Dietary lysine

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I often hear about using lysine, as a preventative measure especially. However, my diet contains ~11g of lysine daily (and 9-10g arginine), from food sources. I'm planning on giving a 1g tablet daily a go because, hell, why not?, but given I'm already eating 11g (which is 1-2g more than I do arginine), 1g doesn't seem that substantial.

Is it really that effective?

[Yesihaveit]

I would like to know your opinion as well.   I mostly eat lysine friendly foods (mango, pineapple, and seafood) however am considering a 500 mg supplement twice daily.   With this diet is this really needed or mostly a placebo effect.   My fear is if i experiment with high arginine foods like (blueberries, nuts, etc.), which i love,  then the OBs will come back.   Your help and experience greatly appreciated.   

[SnowAngel]

Does anyone have a list of lysine friendly foods?

i've given up lots of foods (chocolate, oats, nuts, seeds, alcohol) but it doesn't seem to help me, Any suggestions? Ty  

[Free73]

I honestly think you are wasting your time. supplementing with additional lysine won't make a scrap of difference to the virus. Just eat a balanced, healthy diet, not because of the virus, but because it's good for you.

Drink alcohol in moderation, but other than that, I wouldn't cut out foods that you like simply because they contain arginine. Having chocolate every now and then will not cause a break out.

Just relax, eat a balanced diet and enjoy your life.

[JBnATL]

2 hours ago, Free73 said:

I honestly think you are wasting your time. supplementing with additional lysine

I have been on this website almost daily for 7 1/2 years and I have seen many posts from people who claim that taking lysine has helped them.

Of course, your recommendation about a balance diet is helpful, don't ignore the possible benefits of taking lysine in helping prevent outbreaks.

JB

[ZaidaZassin]

Hello. I have been taking L-lysine tablets 1000gm everyday. And been crossing out soft drinks and choclates etc

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23 hours ago, SnowAngel said:

Does anyone have a list of lysine friendly foods?

i've given up lots of foods (chocolate, oats, nuts, seeds, alcohol) but it doesn't seem to help me, Any suggestions? Ty  

 

http://nutritiondata.self.com/foods-000083000000000000000.html Lysine

http://nutritiondata.self.com/foods-000089000000000000000.html Arginine

http://www.traditionaloven.com/tutorials/l-lysine_amino_acid.html Ratios

 

22 hours ago, Free73 said:

I honestly think you are wasting your time. supplementing with additional lysine won't make a scrap of difference to the virus. Just eat a balanced, healthy diet, not because of the virus, but because it's good for you.

Drink alcohol in moderation, but other than that, I wouldn't cut out foods that you like simply because they contain arginine. Having chocolate every now and then will not cause a break out.

Just relax, eat a balanced diet and enjoy your life.

Which is what I was doing, before having the worst outbreak of my life! Hence looking into all this again.