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| Cold Sores - Herpes Virus? |
Cold sores are caused by a herpes virus.
Recurrences are common and not really time bound,
but they can be triggered by stress or anxiety, sunburn,
a cold, fever, food allergy, mouth injury or dental
treatment.
Medical treatments and antiviral prescriptions may
relieve pain and reduce the duration of the sores.
To speed up recovery from a cold sore, make sure you
are getting adequate sleep and eating a healthy diet:
the body heals fastest when it receives rest and good
nutrition. To prevent future cold-sore outbreaks, try some
simple lifestyle changes.
According to Clicks expert nutritionist Megan Pentz-
Kluyts, what you eat can make a big difference to how
often you develop cold sores. Some foods irritate the
tissue of the lips and mouth, and can trigger outbreaks.
These include pineapple, citrus fruit, cheese, salty foods,
and spices such as cayenne pepper. These food-related
triggers are different for every person, so take note of the
ones that trigger a cold-sore attack for you, and avoid
them. The herpes simplex virus needs lots of the amino
acid arginine to survive (it ’ s found particularly in nuts,
peanuts, and chocolate). If you avoid those foods, you
can starve the virus.
The amino acid lysine helps prevent viruses from
replicating themselves, so eat more vegetables,
legumes, fish, sprouts and low-fat or fat-free dairy
products to increase your lysine intake. An adequate
intake of vitamin C (found in strawberries, broccoli and
citrus fruit, among other sources) can also be helpful
because it boosts your immune system.
Megan Pentz-Kluyts is a qualified dietitian and
nutritionist who gives workshops and talks in the Cape
Town area. You can e-mail her at mkluyts@interkom.co.
za
From May/June 2005 ClubCard Magazine
Recurrences are common and not really time bound,
but they can be triggered by stress or anxiety, sunburn,
a cold, fever, food allergy, mouth injury or dental
treatment.
Medical treatments and antiviral prescriptions may
relieve pain and reduce the duration of the sores.
To speed up recovery from a cold sore, make sure you
are getting adequate sleep and eating a healthy diet:
the body heals fastest when it receives rest and good
nutrition. To prevent future cold-sore outbreaks, try some
simple lifestyle changes.
According to Clicks expert nutritionist Megan Pentz-
Kluyts, what you eat can make a big difference to how
often you develop cold sores. Some foods irritate the
tissue of the lips and mouth, and can trigger outbreaks.
These include pineapple, citrus fruit, cheese, salty foods,
and spices such as cayenne pepper. These food-related
triggers are different for every person, so take note of the
ones that trigger a cold-sore attack for you, and avoid
them. The herpes simplex virus needs lots of the amino
acid arginine to survive (it ’ s found particularly in nuts,
peanuts, and chocolate). If you avoid those foods, you
can starve the virus.
The amino acid lysine helps prevent viruses from
replicating themselves, so eat more vegetables,
legumes, fish, sprouts and low-fat or fat-free dairy
products to increase your lysine intake. An adequate
intake of vitamin C (found in strawberries, broccoli and
citrus fruit, among other sources) can also be helpful
because it boosts your immune system.
Megan Pentz-Kluyts is a qualified dietitian and
nutritionist who gives workshops and talks in the Cape
Town area. You can e-mail her at mkluyts@interkom.co.
za
From May/June 2005 ClubCard Magazine