Guest guest Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Our can of Nutriiveda arrived just in time for 's preschool physical appointment with his pediatrician today. is 4 years old, 42 inches tall and weighed in at 41 pounds. I took the product to the appointment with us...along with a few emails from this group talking about its benefits, contents, etc... A bit of background about our beloved pediatrician... -He's a father of 3. -His oldest son was a late talker so he is extremely sensitive to speech issues. -He's also a big believer in fish oils. The good doctor had some interesting things to say about Nutriiveda for young children. - I thought he would jump down my throat when I showed him a " weight management " product for a healthy 4-year-old, but he was surprisingly unfazed by it. He didn't have a problem with the whole " weight management " aspect of the product. He was impressed with the protein, vitamins, and all-natural ingredients. - His biggest concern with giving the drink to was the amount of vitamin A in it. Two shakes a day equals an adult dosage of vitamin A. Children should not be given an adult dosage of vitamin A. The doctor was very adamant that *if we are going to try giving Nutriiveda, then we should STOP USING MULTI-VITAMINS IMMEDIATELY. He also suggested just one shake a day for our 4 year old (to prevent vitamin A overload). Not to scare anyone, but he did warn me that too much vitamin A can cause liver damage and even be fatal. This should be a BIG red flag to those of you giving your child Cod liver oil. Cod liver oil and fish oil are similar, but cod liver oil has much higher levels of vitamin A. - The doctor didn't try to hide the fact that he's not entirely educated on the benefits of Ayurveda in the product. He knows it is a natural medicine/remedy, but wasn't familiar with its benefits related to apraxia. - Overall, I sense that our doctor was a bit skeptical about the idea that Nutriiveda could really help heal 's apraxia. He's always been a big believer in consistent hard work through speech therapy. Of course, I think most of us believe in intense speech therapy, but it's only natural for us to be intrigued by a product that seems to be making the healing process a bit easier. - I'm leaning towards trying the Nutriiveda . 's a very picky eater, so I like the idea of him getting a drink that is nutritious. mThe next step is to see what 's Developmental Pediatrician (Dr. Amy Newmeyer) thinks of Ayurveda. She specializes only in apraxia so, of course, I'm eager to get her thoughts. I'm hoping she'll email me back before the end of the week. If she approves, our plan is to discontinue the multi-vitamin and then try the shakes once a day for one week. After one week, we'll see if is experiencing any benefits. has made AMAZING progress through 120 minutes of one-on-one speech therapy a week, along with a hearty dose of fish oils, but he's still having a hard time communicating with his peers. Of course his dad and I listen intently to whatever says, and he's very comfortable conversing with us, but other 4-years-olds aren't that patient. My hope is that the Nutriiveda will aid with articulation, conversation skills, and peer interaction. I feel like I'm in a race to help before be shuts down and stops trying to get people to understand his words. He's such a hard worker. Has anyone else with small children talked to their pediatrician yet??? Gretchen Walsh (Columbus, OH) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Thank you for the update. I haven't talked with my pediatricians because my son eats like a horse and weighs next to nothing as it is. I wanted to see how others with toddlers who have a more healthy weight report back before I would even consider. On the other hand, I could stand to lose some baby weight and as soon as I'm done nursing I plan to try it! Let us know what the other pediatrician thinks! THANKS! Sue [ ] Nutriiveda and Toddlers Our can of Nutriiveda arrived just in time for 's preschool physical appointment with his pediatrician today. is 4 years old, 42 inches tall and weighed in at 41 pounds. I took the product to the appointment with us...along with a few emails from this group talking about its benefits, contents, etc... A bit of background about our beloved pediatrician... -He's a father of 3. -His oldest son was a late talker so he is extremely sensitive to speech issues. -He's also a big believer in fish oils. The good doctor had some interesting things to say about Nutriiveda for young children. - I thought he would jump down my throat when I showed him a " weight management " product for a healthy 4-year-old, but he was surprisingly unfazed by it. He didn't have a problem with the whole " weight management " aspect of the product. He was impressed with the protein, vitamins, and all-natural ingredients. - His biggest concern with giving the drink to was the amount of vitamin A in it. Two shakes a day equals an adult dosage of vitamin A. Children should not be given an adult dosage of vitamin A. The doctor was very adamant that *if we are going to try giving Nutriiveda, then we should STOP USING MULTI-VITAMINS IMMEDIATELY. He also suggested just one shake a day for our 4 year old (to prevent vitamin A overload). Not to scare anyone, but he did warn me that too much vitamin A can cause liver damage and even be fatal. This should be a BIG red flag to those of you giving your child Cod liver oil. Cod liver oil and fish oil are similar, but cod liver oil has much higher levels of vitamin A. - The doctor didn't try to hide the fact that he's not entirely educated on the benefits of Ayurveda in the product. He knows it is a natural medicine/remedy, but wasn't familiar with its benefits related to apraxia. - Overall, I sense that our doctor was a bit skeptical about the idea that Nutriiveda could really help heal 's apraxia. He's always been a big believer in consistent hard work through speech therapy. Of course, I think most of us believe in intense speech therapy, but it's only natural for us to be intrigued by a product that seems to be making the healing process a bit easier. - I'm leaning towards trying the Nutriiveda . 