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Fighting With Osteoporosis

Lysine – a new approach to osteoporosis

Experts have recently recommended all individuals with osteoporosis to combine calcium, magnesium, vitamin D and lysine in they treatment to achieve the best therapeutic effect. This recommendation is based on the latest findings that the intake of amino acid lysine increases calcium absorption and reduces its loss through the urine. Specifically, lysine stimulates the cells that build bone tissue and collagen. Several clinical studies justify a new approach for preventing and treating osteoporosis, and that certainly includes lysine. The recommended daily dose of lysine intake is 1000 mg.

In addition to these benefits, all the people who use lysine will have additional beneficial effects on health, for example in cases of angina pectoris and diseases of coronary blood vessels. It is also known that lysine prevents the reproduction of herpes virus and its intake can protect against these, often boring, viruses. Very important fact is that better results in treatment will be achieved if the lysine intake is combined with vitamin C.

Fighting Against Herpes

For many of us, herpes is a nightmare that returns unexpectedly from time to time.. It spoils the appearance of the skin and, in addition, can be followed with pain, bad mood and depression.

Two viruses are responsible for that condition: Herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2), also known as Human herpes virus 1 and 2 (HHV-1 and -2). The first type is spread when an infected person is producing and shedding the virus by direct contact ( physical touch, use of the same glass or cutlery) while the second type can be spread during a sexual contact, causing discomfort in the genitals and surrounding areas.

Symptoms of herpes simplex virus infection are watery blisters in the skin or mucous membranes of the mouth, lips or genitals. Unfortunately, more serious disorders can appear if the virus infects and damages the eye or the central nervous system, damaging the brain. Many people infected with HSV-2 show no physical symptoms, so individuals with no symptoms are described as asymptomatic.
Once a virus infects a person, it never can be removed from the body. After the first infection, the virus enters the nerves at the place of primary infection, moves to the neuron, and becomes latent in the ganglion. As a result of primary infection, the body produces antibodies to the particular type of HSV involved, preventing a subsequent infection of that type at a different site.