Lysine For Canker Sores
Lysine is one of the best supplements that you can take to help prevent and treat canker sores. Lysine is known to help accelerate wound healing as it speeds up the repair process at the site. Many people with severe outbreaks take lysine for canker sores and mouth ulcers and have found that a daily dose significantly helps to prevent outbreaks.
What is lysine?
Lysine or l lysine is an an important amino acid building block that makes proteins in the body. It can be taken as a supplement to help with a variety of health conditions. It is not naturally produced in the body, so it is important to get through diet or proper supplementation[1].
Research
Early research suggests that taking a dose of lysine daily prevents canker sores and taking a high dosage daily decreases the duration of canker sore outbreaks [2]. One study revealed that without lysine 64% of patients considered their symptoms severe and 25% considered them intolerable vs 25% and 3% for those taking lysine [3].
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Lysine In Food
Lysine can be obtained through foods high in protein, such as the below[4]:
Red meat, pork, and poultry.
Cheese, specifically parmesan.
Fish, such as cod and sardines.
Eggs.
·Soybeans, tofu, isolated soy protein, and defatted soybean flour.
Spirulina.
Lysine Dosage For Canker Sores
Lysine is available in tablets, capsules, and liquids, and is usually sold in the L-lysine form. The recommended dosage of lysine for canker sores is 2,000 milligrams (mg) per day. You can either take it preventatively each day, or begin supplementing it at the beginning of an outbreak to help decrease the duration.
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Does Lysine help canker sores?
Based on research that has been done, it is pretty clear that lysine is a great supplement to take not only to prevent canker sores, but also during outbreaks to speed up the healing process. Many people who used to struggle with severe outbreaks have found that lysine does help significantly to decrease outbreaks.
Lysine in Canker Shield
We include lysine in our product Canker Shield along with 6 other highly beneficial substances for treating canker sores. Most people find that using Canker Shield rapidly speeds up the healing process of their canker sores and mouth ulcers. Based on a survey we did on our customers, most are pain free in 1-3 days of using Canker Shield and 97% found that swishing Canker Shield prevented canker sore outbreaks from occurring. For more information click here.
