| If you are searching for foods that prevent | | | | Here is a list of foods that prevent cold |
| cold sores, you are wise indeed. Nutrition is | | | | sores. Most meat, particularly beef, fish, |
| the most effective and natural way to | | | | turkey and chicken. Products such as eggs, |
| eliminate cold sore outbreaks. | | | | cheese, yogurt, milk and other dairy products |
| | | | are also quite high in lysine and often offer |
| In this article you will learn about | | | | a 2 to 1 ratio. Ricotta cheese is unusually |
| delicious foods that prevent cold sores. You | | | | high in lysine. Soy beans, soy products and |
| will also discover foods that cause cold | | | | brewers yeast will also provide you higher |
| sores. Best of all, in about 2 minutes, you | | | | lysine intake. |
| will know how best to balance the two for | | | | |
| your personal needs. Check it out. | | | | SPECIAL NOTE. Flounder is very rich in |
| | | | lysine. Some people use flounder as a total |
| Cold sores are the visible result of the | | | | cold sore treatment. When getting a cold |
| herpes virus replication process. The virus | | | | sore, they will eat one pound, or 300 grams, |
| enters a cell on the surface of your face and | | | | of flounder. This provides 12 grams of |
| forces that cell to create copies of itself. | | | | lysine. Lysine from food is 200% to 400% more |
| Then the original virus destroys the cell to | | | | usable by the body than the lysine in |
| release hoards of new virus. The open cold | | | | supplements. You would have to take 50 lysine |
| sore is the result of millions of cells in | | | | capsules, at least, to equal the flounder, |
| close proximity that have been destroyed like | | | | which would be crazy. Your body knows the |
| this. | | | | difference. |
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| Lysine and arginine are two amino acids much | | | | Here is a short list of foods that cause cold |
| talked about in their relation to cold sores. | | | | sores. These foods have high content of |
| Amino acids are small fractions of protein | | | | arginine to lysine. Most nuts, including |
| that your body needs everyday to stay in | | | | peanuts, almonds, cashews and walnuts. |
| tiptop shape. To create new cold sore virus, | | | | Grains, such as wheat and oats. Seeds, such |
| the cell needs certain materials. One | | | | as sunflower and sesame, are arginine |
| necessary building block for herpes virus | | | | providers. Also avoid most beans, peas and |
| replication is arginine. | | | | lima beans. Most vegetables are higher in |
| | | | arginine than lysine, such as carrots, |
| Lysine has been proven very effective in | | | | radishes, eggplant, and cabbage. Chocolate is |
| treating and preventing cold sores. Lysine | | | | high in arginine. |
| prevents cold sores mainly by replacing some | | | | |
| of the arginine in your cells. If you have a | | | | STOP. Before you give up right here, let me |
| higher lysine than arginine content in the | | | | say two things in closing. |
| cells, you are less likely to get cold sores. | | | | |
| | | | Do not hesitate to take lysine capsules just |
| Foods that prevent cold sores are rated by | | | | because this form of lysine is not as well |
| how high the ratio of lysine to arginine | | | | absorbed. Many control outbreaks with the |
| content. Most foods contain both lysine and | | | | capsules alone. And do not let a special cold |
| arginine. If there is the same amount of | | | | sore diet rule your life. You will find |
| both, the ratio is 1 to 1. If there is twice | | | | relief from cold sores and still enjoy life |
| as much lysine as arginine, then the ratio is | | | | by testing and finding the balance and |
| 2 to 1. This is an excellent ratio for | | | | combinations that best suit your lifestyle. |
| preventing cold sores. | | | | By taking lysine supplements, you can eat |
| | | | more of the high arginine foods, like |
| So the strategy here is to increase the ratio | | | | chocolate. |
| of lysine over arginine in your diet. For | | | | |
| example: cheddar cheese, in one ounce or 28 | | | | It is all about balance. Yes, you can eat all |
| grams, contains 588 milligrams of lysine and | | | | foods you enjoy, as long as you combine them |
| 267 milligrams of arginine. This is a ratio | | | | wisely with supplements and sufficient foods |
| of lysine to arginine of 2.2 to 1. Excellent. | | | | that prevent cold sores. |
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