Both red pepper and black pepper caused significant increases in parietal secretion, pepsin secretion, and potassium loss. Gastric cell exfoliation (as reflected in DNA loss into gastric contents) was increased after red or black pepper administration; the increase after red pepper administration was dose dependent.
L-lysine may work the same way on virus that causes shingles, however UMHS cautions that this remains unproven. Sources. Nutritional medicine specialist Alan R. Gaby, M.D. explains that foods such as turkey, chicken, salmon, tuna, halibut, sardines, cheese, tofu and beans contain relatively high amounts of L-lysine and low amounts of L-arginine.
1 Diabetes. 2  Some evidence shows that taking lysine daily for 2 months does not affect blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. 3  However, other early research suggests that taking lysine twice daily for 2 months decreases blood sugar levels compared to before treatment in diabetes patients.4  Stress.eople use it to make medicine. Lysine is used for preventing and treating cold sores (caused by the virus called herpes simplex labialis). It is taken by mouth or applied directly to the skin for this use. Lysine is also taken by mouth to improve athletic performance.