's a very picky eater, so I like the idea of him getting a drink that is nutritious. mThe next step is to see what 's Developmental Pediatrician (Dr. Amy Newmeyer) thinks of Ayurveda. She specializes only in apraxia so, of course, I'm eager to get her thoughts. I'm hoping she'll email me back before the end of the week. If she approves, our plan is to discontinue the multi-vitamin and then try the shakes once a day for one week. After one week, we'll see if is experiencing any benefits. has made AMAZING progress through 120 minutes of one-on-one speech therapy a week, along with a hearty dose of fish oils, but he's still having a hard time communicating with his peers. Of course his dad and I listen intently to whatever says, and he's very comfortable conversing with us, but other 4-years-olds aren't that patient. My hope is that the Nutriiveda will aid with articulation, conversation skills, and peer interaction. I feel like I'm in a race to help before be shuts down and stops trying to get people to understand his words. He's such a hard worker. Has anyone else with small children talked to their pediatrician yet??? Gretchen Walsh (Columbus, OH) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Thanks Gretchen for sharing! I just wanted to clarify that 'only' the cod liver oil contains the vitamin A because it's made from the liver of the fish. Fish oils made from other areas of the fish outside of the liver do not contain any vitamin A at all. As far as nutriiveda yes the one dosage (which is 2 scoops) is the dosage that most with little ones are using and that would be 2,500 IU of the natural vitamin A -at this NIH site http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitamina.asp they say up to 3 years old only up to 2000 IU - from 4 to 8 up to 3000 IU -then from the age of 9-13 the dosage goes up to UTL 5610 and by 14 up you are looking at UTL of around 10,000 IU. What I don't know and it's too late for me to call anyone is if there is a difference between the types of vitamin A. For example the chocolate nutriiveda contains cayenne pepper which is from what I read extremely high in beta-carotene (vitamin A) and rare to have toxicity for beta-carotine if the source is from food -which nutriiveda is. Nutriiveda is a food. I will ask about this. As far as all the recent milk questions: I've already put in an email for Dr. Chopra or Dr. Simon about the gluten casein question with the nutriiveda because even though the product contains whey isolate protein I was told there are no milk by-products (or fat or sodium) and the doctors call the product gluten casein free. My mom is lactose intolerant and is doing incredible on it -but of course another thing to check into if one has a true milk allergy which is rare but exists. My son is 13 and the dosage of vitamins and nutrients was approved for him for twice a day use just based on age alone. I do know that even for adults the nutriiveda is full meal as 'well' as vitamin replacement -so correct you should stop giving or taking vitamins with it (which saves money too). I still give my son Tanner and I take fish oils with it which I discussed with his professionals, but you no longer need to take any sort of multi -vitamin. With all that is in the news today though I do wonder why any medical doctor would question whether there is a nutrition connection to the neurological one....especially if he is not familiar with ayurveda which is is 5000 year old medicine that's all natural and today validated with modern science. Even ayurveda aside, clearly there's enough proof that fish oils help stimulate speech from what we've seen anecdotal here for a decade now, and even if they don't believe that one what about folic acid and birth defects, vitamin C and scurvy, foxglove and heart disease (dropsy)...and back to fish oils/PUFAs/EFAs...there are the many studies that validate the importance of them for healthy brain and eye function. But just to state this again -as remarkable as the results many of us are seeing in our children with the nutriiveda- the reason I even thought to introduce it here was 'not' for our kids initially- it was because close to 70 percent of the population is either overweight or obese. Type 2 diabetes and other health risks from the obesity and overeating are at catastrophic proportions (no pun intended). I thought of this as something that those of us that care for special needs children could benefit from -while we raise monies for research. What always strikes me as funny too is how we tend to analyze more those things that are healthy yet unknown...but don't think much of throwing a package of frozen something containing fertilizers, pesticides, preservatives, artificial sweeteners, fat substitutes, and genetically modified foods into our shopping cart without even looking at the ingredients. I don't mean this group because clearly we are a group of parents that do for the most part look at what we feed our family -that do check things out with our child's pediatrician....I'm just saying that most parents will be MORE suspicious of a product like nutriiveda that trust me will get rave reviews from any decent