Re: Need ideas to help get NV into my dyspraxic daughter who is a very picky eater

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picky eaters and this group is par for the course it seems!! Have you

seen some of the ideas here?

http://pursuitofresearch.org/serving_suggestions.html You shouldn't cook with

NV as you can compromise the delicate essential amino acids -and don't want to

do that!! What about the recipe Liralen came up with for vanilla NV butter

here? http://pursuitofresearch.org/serving_suggestions.html Or mix the vanilla

into the syrup- but again don't cook them in the pancakes. Some parents have

tried putting it in icing as well. What about frozen pops -like a dreamsicle?

It's all a matter of taste but in general based on the news that 40 percent of

calories most kids in the US eat are from junk food and that less than 26

percent of any age in the US eat enough fruits and veggies...it's no shock that

something that is all natural, GFCF, fat, sodium, caffeine free with only 2

grams of organic sugar per scoop wouldn't taste good to most to start. I mean

we live in a candy corn world!!! What is candy corn anyway but a beautiful

looking magic triangle you only see this time of the year and goodness knows

it's probably 100 percent synthetic- may as well be made of plastic and glue! I

can tell you for a fact that once you or your child take NV for a few days-

maybe a week...you WILL start to crave it. And your body will thank you big

time.

I haven't shared this yet because I want to get the exact amounts -but my 16

year old skinny son Dakota...in just a few months on NV he grew from 5 foot 9

inches to 5 foot 10 and 3/4 inches (so grew almost 2 inches) and gained about 15

pounds. This is while my 14 year old lost about the same amount of weight my

older one gained (he needed to) and grew from 5 foot 7 to 5 foot 11 and a half.

My younger son is more consistent -my older son will actually refuse to drink it

at times.

Their pediatrician is a huge believer- do you know what he said? " you just

think he's not going to drink it by himself but you watch...he's going to go off

to college and the work load will be tough and he's going to know he needs to

drink this so that he can work better at school " He always knows the right

thing to say because since then Dakota hasn't been so resistant. He does like

to say " I don't need it " (where my husband will bark back " You do need it, you

clearly need it and you WILL drink it " ) Dakota was always brilliant but with

his ADHD he was a bit absent minded -his grades and the reports from his

teachers are now reflecting the brilliance he's always had! I just LOVE this

stuff. So bottom line -girl you have got to figure out a way to get it in. And

picky? The first time my then 15 year old son drank NV he threw it up!

Dakota's classic picky eater and we have had to work on ways to get all kinds of

foods into him that he needs to eat over the years- and yes he doesn't just

refuse to eat them -he throws them up. Not so much now that he's older but when

younger -put it this way -waited to get that new couch!

But we can't let kids control what they want to eat -if we did my son Dakota

would be very sickly for sure. And this is why his pediatrician and us are

thrilled by his weight and height gain -NV clearly is providing even more to his

body than just helping him with focus for his ADHD. It's providing essential

nutrients. Not only is Dakota more social in general with outside the circle of

just a few of his friends -but many people have commented on how much happier

and talkative, friendly Dakota is " recently " (translate -since NV) He was that

typical teenage moody- not nasty or mean, but just not talkative -kind of

withdrawn a bit prior to NV. Now he's got plans to be a Disney Imagineer and he

is working towards that goal! If I talk lots about NV and the importance of it

-it's because even now after my family using it for about a year (well Dakota no

where that long yet -but Tanner yes) I'm still seeing surges that blow my mind!

I want to go up on my roof and shout to everyone to try this stuff -and I have

medical and speech professionals that would agree. Just the average American

wouldn't -or doesn't understand....but again read this to understand why

http://www.themoneytimes.com/featured/20101004/study-finds-us-children-get-40-th\

eir-calories-junk-food-id-10130575.html

Anyway -just had to bring up Dakota because I read about picky eaters all the

time and typically don't bring him up because his way of dealing with it is

pretty gross -but come on! If I can get Dakota to drink it- surely others can

too. And...by the way- Dakota does NOT like NV with milk either. He only likes

it with water- that's it. Maybe with a splash of chocolate almond milk -but

basically just water. Maybe try that?!!

