Cold Sore

Lysine.  Is it all what they crack it up to be?  In this article, discover for yourself the facts about the why and how of Cold Sore lysine use for oral herpes.

Lysine has been much talked about as a treatment for Cold Sore and other herpes outbreaks.  It actually does work extremely well for stopping these troublesome sores - but ONLY if you know how to use it properly.

FACT:  Lysine extinguishes Cold Sore very much the same as water quenches a fire.

Fire must have oxygen to burn.  Water smothers the fire by preventing oxygen from reaching it.  Lysine works much the same way with sores.  It keeps the herpes virus from getting the one main nutrient it must have to make new virus.

But, before you use lysine to treat your sores, it will help you greatly to learn about what causes them and how lysine really works to stop them.

The herpes simplex virus moves to the surface for the sole purpose of creating new virus.  This parasite virus enters a cell and forces that cell to produce new virus clones.  When full, the cell is broken open to spill out the fresh virus.

The herpes virus, type 1 or 2, creates the open, ugly ulcer on your lip or nose by burning up thousands of nerve cells during this replication process.

FACT:  Arginine is the main nutrient that feeds the herpes fire.

The herpes virus is made of protein.  The main protein used by the cells to create this sub-microscopic virus is the amino acid arginine.

Lysine and arginine are essential to your good health.  They are termed essential amino acids because they cannot be created within the body.  They must come through food.  Each of the 17 essential amino acids has a specific duty to keep you healthy.

Your nerve cells store arginine in a specific location within the cell.  Cells that are forced to create herpes virus will do so only until the arginine stores are used up.  Arginine is the main building block of the herpes virus.  Without it, no virus cloning can take place.

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