Yogurt and cold sores

Yogurt and cold sores have a very interesting relationship. Yogurt is a double-edged sword that can help or worsen the condition of someone with the disease.

Cold sores are one form of the herpes virus. It can remain dormant in a person’s body until a stimulus is triggered that gives rise to the manifestations of the different symptoms of the disease. However, there are also ways to suppress these symptoms. In the case of yogurt and cold sores, the former can trigger the herpes virus but can also help suppress it.

There are no known medications to completely eradicate cold sores or the herpes virus. The best that treatments and medications can do is suppress the symptoms of the disease and prevent a flare-up from occurring. One of the ways included in the treatment is through diet. Yogurt is included in the diet plan for someone who has cold sores since the bacteria from which it is made, acidophilus bacteria, is known to be a good combatant of cold sores. The problem is that yogurt on the market has been pasteurized, which means that the acidophilic bacteria have been neutralized and rendered ineffective. Before buying yogurt, one should make sure that it still contains active acidophilic bacteria.

Looking at the other side of the yogurt and cold sore story [http://permanent-cold-sore-cure.blogspot.com/2007/09/cold-sore-cure.html]Some commercial yogurts contain gelatin. Unfortunately, gelatin can cause a cold sore outbreak that should be avoided entirely. When buying yogurt, always check the label to see if gelatin is one of its ingredients.