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Wouldn’t it be beautiful to know how to actually prevent cold sores before they occur? Well, now you can if you read this excellent article. You will quickly see how easy it can be to really prevent cold sores.

I know it may be hard to believe, but many folks have been preventing cold sores with premium quality vitamin supplements. You really must try this for yourself.

Topical cold sore remedies are great for immediate relief, but to truly prevent cold sores you must use internal remedies.

About 90% of the population carries the herpes simplex virus - the virus that causes all cold sores.

Normally it is dormant, hiding in the root cells of a facial nerve. It will only cause cold sore symptoms if it senses the right conditions and becomes active.

There are many conditions that cause cold sores but these are the three main ones.

1. Weakness in your immunity due to stress and lack of necessary nutrients.

2. Your pH balance is no longer alkaline and has dropped into the acid zone.

3. High levels of the Arginine protein are present in your target area.

Stress is the most talked about trigger for cold sore activity. Stress produces cold sores primarily because it causes the first two conditions listed above.

Proper levels and quantities of vitamins and minerals will usually correct these stress induced conditions very quickly and easily.

But here are two things you must keep in mind.

A. Scientists have been shocked to find that produce today contains up to 70% less vitamins and minerals than in the 1950’s.

Commercial farmland is terribly depleted. This is a big part of the reason we have more and more disease scares every year - and why you need supplements.

B. Those one or two per day drug store vitamins are a waste of money. They do not provide you with the quantity or quality of nutrients you need.

Get the highest quality you can afford - from a vitamin store or on-line. Otherwise you won’t get the results you want.

Getting proper levels of vitamins A, C, D, E and all the B’s is important. The main minerals that will be helpful for preventing cold sores are calcium, magnesium and zinc.

The oil-based vitamins are A, D and E. These are critical for the health and beauty of your skin - and help resist attack by the cold sore virus.

Vitamins B and C are known as the stress vitamins. They dramatically reduce the effects of stress. They burn up fast so need to be replenished often - at least once a day.

Zinc is the most outstanding mineral for healing and prevention. You need no more than 30 milligrams per day for helping to prevent cold sore activity.

A form of Zinc (called zinc sulfate) is found in some topical cold sore remedies. It also is quite effective in stopping and healing an existing sore.

Calcium is extremely important to prevent cold sores. It is the main nutrient your body uses to keep your body in the alkaline pH range. Magnesium helps you absorb calcium.

When your body starts to become acidic, you are inviting disease of all sorts including cold sore outbreaks. Your tissue oxygen level drop with a drop in pH.

Calcium is so critical to your immunity that your body will steal it from your teeth and bones to protect itself. Most folks should take at least 1000 - 1500 milligrams daily.

Finally, get some Lysine. Any good cold sore prevention program must include lysine supplements.

Lysine will reduce or eliminate condition number 3 by keeping the Arginine away from the herpes virus. Flood your cells with Lysine and get rid of excessive Arginine.

Simply put - if Arginine is not available, the cold sore virus will go back to the harmless dormant stage.

Arginine is very common and can be found in most foods. A little is just fine. You can’t avoid getting some Arginine in a healthy diet.

You can get lysine in many foods also, but the easiest and most effective way is to buy some Lysine 500 milligram capsules. Add one or two of these to your daily vitamin plan.

Using this internal method is truly how to prevent cold sores. It works for thousands of others and most likely will work for you also.

There are other great cold sore remedies for preventing cold sores I would love to tell you about. But, this internal method is basic to the success of all other treatments.