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Hi kristin,

My son is similar--very picky and prefers fruit to most other things. We

started NV last week and have had no problems getting my son to take it so

far. We mix it with fresh or frozen pureed mango along with a touch of a

milk like substance (ice cream or almond milk) and some water to thin it a

bit. We serve it with a fun thick straw and he gulps it down.

Good luck!

On Oct 6, 2010 8:20 AM, " Carpenter " <kristincarpenter@...>

wrote:

Hello all,

I ordered NV for our daughter who is dyspraxic, and has sensory integration

problems (especially with sound and food textures). I'm having great

difficulty getting the product into her because she really only likes to eat

whole foods (pancakes, muffins, cheese, fruit, etc..). She doesn't drink

milk or any fruit juice, doesn't like applesauce, or puddings. She's not of

fan of any baked chocolate items, although she likes pure chocolate. We did

try to bake the vanilla NV in pancakes, but she didn't eat them. I

personally tried the vanilla NV product in milk and didn't care for the

taste, and I found it difficult to dissolve by just stirring. I'm assuming

using a blender would produce better results.

Does anyone have ideas or recipes to get NV into a VERY picky eater, whose

taste buds are extremely sensitive?

Thanks so much,

Carpenter

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I just had success for the first time today! I had tried it in blueberry flavor

YoBaby Yogurt, but no luck. Today I put it in banana flavor, and it worked! I

hope it keeps working.

Best of luck to you,

>

> Hello all,

>

> I ordered NV for our daughter who is dyspraxic, and has sensory integration

> problems (especially with sound and food textures). I'm having great

> difficulty getting the product into her because she really only likes to eat

> whole foods (pancakes, muffins, cheese, fruit, etc..). She doesn't drink

> milk or any fruit juice, doesn't like applesauce, or puddings. She's not of

> fan of any baked chocolate items, although she likes pure chocolate. We did

> try to bake the vanilla NV in pancakes, but she didn't eat them. I

> personally tried the vanilla NV product in milk and didn't care for the

> taste, and I found it difficult to dissolve by just stirring. I'm assuming

> using a blender would produce better results.

>

> Does anyone have ideas or recipes to get NV into a VERY picky eater, whose

> taste buds are extremely sensitive?

>

> Thanks so much,

> Carpenter

>

>

>

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> >

> > Hello all,

> >

> > I ordered NV for our daughter who is dyspraxic, and has sensory integration

> > problems (especially with sound and food textures). I'm having great

> > difficulty getting the product into her because she really only likes to eat

> > whole foods (pancakes, muffins, cheese, fruit, etc..). She doesn't drink

> > milk or any fruit juice, doesn't like applesauce, or puddings. She's not of

> > fan of any baked chocolate items, although she likes pure chocolate. We did

> > try to bake the vanilla NV in pancakes, but she didn't eat them. I

> > personally tried the vanilla NV product in milk and didn't care for the

> > taste, and I found it difficult to dissolve by just stirring. I'm assuming

> > using a blender would produce better results.

> >

> > Does anyone have ideas or recipes to get NV into a VERY picky eater, whose

> > taste buds are extremely sensitive?

> >

> > Thanks so much,

> > Carpenter

> >

> >

> >

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We put in in almond milk and add Xylitol sweetener (from Whole Foods) which

does no harm, and put it in a little blender and blend the heck out of it.

That helped a lot because my daughter wouldn't drink it in water or milk.

FYI, I haven't written much, but I think this product is amazing -- my child

looks and is healthier than ever (fourth week of school and no colds in the

house yet???), and she is making above-expected gains in all areas. This

morning I walked in a room and saw her navigating an exe-rider around a

table with ease -- if you knew my daughter -- you'd know why my mouth was

hanging open.