L-Lysine as Viral Replication Antagonist
L-Lysine at 3 grams/day (divided into 3 doses of 1g with food) acts as a viral antagonist. HSV requires arginine to replicate but cannot distinguish between lysine and arginine, so flooding the system with lysine causes defective viral replicants. Speaker cites a 2017 Griffith study in Journal of Antiviral Research showing L-Lysine at 3g/day suppressed HSV reactivation frequency by ~40%.