medical professional who knows about nutrition -that has endorsements (and was formulated) by some of the best...then feeding their child a Krispy Kream doughnut and if I didn't spell that right it's because nope -never had them in my house. Anyway -I over the years have had quite a few people ask me about ADHD...and while I'm thrilled about what I'm seeing in the nutriiveda for Tanner and and now Lori's son, for sure if you have an ADHD child please check this stuff out. The results from what I've seen no matter what -weight, focus, energy etc....are very quick. If anyone has any questions that you can't find answers for through http://www.pursuitofresearch.org please let me know and I'll ask for you. If you check under nutriiveda there you'll see the doctors behind it and one of them we just had to coordinate with as we are currently shooting a 1/2 TV show with Telemundo/NBC for the nutriiveda to cover what this is with the people behind the company that stand behind it. Dr. Chopra didn't come in for this one but him or Dr Simon are both very interested in helping...we aren't going into the apraxia/autism/ADHD connection yet -spoke to the producer about it and she wants to film a segment on our group and the kids we outreach to soon. Speaking of which any Spanish speaking families in the Miami area interested in this let me know and I'll get you the show details as well as they will be looking for families to interview who speak fluent Spanish and English (they are filming for NBC as well). ===== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Just stepping in for a quick second-- but I'm confused by the statement/question below, because it doesn't make sense to me almost. the question was is nutriiveda a supplement that can help with speech production or is it more for nutrition? The simplistic answer in my mind is that there IS NO PRODUCT out there that is a " speech production " product-- there's no such thing as far as I'm concerned. The fact that ANY product is " more for nutrition " is actually what would be the CAUSE of any speech improvements or speech production. Let me explain what I mean briefly. Our kids with the lack of speech have developmental delays for SOME reason. The main reasons I can think of for this would be heavy metal toxicity and lack of nutrition. That doesn't mean that we aren't GIVING them the nutrition, but perhaps their bodies aren't RECEIVING that nutrition. So if you IMPROVE their nutrition--using products like nutriiveda or fish oils and supplements, etc-- That would be what would trigger a good reaction in their bodies that would help them develop properly. so in my thinking-- your questions is basically answering itself. From what I've read, Nutriiveda *IS* FOR NUTRITION, and that's what would produce the speech and help improve other delays Becky In a message dated 12/18/2009 9:18:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, dwfrie@... writes: Hi - I have a son with severe Apraxia and I wanted to find out some more information about nutriiveda. Is it a supplement that can help with speech production or is it more for nutrition???produc -- [childrensapraxiane<WBR>t] Thanks Gretchen for sharing! I just wanted to clarify that 'only' the cod liver oil contains the vitamin A because it's made from the liver of the fish. Fish oils made from other areas of the fish outside of the liver do not contain any vitamin A at all. As far as nutriiveda yes the one dosage (which is 2 scoops) is the dosage that most with little ones are using and that would be 2,500 IU of the natural vitamin A -at this NIH site _http://ods.od.htt_ (http://ods.od.nih/) gov/factsheets/gov/factsgov/factsheets/<WBR>vitamina.<WBR>asp they say up t from 4 to 8 up to 3000 IU -then from the age of 9-13 the dosage goes up to UTL 5610 and by 14 up you are looking at UTL of around 10,000 IU. What I don t know and it's too late for me to call anyone is if there is a difference between the types of vitamin A. For example the chocolate nutriiveda contains cayenne pepper which is from what I read extremely high in beta-carotene (vitamin A) and rare to have toxicity for beta-carotine if the source is from food -which nutriiveda is. Nutriiveda is a food. I will ask about this. As far as all the recent milk questions: I've already put in an email for Dr Chopra or Dr. Simon about the gluten casein question with the nutriiveda because even though the product contains whey isolate protein I was told there are no milk by-products (or fat or sodium) and the doctors call the product gluten casein free. My mom is lactose intolerant and is doing incredible on it -but of course another thing to check into if one has a true milk allergy which is rare but exists. My son is 13 and the dosage of vitamins and nutrients was approved for him for twice a day use just based on age alone. I do know that even for adults the nutriiveda is full meal as 'well' as vitamin replacement -so correct you should stop giving or taking vitamins with it (which saves money too). I still give my son Tanner and I take fish oils with it which I discussed with his professionals, but you no longer need to take any sort of multi -vitamin With all that is in the news today though I do wonder why any medical doctor would question whether there is a nutrition connection to the neurological one....especially if he is not familiar with ayurveda which is is 5000 year old medicine that's all natural and today validated with modern science. Even ayurveda aside, clearly there's enough proof that fish oils help stimulate speech from what we've seen anecdotal here for a decade now, and even if they don't believe that one what about folic acid and birth defects, vitamin C and scurvy, foxglove and heart disease (dropsy)...and back to fish oils/PUFAs/EFAs.oils/PUFAs/EFAs.