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Vitamin and mineral supplements and diet may have an effect on the recurrence and duration of cold sores.
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Cold sore sufferers should eat a healthy diet of unprocessed foods such as vegetables, fruits, and whole grains.
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Vitamin C is also beneficial in the cold sore during the stage of outbreak and reduces the number of sores.
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An imbalance in the amino acids lysine and arginine is thought to be one contributing factor in herpes virus outbreaks. A diet that is rich in the amino acid lysine may help prevent recurrences of cold sores. For e.g.: most vegetables, legumes, fish, turkey, and chicken.
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Lysine supplements had milder symptoms during an outbreak, a shorter healing time, and had fewer outbreaks than patients.
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Applying the oil in vitamin E capsules directly to cold sores may provide relief.
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You can also eat plain yogurt with live cultures is a good preventive measure. Heat-treated yogurt won't work. People who have added yogurt to their daily diet have discovered that they don't get cold sores, or very few. Yogurt seems to stimulate the immune system.
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