Herpes Diet or Herpes Nutrition

There is no such thing as a true herpes diet and those that think you have to watch what you eat when you have herpes are just trying to make it seem as though food is the cause of your herpes outbreaks.

Well, I'm here to tell you that it really isn't the case. There is absolutely no scientific proof out there to indicate that eating too much OR too little of a specific food in a food group does anything to either cause an outbreak OR keep you from having an outbreak.

I for one believe that if you would like to see for yourself if certain foods trigger your outbreaks then that's great. But, to insist that all people with herpes should avoid certain foods, is a little bit over the top, don't you think?

Of course, feel free to experiment if you'd like. Keep a food journal and keep track of our outbreaks. You also should keep in mind that the herpes virus doesn't do the same things for all people, everybody is different.

So if you think eating pop corn is causing you to have an outbreak because  you got one every time you ate pop corn then go ahead and avoid eating pop corn. But, that doesn't mean pop corn is bad for all people that have herpes. (I'm using that as an example)

A very good friend of mine once said this about the so called herpes diet:

"Chocolate is never the enemy. Don't believe everything you read online - especially when it comes to the so called "herpes diet." There is no such thing. The lysine/arginine theory never panned out outside of the petri dish. Eat what you want. Should you notice a pattern associated with certain foods then try eliminating them for a month and then gradually reintroduce them back into your diet and see what happens. No reason to avoid whole food groups just because someone tells you that you should." -B

Does anybody else have something to say about the herpes diet or any type of special herpes nutrition that you have run into on the Internet? Send me your feedback and I will be happy to add it to this page so others can see what you have to say about it.

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