<WBR>..there are the many studies that valid them for healthy brain and eye function. But just to state this again -as remarkable as the results many of us are seeing in our children with the nutriiveda- the reason I even thought to introduce it here was 'not' for our kids initially- it was because close to 70 percent of the population is either overweight or obese. Type 2 diabetes and other health risks from the obesity and overeating are at catastrophic proportions (no pun intended). I thought of this as something that those of us that care for special needs children could benefit from -while we raise monies for research. What always strikes me as funny too is how we tend to analyze more those things that are healthy yet unknown...but don't think much of throwing a package of frozen something containing fertilizers, pesticides, preservatives, artificial sweeteners, fat substitutes, and genetically modified foods into our shopping cart without even looking at the ingredients. I don't mean this group because clearly we are a group of parents that do for the most part look at what we feed our family -that do check things out with our child's pediatrician.check things out with our parents will be MORE suspicious of a product like nutriiveda that trust me will get rave reviews from any decent medical professional who knows about nutrition -that has endorsements (and was formulated) by some of the best.. then feeding their child a Krispy Kream doughnut and if I didn't spell that right it's because nope -never had them in my house. Anyway -I over the years have had quite a few people ask me about ADHD...and while I'm thrilled about what I'm seeing in the nutriiveda for Tanner and and now Lori's son, for sure if you have an ADHD child please check this stuff out. The results from what I've seen no matter what -weight, focus, energy etc....are very quick. If anyone has any questions that you can't find answers for through _http://www.pursuitohttp://wwwhtt_ (http://www.pursuitofresearch.org/) please let me know and I'll ask for you. If you check under nutriiveda there you'll see the doctors behind it and one of them we just had to coordinate with as we are currently shooting a 1/2 TV show with Telemundo/NBC for the nutriiveda to cover what this is with the people behind the company that stand behind it. Dr. Chopra didn't come in for this one but him or Dr Simon are both very interested in helping...we aren't going into the apraxia/autism/aren't going into the apraxia/aut producer about it and she wants to film a segment on our group and the kids we outreach to soon. Speaking of which any Spanish speaking families in the Miami area interested in this let me know and I'll get you the show details as well as they will be looking for families to interview who speak fluent Spanish and English (they are filming for NBC as well). ===== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Hi - I have a son with severe Apraxia and I wanted to find out some more information about nutriiveda. Is it a supplement that can help with speech production or is it more for nutrition???? -- [ ] Re: Nutriiveda and Toddlers Thanks Gretchen for sharing! I just wanted to clarify that 'only' the cod liver oil contains the vitamin A because it's made from the liver of the fish. Fish oils made from other areas of the fish outside of the liver do not contain any vitamin A at all. As far as nutriiveda yes the one dosage (which is 2 scoops) is the dosage that most with little ones are using and that would be 2,500 IU of the natural vitamin A -at this NIH site http://ods.od.nih gov/factsheets/vitamina.asp they say up to 3 years old only up to 2000 IU - from 4 to 8 up to 3000 IU -then from the age of 9-13 the dosage goes up to UTL 5610 and by 14 up you are looking at UTL of around 10,000 IU. What I don t know and it's too late for me to call anyone is if there is a difference between the types of vitamin A. For example the chocolate nutriiveda contains cayenne pepper which is from what I read extremely high in beta-carotene (vitamin A) and rare to have toxicity for beta-carotine if the source is from food -which nutriiveda is. Nutriiveda is a food. I will ask about this. As far as all the recent milk questions: I've already put in an email for Dr Chopra or Dr. Simon about the gluten casein question with the nutriiveda because even though the product contains whey isolate protein I was told there are no milk by-products (or fat or sodium) and the doctors call the product gluten casein free. My mom is lactose intolerant and is doing incredible on it -but of course another thing to check into if one has a true milk allergy which is rare but exists. My son is 13 and the dosage of vitamins and nutrients was approved for him for twice a day use just based on age alone. I do know that even for adults the nutriiveda is full meal as 'well' as vitamin replacement -so correct you should stop giving or taking vitamins with it (which saves money too). I still give my son Tanner and I take fish oils with it which I discussed with his professionals, but you no longer need to take any sort of multi -vitamin With all that is in the news today though I do wonder why any medical doctor would question whether there is a nutrition connection to the neurological one....especially if he is not familiar with ayurveda which is is 5000 year old medicine that's all natural and today validated with modern science. Even ayurveda aside, clearly there's enough proof that fish oils help stimulate speech from what we've seen anecdotal