| You can be immune to cold sores by taking a | | | | immunity to anti-viral prescriptions nearly |
| good vitamin and mineral supplement every | | | | as quickly as scientists develop them. |
| day. Here is what you should be doing right | | | | Acyclovir and similar medicine are becoming |
| now to build immunity to cold sore outbreaks. | | | | less and less effective. There is no way to |
| Thousands are doing this every day and you | | | | actually rid your body of any virus - |
| can too. | | | | including herpes. The key to success in |
| | | | fighting the cold sore virus is to develop |
| When your body is infected with a virus, it | | | | such immunity to it that it cannot surface. |
| manufactures anti-bodies to defend you from | | | | |
| illness. Your body needs a large amount of | | | | Your body was created to take care of itself. |
| the proper nutrients to do this. These | | | | When you encounter a virus invader, like the |
| anti-bodies are formed using the basic | | | | cold sore virus, your body will develop an |
| building blocks - vitamins and minerals. | | | | anti-body army to deal with that particular |
| | | | strain. Each time you get a cold sore, you |
| Amazing as it may sound, your body is full of | | | | create fresh anti-bodies to add to your |
| various strains of virus besides the cold | | | | reserves. Your body will come up with new |
| sore virus. Yes, even the much feared | | | | versions of anti-bodies just as quickly as |
| poliovirus. All these viruses are held in | | | | the virus mutates. The better anti-bodies you |
| check by your immune system and the | | | | build (by providing the proper nutrients), |
| anti-bodies that are created. Your body has | | | | the stronger your immunity diseases such as |
| developed IMMUNITY to many of these viruses | | | | cold sores. |
| and they will likely never be a problem for | | | | |
| you. | | | | Quite a few viral diseases have been cured |
| | | | with vaccines, such as polio. Vaccines work |
| Herpes simplex virus type 1 and herpes type 2 | | | | with the body in helping it to create its own |
| are the root cause of all herpes sores, | | | | cure - an elite squad of anti-bodies and |
| including cold sores. There are five other | | | | killer cells. You do not need a vaccine for |
| strains of the herpes simplex virus that are | | | | cold sores. Your body can handle the whole |
| responsible for diseases such as chickenpox | | | | job by itself if you provide the necessary |
| and shingles. | | | | vitamin and mineral building blocks. |
| | | | |
| Yes - chickenpox is closely related to cold | | | | Why not get all the vitamins from food? Years |
| sores. It is a terrible disease to suffer as | | | | ago we could. Our food was rich and contained |
| an adult. Although many of us are carrying | | | | all the nutrients we needed. Today, because |
| the virus, we do not get it because we have | | | | of commercial farming, our land is becoming |
| developed immunity to it. | | | | desperately depleted of these nutrients. The |
| | | | plants still look the same - they just do not |
| The virus that causes cold sores is a tiny, | | | | carry the nutrition they once did. |
| sub-microscopic parasite. It must have a host | | | | |
| to live and create new virus. The herpes | | | | For example, scientists recently announced |
| simplex virus will replicate by entering a | | | | that testing showed a tomato now has about |
| nerve cell on the surface, and forcing that | | | | HALF the nutrients of a 1950 tomato. |
| cell to become a virus production facility. | | | | Incredible but true. Researchers are now |
| Once the cell has created all the virus it | | | | linking this to the huge increase in chronic |
| can, the cell is destroyed to release the new | | | | diseases today. Also, some doctors are |
| herpes. | | | | suggesting this may be one reason more people |
| | | | are getting cold sores - and getting them |
| The herpes virus will mutate and develop | | | | more often. |