Nutrition & Diet

There are two types of immunity: innate and acquired. Your innate immune response is the one you receive at birth. As you passed through your mother's birthing canal, you came into contact with microorganisms from her vagina and rectum. You also received organisms through breast milk and, if you were bottle-fed, through your formula. These microbes have developed in and on you as you've aged. They outnumber your body cells by trillions. They are known as your microbiome.

If you're like me, when someone mentions cleansing or detoxing, In that case, you immediately have images of sitting on the toilet with your pants around your ankles, sweating, feeling faint, and groaning in pain, all the while wondering how in the world you ever could have thought cleansing might have been a good idea and vowing never to do it again. It doesn't have to be this way. It can be much, much easier. Painless.

Our ancestors didn't eat refined, GMO, or fast foods. Until approximately 100 years ago, humans continued to eat the same foods they had always eaten, based on the seasons and availability. We ate what was found in our backyards. We foraged, picked, and hunted. Furthermore, the soil was richer back then and supplied plants with the minerals we needed to maintain optimal health by eating them. Today's soil is often depleted of nutrients, and plants are consequently less nutritious than ever. Do you know that wheat (the kind our forefathers ate) doesn't exist anymore? Today's wheat is genetically modified and harmful. What makes us think we can eat these "new foods" and maintain health and wellness? We can't, not without causing bodily inflammation and health issues.

I provide the following HSV-worry-free meal plans to help you avoid food-related HSV triggers while you're still educating yourself on how to reduce HSV flares. Please don't feel you have to use them. My HSV Meal Plans are healthy options when you suspect your diet is triggering outbreaks and want to avoid HSV food triggers.

I'm not keen on suggesting you take any individual supplement permanently. Individual supplements lack the synergistic qualities necessary for optimal health and are not a substitute for a healthy lifestyle. Take vitamin C, for example. When you eat an orange, you receive a daily dose of vitamin C, fiber, sugar, protein, vitamin A, and calcium. Unless blended with other nutrients, a vitamin C supplement, on the other hand, contains ascorbic acid. That's it. 

L-lysine (known as lysine) and arginine are amino acids found in foods containing protein, which rebuild your bodily tissues (internally and externally), such as your muscles and skin. Both play vital roles in maintaining optimal health and wellness. You'll have to contend with these two particular amino acids to reduce herpes flares.

There are some basic vitamins and minerals that are necessary for optimal health and wellness. These are discussed here. This page lists supplements known to specifically target the Herpes Simplex Virus and may help to reduce the frequency or severity of herpes outbreaks, unless you have Nervous System Dysregulation. In that case, they may not work optimally to reduce the frequency or severity of herpes outbreaks. My top three suggestions are quercetin, lysine, and spirulina. Yes, spirulina contains slightly more arginine than lysine, but the benefits far outweigh the risk of being overcautious with this superfood, as long as you don't take it daily. 

The following information is fairly typical for "diets" as a whole. It does not include intermittent fasting. A genetically appropriate diet contains the nutrients your body needs to stay well and maintain a healthy weight (whatever that is for you).