Preventing Cold Sores - Stops Your Cold Sore Before It Starts
Denny Bodoh
Preventing cold sores (fever blisters - oral herpes) was once nearly impossible, but now quite simple. If you will let me explain in this article, you will quickly realize how easily you can be preventing cold sores.
Preventing cold sores, oral herpes and fever blisters can be enjoyed simply by taking high-quality nutritional supplements every single day. You may find that this is all you have needed right along.
Hard to believe you say? I know exactly what you mean. If it works so well, why do so many cold sore victims still not know about it? Trust me - many smart people are preventing cold sores everyday with this one method alone.
In a minute you will discover how vitamins work for preventing cold sores. But first it is important to understand the cause of a cold sore.
If you suffer from cold sore, fever blister or oral herpes events, you carry the herpes simplex virus. Nearly 90% of people worldwide are infected with this parasite virus. Most people are infected in their youth, by 11 years old.
For most of the time the herpes virus quietly hides in the nerve ganglia connected to your facial nerves. If it notices a weakness in your immune system, this virus will quickly move to the surface and create another cold sore.
Anti-bodies are the defense soldiers our body creates when a virus becomes active in our bodies. Each group of anti-bodies specially target the virus for which it was created. Each time the herpes virus becomes active, fresh new anti-bodies are added to the group.
When the needed nutrients are present, and in the proper quantity, your anti-bodies will put up a powerful defense in preventing cold sores. Without these nutrient building-blocks, your defenses will be weak and re-occurring sores will be the result.
The nutrients you need for preventing cold sores can be provided by a high quality vitamin and mineral supplement. Nutrients that have a great impact on oral herpes are vitamins B, C, D, and E. Minerals that are critical are magnesium, calcium, and zinc.
People who get repeated cold sore, fever blister or oral herpes outbreaks are often found to be deficient in calcium. Calcium keeps our bodies from becoming acidic. The herpes virus loves an acidic environment. Get plenty of calcium.
Also, vitamins B and C are known to function as anti-stress vitamins because they help reduce the effects of mental and physical stress. And you must have heard by now that stress is the number one cause of cold sore outbreaks.
Vitamins A, D and E are the skin vitamins. These oil-soluble vitamins keep your skin firm and radiant. If you do get a cold sore, it is these 3 vitamins that will help it to mend quickly.
Why can we not depend on our food supply for all the nutrition we need?
Yes, food is where all our vitamins and minerals should come from. They are in a form that our body was designed to use. Years ago our food was abundant and bursting with flavor and nutrition because the farm land was fresh and rich.
Today our soils are very depleted of nutrients. Depleted, also, are the foods we harvest from these fields. The plants may look the same. But they simply do not contain the nutrition they once did.
Spinach is a good example. Merely a half century ago spinach contained fifty times more of the key nutrients than spinach tested today. Several other vegetables were tested with similar results.
Today, we just cannot eat enough to effectively provide our body with the essential vitamins and minerals it needs to build a strong immune system and enjoy optimum health. The herpes simplex virus is just one of many viruses out of control right now.
Preventing cold sores requires us to provide our system the nutrients it needs to form powerful antibodies. Organically grown foods are usually much higher in nutrients. But this, too, will not provide the actual quantity your body needs.
Getting additional vitamins and minerals through daily intake of supplements is one of the easiest and most effective ways of preventing cold sores. It will give your body what it needs for a strong cold sore defense system.
There are several other tips and tactics you can be using. But taking a good, daily vitamin program is the most important first step in preventing cold sores.
About the Author:
Denny Bodoh knows Cold Sores. Visit Denny's popular web site and take advantage of his free expert info about cold sores. You will enjoy some amazing Cold Sore home remedies and facts you can use today.
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