Yogurt And Cold Sores

Yogurt and cold sore have a very interesting relationship. Yogurt is a double edged sword which can either help or worsen the condition of someone with the disease.

Cold sore is one of the forms of the herpes virus. It can stay dormant in a person's body until a stimulus triggers it which results to the manifestations of the different symptoms of the disease. However, there are also ways on how to suppress these symptoms. In the case of yogurt and cold sore, the former can both trigger the herpes virus but it can also help to suppress it.

There are no known medications to completely eradicate cold sore or the herpes virus. The best that treatments and medications can do is to suppress the symptoms of the disease as well as prevent an outbreak from happening. One of the ways included in the treatment is through diet. In the diet plan for someone who has cold sore, yogurt is included since the bacteria from which it was made, the acidophilus bacteria, has been known to be a good fighter of cold sore. The problem is, commercialized yogurt has been pasteurized meaning the acidophilus bacteria have been neutralized thus becoming ineffective. Before buying yogurt, one should make sure that it still contains active acidophilus bacteria.

Looking at the other side of the story of yogurt and cold sore, some commercial yogurt contain gelatin. Unfortunately, gelatin can cause a cold sore outbreak which should be totally avoided. When buying yogurt, always check the label to see whether gelatin is one of its ingredients.

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