The basic cause of cold sores for everyone is the herpes simplex virus.
But why, with nearly everyone (90%) infected, some get cold sores and some do not?
Let me tell you.
Here are the 3 main triggers that cause cold sore activity.
1. A weakened immune system causes cold sores.
Several things affect your immune system, but the most important is the nutrients you get from food and supplements. The easiest way to boost your immune system in this stressful and hectic world is by taking a good vitamin and mineral supplement.
Food provides the best QUALITY of vitamins and minerals but lacks the QUANTITY of nutrients you need because of nutrient depleted farm land.
For example, it would take four bowls of spinach today to give you the same vitamins as one 1950 bowl.
Simply put, if you get chronic cold sore outbreaks, it is primarily because of a weakened immune system.
2. Large stores of arginine and low amounts of lysine in your cells can trigger cold sore activity.
Arginine is the main ingredient for building new virus. Without sufficient arginine, new virus cannot be created, thus halting the replication. This means no cold sores. Lysine and arginine compete for the same space in the cell. Lysine does not support creation of new virus. Increasing your lysine stores can prevent, or greatly reduce, cold sore outbreaks.
3. Low pH causes cold sores.
The perfect pH balance for top health is 7.5. Normally the body will regulate your pH in the 6.5 to 7.4 range. A balanced diet of vegetables, meats, and fruits will help. Primarily - eat more vegetables, especially the green ones.
Your body uses calcium as its main protocol for keeping your pH above 7. It will suck calcium out of your bones to do this. This causes osteoporosis or similar problems.
Eat foods high in calcium and take a good nutritional supplement that contains a good supply of minerals. Tobacco, soda, and pork contribute to acidity. As does cold weather and lack of exercise. Check out Foods to Avoid With Cold Sores
Quite likely you have heard that stress is the main cause of cold sores. It's true and this is why. Physical or mental stress both affect you physically in three specific ways.
- Stress consumes a lot of B and C vitamins, thus weakening your immune system.
- It lowers your body pH into the acid side of normal, which encourages the herpes virus.
- It lowers lysine and raises arginine in your nerve cells.
Cold Sores are pure misery, and they show up at the worst times. I used to get about four to six cold sores per year.
I don't get cold sore outbreaks anymore, because of a remedy I was given several years ago.
It's a fact!
By Denny Bodoh
