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| Virus Defense Virus Facts Amino Acid Attack Reducing Arginine Compete w/ Arginine Virus Attack Aging Muscles Skin Tags
Jessica's Food Tips |
Viruses may take over the mammalian cell for reproductions but their nutritional needs are not the same. Like Herpes viruses, Rhinoviruses need a common amino acid - arginine. Deprive cells of this amino acid and replication slows. How can you deprive your cells of arginine? There are two ways.
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Reducing Arginine
The easiest way to reduce your arginine intake is to avoid foods high in this amino acid. Foods high in arginine include:
Lysine competes with arginine in the human body. A high intake of lysine makes arginine less bioavailable to your cells and thus to the virus. An easy way to increase your intake of lysine is to eat foods high in lysine. Some of these foods are:
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