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Two Little-Known Important Flu Tips for the Season

Arginine is an Amino Acid that Increases Viral Replication.

This is known among people with herpes because eating foods high in arginine can cause a herpes outbreak with prolonged symptoms. The amino acid lysine works against the amino acid arginine. That is why people with herpes outbreaks take lysine.

I tell patients to stay away from nuts because they are high in arginine.  You should avoid nuts when you’re sick, around sick people, and during the flu season.

Calcium Supports the Immune System

Calcium can be very supportive to the immune system during the flu season. However, it is a mineral that is not easily absorbed.

Tips for absorbing calcium are:

• Take on an empty stomach 20 minutes before eating or two hours after a meal
• Make sure that you take an absorbent calcium

You can call the office for suggestions.

Important for the Variants

The essential concerns of the variants are as follows:

• Inflammation in an acute infection
• Subclinical, unknown, or low-grade infections in the lungs, heart, and other organs

Low-grade infections or “long haulers” can be problematic because inflammation causes scar tissue. This scar tissue can build up in the lungs and heart. This is very serious if this happens in the heart, especially.

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