Lysine and Herpes

On my last Hub I mostly wrote about foods that cause herpes outbreaks. On this Hub, I want to let you know about lysine for herpes and which foods are high in lysine that you want to be eating on a herpes diet.

You can take a l-lysine supplement and eat foods high in l-lysine to get the maximum benefit. This will suppress the herpes virus and you will get a lot of relief. In case you didn't know, L-lysine is an essential amino acid, as is l-arginine. From here on out, I'm going to drop the “L” for the rest of this page ok? What you may not know is that arginine feeds the herpes virus and makes your outbreaks worse. It may be good for your heart, but not so good if you have herpes. Make sure to try all the other free herpes relief suggestions I have on my blog as well, so you won't have to avoid it completely. Anyway, lysine basically has a counter effect to the arginine, therefore you want to eat foods high in lysine.

Some foods that are higher in lysine than arginine are the following:

Fish – most are fine, watch out for fish with high levels of mercury, like tuna and don't eat too much shellfish because the arginine and lysine levels are equal.

Chicken – Yes you can eat all the chicken you want, yeah! Mostly stick to fish and chicken, a little pork, turkey and beef on occasion.

Dairy – all dairy food is ok to eat, but be careful not to eat too many eggs, which people consider dairy sometimes.

You can eat most vegetables and most fruit, which are healthy for you anyway, so hey you may drop a pound or two if you are overweight with all this healthy eating.

Here's a link to the Hub page I made with the foods that cause a herpes outbreak. Do your best to avoid those and eat the foods high in lysine and you'll be seeing your outbreaks disappear fast.

It really helps if you take a lysine supplement for herpes in addition to staying on a high lysine diet. Don't worry, it's an inexpensive supplement. If you are like me, I prefer capsules to tablets, which are a little harder to find, but they are better absorbed, so try them if possible. I listed a great place to buy some inexpensive lysine capsules on my blog as well as some other supplements that will boost your immune system and help reduce herpes outbreaks and also where to get those at low prices of course.

Hope that helps.

Diane