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After you have been infected, its not too hard to reduce the frequency of your cold sore outbreaks. Eat healthily to give your immune system its optimum chance of fighting back. Restrict your intake of foods rich in arginine. These are things such as seeds, chocolate, grain cereals, peas, gelatine, beer, cashews & peanuts. Arginine is an amino acid which occurs naturally & is needed by the cold sore virus to grow. For this reason if you can stop yourself from taking in too many nutrients containing arginine you’ll go a long way in reducing the incidence of outbreaks of cold sores.

At the other end of the scale is another amino acid called lysine. However lysine does not encourage cold sores like arginine does; lysine seems to stifle them. Some people have found that taking a dose of 1,000 mg of lysine per day at the start of a cold sore outbreak does appear to contain the virus. There is more. This should then be followed up by further doses three times a day for many days to get maximum impact.

Try a whole foods diet that includes plenty of fiber & foods producing alkali, but excludes sugar & refined foods. There is more. This can assist stop further attacks. Eat high quality foods rich in nutrients such as fresh organic vegetables. So… Since people generally dont take the recommended daily intake of minerals & vitamins, it would be strongly advised, particularly during a cold sore outbreak, to take vitamin supplements.

Caffeine, contained in either food or drinks, can make some people more prone to cold sore outbreaks than others. There is more. The type of things to be very wary of include coffee, chocolate & some cold soft drinks. There is more. Try also to avoid foods containing a lot of salt; they can irritate the cold sores & make them a lot worse than before. In fact it would certainly be a good idea to completely cut out salty foods from your diet until the cold sores have cleared up. Salty foods can irritate your cold sores & cause them to become very painful.

Avoid smoking & keep your consumption of alcohol to an absolute minimum. But remember, it’s not just the types of food you eat that it’s important but also keep a close eye on your general health levels, particularly stress levels.

Written by Robert Black - Robert owns Cold-Sore-Free which is a web site full of free tips to help sufferers deal with & overcome Cold Sores. For lots more help-ful information & resources visit his web site http://www.cold-sore-free.com

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