div> </div></div> <!-- /block-inner, /block --> <div id="block-astro_extras-2" class="block block-astro_extras region-odd odd region-count-5 count-5"><div class="block-inner"> <div class="content"> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php/en_US"></script><script type="text/javascript">FB.init("da5ad4e7d6aaeff0f69c8c9c2b064147");</script><fb:fan profile_id="65791562802" stream="" connections="10" width="300"></fb:fan> </div> </div></div> <!-- /block-inner, /block --> <div id="block-block-13" class="block block-block region-even even region-count-6 count-6"><div class="block-inner"> <h2 class="title">Foodie Blog Roll</h2> <div class="content"> <p><a title="The Foodie Blog Roll" href="http://www.foodieblogroll.com" target="_blank"> <img src="http://widget.foodieblogroll.com?BlogID=13023&styleID=1&wp=1" border="0" alt="The Foodie Blog Roll" /> </a></p> </div> </div></div> <!-- /block-inner, /block --> </div></div> <!-- /#sidebar-right-inner, /#sidebar-right --> </div></div></div> <!-- /#main-inner, /#main, /#main-outer --> <div id="footer-outer"><div id="footer"><div id="footer-inner" class="region region-footer"> <div id="block-astro_extras-1" class="block block-astro_extras region-odd even region-count-1 count-10"><div class="block-inner"> <h2 class="title">Categories</h2> <div class="content"> <div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first"><a href="/blog/keywords/weight_loss">weight loss</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/keywords/diet">diet</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/keywords/exercise">exercise</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/keywords/stress">stress</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/keywords/cancer">cancer</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/keywords/vitamins">vitamins</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/keywords/fitness">fitness</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/keywords/vegetables">vegetables</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/keywords/disease">disease</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/keywords/antioxidants">antioxidants</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/keywords/health">health</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/keywords/fruit">fruit</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/keywords/muscle">muscle</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/keywords/anxiety">anxiety</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/keywords/skin">skin</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/keywords/protein">protein</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/keywords/energy">energy</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/keywords/digestion">digestion</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/keywords/calories">calories</a></li> <li><a href="/blog/keywords/dieting">dieting</a></li> <li class="last"><a href="/blog/keywords/cholesterol">cholesterol</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div></div> <!-- /block-inner, /block --> <div id="footer-columns"> <div id="footer-left"><div id="footer-left-inner" class="region region-footer-left"> <div id="block-views-recent_comments-block_1" class="block block-views region-odd odd region-count-1 count-15"><div class="block-inner"> <h2 class="title">Recent Comments</h2> <div class="content"> <div class="view view-recent-comments view-id-recent_comments view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-5"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <span class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Anisah:</span> </span> <span class="views-field-subject"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/blog/3_benefits_eating_olive_oil#comment-29119">The benefit of olives was written in the quran centuries ago!! :)</a></span> </span> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <span class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Anonymous:</span> </span> <span class="views-field-subject"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/blog/sauna_good_you#comment-29109">nice</a></span> </span> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <span class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Anonymous:</span> </span> <span class="views-field-subject"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/blog/shop_astronutrition#comment-29108">I ordered my package arouns 3 weeks ago and still nothing. I complained and asked for another to be sent but "Paulina"...</a></span> </span> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even views-row-last"> <span class="views-field-name"> <span class="field-content">Michael:</span> </span> <span class="views-field-subject"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/blog/spider_bites#comment-29091">Are Black House spiders similar to black widow spiders. I have read many posts about black widow spiders but this is...</a></span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <!-- /block-inner, /block --> </div></div> <!-- /#footer-left-inner, /#footer-left --> <div id="footer-right"><div id="footer-right-inner" class="region region-footer-right"> <div id="block-views-blogroll-block_1" class="block block-views region-odd even region-count-1 count-16"><div class="block-inner"> <h2 class="title">Blogroll</h2> <div class="content"> <div class="view view-blogroll view-id-blogroll view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-7"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field-field-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="http://aspenbloomnutrition.com/" target="_blank">Aspenbloom Pet Care</a></span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="http://iportion.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">iPortion</a></span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="http://jessicadoyle.ca/" target="_blank">JessicaDoyle.ca</a></span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="http://www.pulled-muscle.com/muscle-strain/what-is-a-muscle-pull.php" target="_blank">Torn Muscle</a></span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="http://www.alchemyelixir.com/wordpress/index.php" target="_blank">Katolen Yardley Holi...</a></span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="http://paleo4health.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Megan's Menu</a></span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="http://astronutrition.com/blog/healthtips" target="_blank">Nutrition and Diet T...</a></span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="http://www.adamkillam.com/" target="_blank">Vancouver Internet M...</a></span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="http://www.fatburner1.com" target="_blank">Fatburner Shop</a></span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-link-url"> <span class="field-content"><a href="http://astronutrition.com/tag/eca-stack" target="_blank">ECA Stacks</a></span> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="attachment attachment-after"> <div class="view view-blogroll view-id-blogroll view-display-id-attachment_2 view-dom-id-6"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <!-- /block-inner, /block --> </div></div> <!-- /#footer-right-inner, /#footer-right --> </div> <div id="footer-message">Copyright © 2010 <a href="http://www.astronutrition.com/">AstroNutrition.com</a></div> <div id="footer-navbar"><div id="footer-navbar-inner" class="clear-block region region-navbar"> <div id="footer-search-box"> <form action="/blog/keywords/aids" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post" id="search-theme-form"> <div><div id="search" class="container-inline"> <div class="form-item" id="edit-search-theme-form-1-wrapper"> <label for="edit-search-theme-form-1">Search this site: </label> <input type="text" maxlength="128" name="search_theme_form" id="edit-search-theme-form-1" size="15" value="" title="Enter the terms you wish to search for." class="form-text" /> </div> <input type="submit" name="op" id="edit-submit-1" value="Search" class="form-submit" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" id="form-2ed6d3348caa81cdd5350b67f756e1d8" value="form-2ed6d3348caa81cdd5350b67f756e1d8" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" id="edit-search-theme-form" value="search_theme_form" /> </div> </div></form> </div> <!-- /#search-box --> <div id="footer-primary" class="clear-block"> <ul class="links"><li class="menu-2333 first"><a href="/blog/">Home</a></li> <li class="menu-2334"><a href="/blog/about">About Astro</a></li> <li class="menu-2335"><a href="/blog/contact">Contact</a></li> <li class="menu-2336"><a href="/blog/archive">Archives</a></li> <li class="menu-2337"><a href="/blog/advertise">Advertise</a></li> <li class="menu-2338 last"><a href="http://astronutrition.com">Shop</a></li> </ul> </div> <!-- /#primary --> </div></div> <!-- /#footer-navbar-inner, /#footer-navbar --> <a href="/blog/rss.xml" class="rss">RSS</a> </div></div></div> <!-- /#footer-inner, /#footer, /#footer-outer --> </div></div> <!-- /#page-inner, /#page --> <script type="text/javascript" src="/blog/files/js/js_3c6c9016795fcc404e822b039cda0cd7.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); //--><!]]> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- try{var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-147827-2");pageTracker._trackPageview();} catch(err) {} //--><!]]> </script> <!-- Kontera ContentLink(TM);--> <script type='text/javascript'> var dc_AdLinkColor = 'blue' ; var dc_PublisherID = 127420 ; </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='http://kona.kontera.com/javascript/lib/KonaLibInline.js'> </script> </body> </html>