Cold Sore Food - What To Eat And Not Eat For Cold Sores

By Denny Bodoh

Curious about cold sore foods? Nutrition is the least talked about but still a powerful ongoing cold sore treatment. Read this short article now and discover foods that can cause or prevent your cold sores.

This is not a recipe article. But you will learn of some delicious foods that prevent cold sores and oral herpes. You will also read about some foods that can CAUSE cold sores.

Best of all, in about 2 minutes, you will know how best to balance these two food groups for your oral herpes cold sore prevention program.

YOUR TRUE CAUSE OF COLD SORES.

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

It works like this.

The herpes virus, in parasite fashion, enters a cell and forces it to make virus copies. When full, the virus shatters the cell walls to release the virus particles. The cold sore ulcer you see is the result of many destroyed cells.

AMINO ACIDS LYSINE AND ARGININE IN COLD SORES.

You may have heard of the two amino acids - lysine and arginine. These two protein fractions have a big effect on cold sores.

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 is a protein your cells will store in the same area as arginine. The more lysine available to the cells, the more it will store and the less arginine will be available. Your cells cannot use lysine to create new herpes virus.

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.

Arginine and lysine are very common and most foods we eat contain both. Foods that contain more lysine will prevent cold sores. Foods that are higher in arginine will encourage cold sore activity.

You can help prevent cold sores and oral herpes with a diet that provides a two to one ratio of lysine to arginine. Many food choices will provide this high lysine ratio.

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.

REDUCE COLD SORE ACTIVITY WITH THESE HIGH LYSINE FOODS.

High lysine foods that help prevent cold sores include most meat - especially fish, beef, turkey and chicken. Eggs, cheese, yogurt, and other dairy products are high in lysine and low in arginine.

Ricotta cheese is very rich in lysine. Soy products and brewers yeast are also good sources. Flounder is a fish that is extremely high in lysine. You will get 14,000 milligrams per 450 grams (pound) of this tasty seafood.

Good Wisconsin cheddar cheese has a 2.2 to 1 ratio. Perfect and delicious. (Wisconsin cheese is the finest and healthiest cheese you can find).

HIGH ARGININE FOODS THAT CAN CAUSE 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.

The trouble with avoiding the high arginine foods is that you will be missing out on some of the most vitamin-packed food choices. That is not preferred or healthy. Even chocolate is very good for your health.

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.

Most people use lysine supplements instead of a drastic change in diet. They come in 500-milligram capsules, are economical and very convenient.

Normal dosage, using lysine as an oral herpes cold sore treatment, is six to eight capsules each day during a cold sore event. For prevention, try one or two capsules daily between outbreaks.

Bathing your system with high levels of lysine is one of several powerful cold sore treatment tactics now in use. If it doesn't stop your oral herpes cold sore, it will definitely slow it down and heal it fast. - 14018

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Remedies For Cold Sores - When You Want To Cure A Cold Sore

By Denny Bodoh

Need remedies for cold sores? Then read this short article. It will reveal some amazing and well-proven remedies for cold sores you can use instantly.

Remedies for cold sores are available from many companies. These over-the-counter treatments usually provide quick comfort for painful sores. But they seldom shorten the duration of your cold sore.

However, the remedies for cold sores in this article will not only provide comfort, but will shorten the suffering time of your cold sore. And most of these are cheap and easy to find.

Try them. You will find these home remedies for cold sores often work much better than the over-the-counter products. And the cold sore virus will not develop immunity to them.

Here are some of the best remedies for cold sores we have found. Do not be afraid to combine two or more of them. Often they work better this way.

VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS. This is basic to any wellness plan. Every person would be healthier and more energetic with a good supplement regimen. It helps your body fight viral infections.

All the nutrients will help in the prevention and healing of cold sores, but certain ones really stand out.

Calcium helps maintain the healthy alkalinity of your body. Fact is, if you do not provide it, your body will steal it from your bones.

Disease, including cold sore outbreaks, seldom occurs when the body is in the alkaline zone.

Lab tests show B vitamin deficiencies in people with an active cold sore. B12 seemed to be especially low. B vitamins are the stress vitamins so get a good daily dose.

Zinc is the healing mineral and is powerful against all pathogens, including the cold sore virus. Your daily dose of vitamins should contain about 15 milligrams of zinc. If it does not, find a better vitamin supplement.

Vitamin C is a miracle worker in protecting and healing you. Most good vitamins will provide a daily dosage of 500 to 1000 milligrams. This is critical - do not settle for less than 500.

BLACK TEA. Tea may become your best friend when defending against a cold sore attack. You will get the best results by putting it directly on the cold sore - but drinking tea helps also.

If your cold sore is in the beginning stages, apply a frozen tea bag.

Let a couple bags soak until thoroughly wet, then put in the freezer. Holding directly on the cold sore area provides instant relief and will slow or stop virus activity.

If your sore is advanced and has broken open, then apply a hot tea bag. This will provide great comfort and will dramatically speed up the healing process.

Caution - do not use the microwave to heat up a tea bag. It greatly reduces the healing benefits. Heat the water first, then immerse the bag. Or you can use the stove-top.

OIL FROM THE TEA TREE. Tea tree oil comes from the Australian Tea Tree. It smells and tastes similar to turpentine. It is readily available at local stores.

Tea tree oil is one of the most useful remedies for cold sores. It actually penetrates the skin so you can begin applying it at the first sign of a cold sore.

If the cold sore has broken open, this will help sterilize the ulcer and prevent the spread of the virus. Once the cold sore has formed a scab, keep applying the oil to keep the scab soft and prevent painful cracking.

HONEY. One of the little known and appreciated remedies for cold sores, honey can be of great help to the cold sore victim. No germ or fungus can survive in honey. Honey found in the pyramids was still safe to eat. It does not spoil.

Honey used as a wound dressing not only stops the virus activity, but also offers some amazing healing benefits. You can apply from the first tingle until the final healing with great success.

The remedies for cold sores mentioned above are very powerful. There are others I would love to reveal to you but they are too numerous to mention here.

Treating your oral herpes cold sore does not have to be difficult or expensive. You will save money and enjoy blessed relief with the simple, above mentioned home remedies for cold sores. - 14018

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