Re: Cold sores an Alzheimer's risk

[Guest guest]

Lysine, ha. I get plenty of stuff on that list, and the pills have

rarely helped. All the lysine does is compete with arginine, which the

herpes simplex virus needs. As for selenium, nothing compares to the

ionic. Nothing. This week I even made pate with bacon and chicken

livers, I eat raw farm yolks nearly every day, and still I have a new

cold sore. They come only whenever there is a combination of stress and

illness, and poverty (fewer supplements around). The illness doesn't

even have to be mine- the stress-full, stressful unhealthy new neighbors

have been giving us cold after cold after cold ever since their school

started. I beat them all in a couple days, but the five year old who

won't take any vitamin C in any form waking me up every night coughing. .

.. . I got the virus when I was 24, from a college roomate who had it

systemically- sores down her throat and her lungs, they said.

Mustard is high in selenium too, by the way, which makes it interesting

that the traditional German diet contains so much mustard, since selenium

increases the body's response to thyroid hormones, and they eat so many

goitrogens. But mustard itself might have goitrogens (read that at an

unreliable source)- perhaps they are neutralized in traditional

preparation- which amounts to a vinegar or alcohol soak.

I haven't had a cold sore in at least a year; I only get one once a year

or so. It always feels like if I could get sufficient on the antivirals

(selenium and zinc) and D3 that I would never get one again (I used to

get them all the time).

Also, lemon balm, aka mellissa officianalis, is clinically effective

against cold sores. I buy a German cream with it in there, and grew some

this year, but not enough. I need some of the essential oil but they

don't carry it at the Co-op near my house, and today is milk pickup day,

so I'm busy.

desh

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[Guest guest]

--- Desh " De Bell-Frantz " <deshabell@...> wrote:

> I haven't had a cold sore in at least a year; I only get one once a

> year or so. It always feels like if I could get sufficient on the

> antivirals (selenium and zinc) and D3 that I would never get one

> again (I used to get them all the time).

Desh, I'd be curious to see a study on how vitamin D3 supplementation

effects cold sore frequency. As much as D3 seems to be involved in

our immune system, I'm guessing it's a very important factor.

Immunosuppression from excess sugar and PUFA probably factor in as well.

> Also, lemon balm, aka mellissa officianalis, is clinically effective

> against cold sores.

I'll pass that on to my wife, I'm not sure if she's heard about it.

[Guest guest]

On those very rare occasions that what I think must be a cold sore is

starting (crusty and stuff), I scrub it really well with real, natural

soap on a scrubby washrag. That is always the end of it. It hurts a

little bit, but well worth it.

Joy

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> Lysine, ha. I get plenty of stuff on that list, and the pills have

> rarely helped.

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