Alie Ward

And there's another form of herpes.

It's herpes zoster or chickenpox, which can develop into shingles later in life.

And it also loves L-arginine to replicate.

And there was a 2022 article in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology that

called L-lysine.

It's antagonism with L-arginine in controlling viral infection.

And it noted that while L-arginine can give herpes viruses a leg up in replicating, the amino acid L-lysine can help out by...

let's just say cock blocking L-arginine.

So if you are prone to herpes outbreaks, including like cold sores or shingles or below the waist inconveniences, you can look in your supplement cabinet to see if L-arginine is something you're taking a lot of, or you can consider some L-lysine.

But also remember, I'm a podcast host.

I'm not your doctor, like even a little bit.

You know, listener questions and just general discourse.

I feel like herpes is the one that people are like the most stigma, the most fear around.

And also from what I understand, like really common.

Can you break down herpes simplex number one and two?

What can you get where in the body?

Again, in case you missed it, if you get cold sores on your mouth sometimes from stress or other triggers, that's probably the variety of HSV-1.

Now, herpes 2, it's a different species and it affects up to 20% of the population.

Those with vaginas are almost twice as susceptible to catching it, which sucks.

And it's also very evolutionarily clever.