Support Veterans' Health Naturally

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• Crawford, Cindy, et al. 2019. "Dietary Ingredients as an Alternative Approach for Mitigating Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Evidence-Based Recommendations for Practice and Research in the Military." Pain Medicine (Malden, Mass.); 20(6): 1236-1247. doi:10.1093/pm/pnz040
• Diansheng Dong, et al. 2019. "An Examination of Veterans' Diet Quality, ERR-271, U.S." Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
• Gettings, Richard D., et al. 2022. "Exploring the Role of Social Connection in Interventions With Military Veterans Diagnosed With Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Systematic Narrative Review." Frontiers in Psychology; 13: 873885. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.873885
• Patil, S., Sen, S., Bral, M., Reddy, S., Bradley, K. K., Cornett, E. M., ... Kaye, A. D. 2016. "The Role of Acupuncture in Pain Management." Current Pain and Headache Reports; 20(4). doi:10.1007/s11916-016-0552-1
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. 2024. "U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FY 2024 BUDGET SUBMISSION." https://www.va.gov/budget/docs/summary/fy2024-va-budget-in-brief.pdf

Not All Fish Should Remain in the Sea

• Carballo-Casla, Adrián, et al. 2022. "Fish Consumption, Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake, and Risk of Pain: The Seniors-ENRICA-1 Cohort." Clinical Nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland); 41(11): 2587-2595. doi:10.1016/j.clnu.2022.09.007
• Chen, J., Jayachandran, M., Bai, W., & Xu, B. 2022. "A Critical Review on the Health Benefits of Fish Consumption and its Bioactive Constituents." Food Chemistry; 369: 130874. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.130874
• Mendivil CO. 2021. "Fish Consumption: A Review of Its Effects on Metabolic and Hormonal Health." Nutr Metab Insights; 3(14):11786388211022378. doi: 10.1177/11786388211022378. PMID: 34158802; PMCID: PMC8182174
• U.S. Food & Drug Administration. N.D. "Advice about Eating Fish: For Those Who Might Become or Are Pregnant or Breastfeeding and Children Ages 1 - 11 Years." Revised Mar. 2024.

Fish Tacos with Slaw

• Fountaine, Sylvia. 2017. "Fish Tacos with Best Fish Taco Slaw!" Feasting at Home. https://www.feastingathome.com/grilled-fish-tacos-with-cabbage-slaw/

Boswellia For Inflammation

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• Basch, Ethan, et al. 2004. "Boswellia: An evidence-based systematic review by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration." Journal of herbal pharmacotherapy; 4: 63-83. 10.1080/J157v04n03_06.
• Yu G, Xiang W., Zhang T., Zeng L., Yang K., Li J. 2020. "Effectiveness of Boswellia and Boswellia Extract for Osteoarthritis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis." BMC Complement Med Ther.; 20(1): 225. doi: 10.1186/s12906-020-02985-6. PMID: 32680575; PMCID: PMC7368679.

Reduce Pain with MSM

• Amirshahrokhi, K., & Khalili, A.-R. 2017. "Methylsulfonylmethane is Effective Against Gastric Mucosal Injury." European Journal of Pharmacology; 811: 240-248. doi:10.1016/j.ejphar.2017.06.034
• Alternative Medicine Review. 2003. "Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM). Monograph." Alternative Medicine Review: A Journal of Clinical Therapeutic; 8(4): 438-441.
• Brien, S., Prescott, P., & Lewith, G. 2011. "Meta-Analysis of the Related Nutritional Supplements Dimethyl Sulfoxide and Methylsulfonylmethane in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee." Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: 1-12. doi:10.1093/ecam/nep045
• Lubis, Andri M. T., et al. 2017. "Comparison of Glucosamine-Chondroitin Sulfate With and Without Methylsulfonylmethane in Grade I-II Knee Osteoarthritis: A Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial." Acta medica Indonesiana; 49(2): 105-111.
• Notarnicola A., et al. 2016. "Methylsulfonylmethane and Boswellic Acids Versus Glucosamine Sulfate in the Treatment of Knee Arthritis: Randomized Trial." Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol; 29(1):140-6. doi: 10.1177/0394632015622215.

Manage Pain with Acupuncture

• Kelly, Robert B., and Joel Willis. 2019. "Acupuncture for Pain." American Family Physician; 100(2): 89-96.
• Patil, S., Sen, S., Bral, M., Reddy, S., Bradley, K. K., Cornett, E. M., ... Kaye, A. D. 2016. "The Role of Acupuncture in Pain Management." Current Pain and Headache Reports; 20(4). doi:10.1007/s11916-016-0552-1