here for a decade now, and even if they don't believe that one what about folic acid and birth defects, vitamin C and scurvy, foxglove and heart disease (dropsy)...and back to fish oils/PUFAs/EFAs...there are the many studies that validate the importance of them for healthy brain and eye function. But just to state this again -as remarkable as the results many of us are seeing in our children with the nutriiveda- the reason I even thought to introduce it here was 'not' for our kids initially- it was because close to 70 percent of the population is either overweight or obese. Type 2 diabetes and other health risks from the obesity and overeating are at catastrophic proportions (no pun intended). I thought of this as something that those of us that care for special needs children could benefit from -while we raise monies for research. What always strikes me as funny too is how we tend to analyze more those things that are healthy yet unknown...but don't think much of throwing a package of frozen something containing fertilizers, pesticides, preservatives, artificial sweeteners, fat substitutes, and genetically modified foods into our shopping cart without even looking at the ingredients. I don't mean this group because clearly we are a group of parents that do for the most part look at what we feed our family -that do check things out with our child's pediatrician....I'm just saying that most parents will be MORE suspicious of a product like nutriiveda that trust me will get rave reviews from any decent medical professional who knows about nutrition -that has endorsements (and was formulated) by some of the best.. then feeding their child a Krispy Kream doughnut and if I didn't spell that right it's because nope -never had them in my house. Anyway -I over the years have had quite a few people ask me about ADHD...and while I'm thrilled about what I'm seeing in the nutriiveda for Tanner and and now Lori's son, for sure if you have an ADHD child please check this stuff out. The results from what I've seen no matter what -weight, focus, energy etc....are very quick. If anyone has any questions that you can't find answers for through http://www.pursuitofresearch.org please let me know and I'll ask for you. If you check under nutriiveda there you'll see the doctors behind it and one of them we just had to coordinate with as we are currently shooting a 1/2 TV show with Telemundo/NBC for the nutriiveda to cover what this is with the people behind the company that stand behind it. Dr. Chopra didn't come in for this one but him or Dr Simon are both very interested in helping...we aren't going into the apraxia/autism/ADHD connection yet -spoke to the producer about it and she wants to film a segment on our group and the kids we outreach to soon. Speaking of which any Spanish speaking families in the Miami area interested in this let me know and I'll get you the show details as well as they will be looking for families to interview who speak fluent Spanish and English (they are filming for NBC as well). ===== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Dina it 'appears' that the product nutriiveda which is an ayurvedic metabolic weight management product may be somehow helping our children of today who respond to the fish oils better metabolize the essential fatty acids and other nutrients that are necessary to the body...which is affecting them quickly in a positive way. I best describe it like putting water on a plant that is dry -you quickly notice the change. THIS IS NOT IN EXCHANGE FOR APPROPRIATE SPEECH AND OTHER THERAPY!!!! As Dr. Joe Hibbeln once wisely stated at our conference " the brain responds to multiple stimuli " Also there is no way that within the past month or so -days for most here- we can say for sure that in all cases the nutriiveda will stimulate speech and other skills. So far it appears to have had that affect on both Tanner and . I heard the other night from a parent from NJ (Martha) that she has noticed surges in her son in speech since putting him on the nutriiveda but wasn't sure what it was from yet -I asked her to update us here and she promised she would. Only a handful have tried it -I only just shared it like a week ago here? I only found out by mistake (good mistake) due to my son Tanner about a month or so ago? We are way to early to know. The best thing is that you can check the product out with the professionals that work with your child and I'm sure they will find it to be OK for use even just as a healthy nutritional addition to their diets as most children today don't eat well. So yes it is for nutrition. Thing is that beyond the nutrition the product contains something called ayurvedic botanicals. These are fruits and herbs used everyday in India in foods that are combined in a synergistic way to be called ayurvedic medicine. This type of medicine is the world's oldest as it's been around for 5000 years but still new to the West. What's great is that ayurveda today has been validated numerous times by modern clinical science. This is one of those things that I feel so confident about that the more you dig -the more impressed you'll be in every way. That's also why I keep saying over and over check this out with your child's doctor as well as nutritionists, dietitians etc. And stay tuned for more and more exciting news to come- I just got off the phone! I'm so excited about this I could pop. But for sure keep your eyes on the blog for you'll find at the http://www.pursuitofresearch.org I'm sure if you don't however you'll know why in the future!!! ===== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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