by Denny Bodoh
Would you like to know how to prevent cold sores and get your social life back? Then be sure to read this article. You will discover an easy method to effectively prevent cold sores.
Many people have been preventing cold sores by quite simply taking top quality nutritional supplements. There is no reason why it won’t work for you too.
You can use a variety of topical cold sore remedies to heal a sore, but the only way to actually prevent cold sores is by internal treatment.
The responsible virus that causes cold sore events is known as the herpes simplex virus and about 90% of the population carries it.
The majority of time the virus is latent. It hides in your facial nerve root cells. If the herpes virus feels the conditions are right, it will activate.
There are many conditions that cause cold sores but these are the three main ones.
1. An immune system that has been diminished by stress and lack of proper nutrition.
2. Your pH balance has become acidic and no longer in the alkaline zone.
3. You have high quantities of the amino acid Arginine in your cells.
Stress is the most talked about trigger for cold sore activity. Stress produces cold sores primarily because it causes the first two conditions listed above.
You can help to correct these effects of stress by seeing to it that you get optimum levels of vitamins and minerals every day.
But here are two important points I want you to be aware of.
A. Scientists have been shocked to find that produce today contains up to 70% less vitamins and minerals than in the 1950’s.
Depletion of our soil is the culprit. This is considered part of the reason diseases of all kinds are becoming rampant today. That is why you need supplements.
B. Do not waste your money on those cheap drug-store vitamins – the one or two per day variety. They do not work. They do not contain enough of any nutrient to be effective.
For successful results, you must take quality supplements. Go to a vitamin store or web-site. Do some research.
Getting proper levels of vitamins A, C, D, E and all the B’s is important. The main minerals that will be helpful for preventing cold sores are calcium, magnesium and zinc.
For skin health, healing and protection, make sure you get plenty of the oil-based vitamins A, D, and E every day.
The water-based C and B vitamins protect you from the affects of stress – thus helping to prevent cold sores. They are the stress vitamins and must be taken every day.
Zinc is considered a very powerful mineral for healing and fighting infections. Limit intake to about 30 milligrams per day.
In addition there are topical cold sore remedies containing zinc sulfate (an easily absorbed form of zinc) you can use directly on the sore.
Calcium is extremely important to prevent cold sores. It is the main nutrient your body uses to keep your body in the alkaline pH range. Magnesium helps you absorb calcium.
When your body drops into an acid condition, you are very vulnerable to cold sore activity. Essential tissue oxygen levels drop as the pH levels drop too.
Calcium is so important to your health that your system will rob it from your bones if you do not take in enough. Most people take 1000 to 2000 milligrams daily.
And you should get and take lysine supplements too. Lysine is extremely effective in preventing cold sores. It is a safe and important amino acid.
Lysine will neutralize excess Arginine (condition number 3 above). The herpes virus must have the protein Arginine to create new virus copies.
If the cold sore virus cannot get enough Arginine, it will give up and go back into hiding.
Arginine is common in many foods – such as chocolate, seeds and grains. You cant really avoid this amino acid in a normal healthy diet.
Lysine is common in many foods also. But if you want to prevent cold sores, you need the higher levels provided by Lysine capsules. 500 to 1000 milligrams per day is the usual dosage.
The internal methods mentioned above is the only way how to prevent cold sores in your life. Try it.
I wish I had time and space to tell you of other cold sore remedies that work very well. But, this internal method is the most important basic treatment for preventing cold sores for life.
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