Exactly which foods are high in Lysine?

I do! Read in my question. I have severe PHN (post herpetic neuralgia) when I eat foods that are high in l-arginine. I seem to go into the viral state and I have no energy; I hurt in my lower back, and the skin on the side of my hip feels as if it is on fire. When this happens I do not always have a breakout but, I know when I eat something where the ratio of arginine is higher than the lysine. I have read hundreds of pages on the different foods. They contradict each other. Some say eat chicken others do not. Some say eat soy and others do not etc... I am just wanted to see if anyone had any luck with finding an expanded list of foods. Or if a nutrionist would chime in. I am eating a very limited diet and it is the only way I feel like getting up and around. This is a very painful condition.

I'm sorry. I'm devastated-found out 2 mos. ago I was positive. I'm on-line constantly trying to find relief. All I can regards what I have found is to stay away from gelatin-that includes pill coated with such. Lots of them are. I wish you relief.

I am so sorry. I was devastated when I found out as well... It is so emotionally draining to wake up with it. Hang in there it does get better with time. The hardest thing at first is, if you are single; you have to to tell any person you want to become intimate with. That is difficult. This way thank goodness I have never given to anyone. But, what I have found out is most people really respect you more when you do! And, if they are quality people they even desire you more and are more than willing to be cautious. I have had it so long now that I hardly ever have a break out with HSV, it is the pain from shingles that is taking me down. I only have one little lesion but, the PHN (post hepetic neuralgia) is what is so bad that is the worst of all...

What I also found out was; it was my diet that was killing me. I was eating everything that was wrong for me. Protein Shakes, wheat bread, pasta's, brown rice... All that is bad for herpes and shingles! If you do eat foods that have a high content of arginine you must eat foods along with it that have a higher ratio of L-Lysine in them... STAY AWAY FROM DARK CHOCOLATE!!! and NUTS!!!! For me that is my worst triggers. Shellfish is bad as well... Only eat fish that is a whitefish. No shrimp, crab, lobster or crawfish! I love seafood and I was on over-kill.

There is a book called Lysine vs Arginine and it is a great reference. I just got it the day after I posted online. You can purchase it by e-mailing ally@allydee.com and requesting it... Do not let this get you down. There is life after herpes!

Thanx so much!!!

I have been having the pain in my lower back, in my legs, lower abdomen and cramping and burning in the outside of the entry into my vagina since I was diagnosed two years ago.  It is awful and I imagined that it had something to do with the herpes.  I went to two gynecologists and they didn't know what it was even though they knew I have herpes, they sent me to a urologist who didn't know what it is.  It is so painful and I hurt all the time.  For about a year it got a little better and I would go 2-4 weeks without the cramping and burning and then I would get it again for a day or two and it would go away again.  For the last two and a half months it has been every day all day.  I am ready to jump out of my skin it hurts so bad.  From what I have been reading it must be something in my diet.  I am not sure what I should or shouldn't be eating.

Hello In Vegas, I am not a nutritonist but, I have learned by trial and error what effects me. I cannot eat Olive oil, nuts, dark chocolate or too much milk chocolate, coffee , black teas, soft drinks, water with sodium in it and too much seafood or most especially any wheat flour products. After you get your system straight you can eat most anything just in moderation... Until then Stay away from all wheat bread... Look at my first response also and order that little book and it will help you so much.. I also went online and downloaded any site that had list of foods that show the ratio of lysine and arginine in them... I also never took valtrex everyday until NOW and I take it everyday along with 1000 mg of lysine. I am no doctor but, I suffered for ten long years with the PHN (Postherpetic neuralgia) that is associated with shingles. All the while I thought it was genital herpes and I would only break out on my stomach with one little spot once a year that I thought was herpes and then I finally found a great doctor who GYNO that said that is shingles.  Read up on shingles and HPN  and it will enlighten you about the pain you are describing. I have changed my life in as little as a week just by watching what I eat and taking the Valtrex. I took 1 mg 3 times a day for a week until the pain stopped and then went to 1 a day afterwards. I am no doctor SO, please you must go to your doctor for instructions. I read on the Valtrex site the reccomdations for dosage on shingles and herpes and discussed it with my doctor. He approved and wrote me a presciption and my life is back on track. Good Luck! let me know if it helps....

Hello In Vegas ...Let me correct my dosage... it is 1 gm of Valtrex not 1 mg...You will need lots of rest as well. That helps so much and try to cut out the stress as much as possible. I know that is hard in life today... Again good luck...hope my situation can help you some.

Phoenix

i didn't find olive oil on the charts.  what's the ratio? i am also one with SEVERE diet limitations!!!  outbreaks controlled by diet, but sudden profound weakness that comes and goes makes life sooo challenging. i take no medications only l-lysine and vitamin therapy.  can this valtrex help with the weakness episodes? 

Sunny, thank you for your comments. I too tried Isagenix and was on the program for over 2 years. But, I over did it. It is a great system just do not stay on it as long as I did. I had all kinds of health problems from becoming to akaline. Follow the program to the letter and do not deviate. I lost cellulite, I lost weight, and I even lost brain power in the end and too many other nutrients from cleasing. Make sure you have a great coach on the system. Do not hesitate to ask questions.  Good luck