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You have a great idea here and I believe that if you reference this http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1583334009 you could provide more specific reasoning to why specific supplements are used. I found it a little vague with not giving more specifics. Have your write up on lysine be your basis for your descriptions of your other supplements. If you want feel free to PM me any questions.

I really like Prescription for Nutritional Healing, it's more like an encyclopedia.

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I have Prescription for Nutritional Healing and Staying Healthy with Nutrition which I'll use as references for basic nutrition. The second one comes off a bit too hippy-ish for me sometimes (they state one of the most important water-soluble vitamins is Vitamin L, aka 'love') however all-in-all it's a pretty solid resource for understanding the essentials. The book begins with a discussion on water, which I think is great as H2O is often left out.

I'm also particularly interested in sport nutrition, so I have also picked up Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook. I like glossing over the reference textbooks, then switching to Nancy's book to get her 'sports coach' perspective.

Try Prescription For Natural Healing: A Practical A to Z Reference To Drug Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs, & Food Supplements. This book covers nearly any illness you can think of, from Alcoholism to Zika Virus. Extremely thorough, it not only covers what supplements, vitamins, herbs, and minerals you should take, it also covers lifestyle changes and diet. This practically eliminated my anxiety (until I stopped following it's advice), it cured my acne, turned around my depression, and improved my ADHD. It's not a cure by any means as I unfortunately fell back to my old bad habits and lost the book. I will be purchasing it again soon though. I can't recommend it enough.

IANAD! Try my advice at your own risk.

This is my I'm-too-broke-to-go-to-the-doctor home medical care bible. I couldn't get along without it.

I developed a soft-tissue swelling/pain/irritation in my shoulder which I think is bursitis. I consulted my wonderful book and found that it recommends the same set of remedies for most of these types of joint problems.

For joint problems like bursitis and tennis elbow it recommends, among other things, a combination of Fish oil capsules (follow bottle instructions) Vitamin C, 1000 mg/day, and a supplement called Zyflamend, 2 capsules 2x day. I found it at my local healthfood store.

To that I added ibuprofen for inflamation. A doctor would prescribe 800 mg 3x day as that's the optimal dose to treat inflamation. Taking that much ibuprofen OTC can irritate your stomach though, so use your own judgement on that. I had speedy relief using this regimen. But of course everyone's different and may react differently.

The book recommends moist heat for pain, but I think that would exacerbate swelling. Ice may be better, 20 minutes at a time so you don't injure your skin. A bag of frozen peas is great for icing an injury.

The book also recommends you figure out what repetitive motion you're doing that caused the injury and stopping that activity. It also notes that you may see improvement - and pain relief - from immobilization of the joint.

Hope this helps!!

I had to take a nutrition prereq for college and loved it so much I got a nutrition minor. I love and kept all my books for it. And I have plenty supplemental books as well. Here are some of my favorites.

Science of Nutrition

Nutrition Through the Life Cycle

Nutritional Healing

Medical Nutrition Therapy

To have fun while learning, try The Four Hour Body by Tim Ferriss. I also like Prescription for Nutritional Healing for a reference.

I prefer to see studies backing claims. Maybe not everything below is relevant, but here are some places I like to read online, too: Examine.com, Stronger By Science (mostly strength training studies), Strength Sensei (Charles Poliquin is an Olympic strength coach and knowledgable in nutrition), Suppversity, ss.fitness

https://www.amazon.com/Prescription-Nutritional-Healing-Fifth-Practical/dp/1583334009

https://www.amazon.com/Healthy-Healing-14th-Linda-Page-ebook/dp/B00C2DVK5W/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1550116554&sr=1-1&keywords=linda+page+healthy+healing