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I just read this on a mailing list I am on. Somethign to check into if you have mouth sores:
Anyways, G was right, I don't have cold sores, I actually have angular cheilitus (confirmed by a doctor), which like K had pointed out could be a cause of a nutritional deficiency. I actually just realized that the first time I had the angular cheilitus symptoms was when I removed dairy from my diet. Then this last onset has also come after removing dairy from my diet again. It could be a coincidence, but I read that a lack of B2, or riboflavin, in your body could cause the AC. So now I'm wondering if I should add dairy back in, because it is recommended for people with riboflavin deficiency.
Anyways, G was right, I don't have cold sores, I actually have angular cheilitus (confirmed by a doctor), which like K had pointed out could be a cause of a nutritional deficiency. I actually just realized that the first time I had the angular cheilitus symptoms was when I removed dairy from my diet. Then this last onset has also come after removing dairy from my diet again. It could be a coincidence, but I read that a lack of B2, or riboflavin, in your body could cause the AC. So now I'm wondering if I should add dairy back in, because it is recommended for people with riboflavin deficiency.
This is what a friend of mine says:
"Here is some information from the Angular Cheilitus Foundation. It says it is linked to lack of B1 and B12. No other B vitamin is more dependant on its fellow B vitamins than B1. If you lack B12, B1 will be excreted in your urine. The researchers from Warwick University (study in book) discovered that type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients had a 76% decreased thiamine (B1) concentration in their blood plasma. It was not due they found to a deficiency of dietary imput of thiamine, rather it was due to a "profound increased rate of removal of thiamine from the blood INTO THE URINE." When this study was released to the public, diabetics all over the world started to supplement with B1. The result of this was their kidneys started to shut down and world wide press releases had to be issued to tell them to stop. The problem is in the metabolism of B12 and B1,not in the amount consumed in either supplement or dietary form. Just as in RA, if you are unable to carry protein bound calcium, it will be deposited in your soft tissues. Taking more calcium, would just give your body more to deposit in your soft tissue,since the problem is the metabolism of the calcium, not the amount consumed."
So I'd say you should keep the dairy and be sure you're actually able to metabolize the nutrients. Raw dairy foods would have more healthful nutrients.