Preventing cold sores, oral herpes or fever blister outbreaks was at one time thought to be difficult, but now is quite easy. If you will let me, I would like to show you how you can be preventing cold sores within minutes.

Preventing cold sores (fever blisters, oral herpes) can be achieved with a daily intake of premium-quality vitamin supplements. Truly, for many folks, nothing more is needed.

Hard to believe you say? I know exactly what you mean. If it works so well, why do so many cold sore victims still not know about it? Trust me – many smart people are preventing cold sores everyday with this one method alone.

In just a second I will explain more about how using vitamin pills for preventing cold sores can really work. First, though, we should review what actually causes a cold sore.

If you have oral herpes, fever blister or cold sore outbreaks, you were infected by the herpes simplex virus at some earlier point in your life. 89% of the world population is infected with this virus. Usually this happens before our tenth birthday.

The herpes virus is – most of the time – in a latent state. It hides deep below the surface in the roots of your facial nerves. Should it sense a drop in your immune defenses, it will move to the surface, replicate and create a new sore.

When any virus infects us, our body creates anti-bodies against that particular virus strain. Every time you get an oral herpes sore, your body creates more anti-bodies to replenish the existing troops.

If the correct nutrients are available, these anti-bodies will be a strong force in preventing cold sores. Without the needed nutrients, the anti-bodies will be weak and ineffective for preventing cold sores.

A top-quality vitamin and mineral supplement will provide most of the nutrients you will need for preventing cold sores. All the vitamins will have a big impact on oral herpes, plus minerals zinc, magnesium and calcium.

People who get repeated cold sore, fever blister or oral herpes outbreaks are often found to be deficient in calcium. Calcium keeps our bodies from becoming acidic. The herpes virus loves an acidic environment. Get plenty of calcium.

Vitamins B and C are water-soluble vitamins that must be replenished each day. They are the main vitamins that help us cope with stress. As you probably have heard – stress is the number one cause of cold sore events.

The oil-based vitamins A, D and E are the most important nutrients for healthy skin. They help repel damage by the herpes simplex virus and repair it quickly when it happens.

Is it not possible to get all the vitamins we need from a good diet?

Food source nutrients are, without a doubt, the best quality and most effective. Many years ago our farm fields were rich with nutrients – and so was the food grown on them.

Our fields are becoming more and more depleted of healthy nutrients. Certain nutrients are added back to the soil specifically to make the produce look good in the store. But there is no effort to restore nutrition levels to these foods.

Scientists have shown recently that it would take 59 ounces of spinach today to equal the nutrients in one ounce of 1950 spinach. Tomatoes were found to have only half the nutrients they once did. Our bodies are literally starving.

Scientists feel the lack of essential nutrients in food today is an important factor in the epidemic of viruses, such as herpes simplex, that we see now. Chronic disease is at an all time high.

Preventing cold sores requires us to provide our system the nutrients it needs to form powerful antibodies. Organically grown foods are usually much higher in nutrients. But this, too, will not provide the actual quantity your body needs.

A daily vitamin regimen, as many have found, is a simple, powerful way of preventing cold sores. It gives your body the building blocks it needs for a strong immunity against herpes simplex and other viruses.

There are several other tips and tactics you can be using. But taking a good, daily vitamin program is the most important first step in preventing cold sores.