Also should you're having an outbreak then be conscious of the L-Arginine to L-Lysine ratio in your weight loss program you may look on-line for charts with the ratio of L-Lysine to L-Arginine in different foods. I do know that I've not had a chilly sore since taking these. I've been taking a distinct lysine product (a thousand mg each day). That is THE ONE lysine product I exploit on a regular basis