Thursday, November 13, 2008

Cold Sore Question - Is Your Diet Causing Cold Sores?

By Denny Bodoh

If you wonder about foods that cause and prevent oral herpes cold sores, you are on the right track. Your diet can make a powerful impact as a cold sore treatment. Read this short article and get the facts now.

This article does not give specific recipes or diets. It does tell you which foods are best at preventing cold sores and oral herpes. And you will learn which foods can CAUSE cold sore events.

The great news is that - in a minute - you will learn exactly how to blend these two types of foods to heal and prevent cold sores and oral herpes.

YOUR TRUE CAUSE OF COLD SORES.

Cold sores are the collateral damage when the herpes simplex virus replicates.

This is how it works.

The herpes simplex virus enters a cell. It forces the cell to create clones of the virus. When full, the original virus will destroy the cell to release the newly created copies. Thousands of destroyed cells make up the cold sore ulcer.

AMINO ACIDS LYSINE AND ARGININE IN COLD SORES.

Two important proteins that you may have heard about in relation to cold sores are lysine and arginine.

Arginine is the essential protein in herpes simplex virus creation. Cells cannot create herpes virus without it. Your cells store arginine in special receptors within the cell.

Lysine somewhat mimics arginine but cannot be used to make herpes virus particles. If you flood your cells with lysine, the cells will store this protein in place of the arginine. In effect, the lysine pushes the arginine out, creating a shortage.

The herpes simplex virus can quickly sense a shortage of arginine. Often the herpes virus will give up and go back into a dormant state.

Most foods that contain lysine also contain arginine. The higher the lysine content, the more they prevent cold sores. The higher the arginine content, the more those foods can CAUSE cold sores.

Any food that contains a 2 to 1 ratio of lysine over arginine (or close to it) is ideal for preventing cold sores and oral herpes.

Balance your food intake for ultimate success and prevention. Keep eating the food choices you love. Then add some additional lysine foods to make up for them. It is easy.

HIGH LYSINE FOODS THAT WILL HELP PREVENT COLD SORES.

Most meats are good sources of lysine for prevention of cold sores - especially fish and chicken. Dairy products, too, are rich in lysine - particularly cheese and yogurt. Eggs are an excellent choice too.

Ricotta cheese is very high in lysine. Flounder, a delicious fish variety, provides an unbelievable 14,000 milligrams of lysine per pound (450 grams).

Wisconsin cheddar cheese is very delicious and healthy. It provides lysine to arginine in a ratio of 2.1 to 1. Try it - there is simply nothing else like it on earth.

ARGININE RICH FOOD CAN ACTUALLY CAUSE YOUR COLD SORES.

If you suffer from a lot of cold sore events, here are some high arginine foods that you may want to watch closely.

These foods will give you more arginine than lysine. Nuts of all sorts. This includes tree nuts as well as bush nuts. Grains, such as oats, wheat and rye, provide high levels of arginine.

Vegetables and beans provide a lot of arginine and can help create cold sores. These include cabbage, potatoes, squash and dried beans. Seeds, such as flax and sunflower, are arginine providers. Chocolate is high arginine.

Perhaps you do not wish to change your diet as outlined above. You surely would miss out on the numerous beneficial nutrients provided by vegetables and beans. I do not believe this to be healthy for any length of time.

You really do not have to do without the nutritious foods you love. Just add a little more of the lysine foods to your daily intake. This may be enough for you to reduce or prevent cold sores.

LYSINE CAPSULES TO THE RESCUE.

Lysine, in 500-milligram capsules, is cheap and convenient. This form is not as powerful as lysine from food, but you won't have to change your current eating habit at all with this supplementation.

As a cold sore treatment, most folks take six to eight capsules, spread throughout the day. For cold sore prevention between attacks, take one or two capsules per day.

Streaming more lysine to your cells is one of many amazingly effective cold sore treatment tips available today. It can stop current cold sores dead in their tracks - and it is an awesome treatment for cold sore prevention.

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