Re:NutriiVeda - want testimonials from members

Posted October 29, 2010 · October 29, 2010

Hi Jodi, I very very very rarely post, been a " lurker " here for over 9 years

(let alone give " testimonials " ) so hopefully that conveys what I feel about nv.

My son was diagnosed almost 10 years ago (on Halloween to be exact) with a

marker chromosome that is not related to a specific syndrome but that manifests

itself in multiple ways including communication difficulties, sensory

integration, hypotonia, gluten intolerance and some cognitive impairment. At

the time I was a marketer and writer for a national magazine so was used to

doing research, quickly switched from researching celebraties and consumer

products to researching everything and anyone who might help (we were given

a rather grim prognosis by multiple professionals and told effectively to " do

what you can but remain realistic " ). We have seen many professionals, tried

homeopathic remedies, biomedical interventions, diet changes, varying therapies

etc. All done with tons of research, some skeptism but mostly proceeding (or

continuing with something) by using my " gut " on what was working and what was

worth doing (from a cost and stress on sean/our family standpoint). Most things

have either had a slight change or none with a few exceptions...fish oils

(amazing change in him on these, uses Nordic Naturals EPA and 3-6-9 Complete),

floortime therapy (aka DIR), hippotherapy (if only we could afford a horse),

gluten-free diet (he has an " intolerance " never went so far as to get a full

blown celiac diagnosis) and now NV. Other things have helped over time (e.g.

B12 shots) but when we take a break (I always do to see if it is truly the

intervention that is working) we stop (or rethink) if there is no regression.

Our family has never " benefited " from any of these things other than the

benefits has received - which are worth more than anything. I am telling

you this so you understand that we are also skeptics and encourage research,

research, research, but really discourage knocking what works for

others...because you never know. E.g our school district was convinced

" Floortime " was a crock and ABA was the way to go for . Years of meetings,

not so friendly debates, advocates, reports etc has (and other children who

have benefited from our " fight " ) now thriving in a DIR based program while other

children (at the same school) continue to make strides using ABA.

completely shutdown on ABA so we knew we need to research something different

and are soooooo glad we did. I also was skeptical about NV, the cost, how it

was sold everything down to the auto-ship seemed " suspect " to me, but reading

the stories here and yes doing my own research, research, research decided to

give it a try in February. has been taking 2 scoops 2x a days consistently

since mid-March. Have we seen the dramatic changes some are seeing? Probably

not (given 's multi-layered challenges that is to be expected...we have

never ever had the " magic bullet " ) but have we seen benefits - absolutely. He

turned twelve last week and this would be a natural growth period for him but he

has really shot up and trimmed down. He has not really " lost " weight instead he

looks more toned...finally something to help with the hypotonia. In his case NV

was not about weight loss but more about building muscle tone (a real problem

for him, he has difficulty sitting a chair for periods of time...slumps over).

So in this way he looks healthier, tires less when he swims, even is giving

another try to his adapted bicycle...motor planning still an issue but he seems

to stick with it more and have better stamina. This may seem " small " but for a

boy with 2 very active brothers any chance for him to be a participant rather

than a spectator is priceless. In fact (other than the growth spurt) most of his

changes would be considered " small " by most posters here but for any change

is monumental. We have seen improvements in attention, imaginative play (his

brother asked what he was doing the other day and replied " I am pretending

to dig for treasure " this is nothing short of amazing...we were not even sure he

knew what " pretending " was other than that he never seemed to hit that

milestone), and just in participating in things around him (first time ever has

requested to dress for Halloween). Are these things from NV, I don't know but

when he went off for a week this Summer he seemed to regress and kept asking for

his " juicy ice cubes " (which is how we serve the NV...juice, water, ice). For

now we will continue with it, I agree it is expensive but for our family (at

this point) it is worth it. Not to say we will stop re-evaluating...how would

we have found NV if we were not willing to try new things? While there

certainly is money made in selling it I order 's through Pursuit of Research

so at least I feel (hopefully correctly) that at least some of the profits are

going back into research to help this very underserved population. Jodi, I am

not tellingy you what to do...only you and your family can decide...but I have

hopefully provided the unbiased testimonial you were requesting. I guess this

very long winded post makes up for years of not positng, thanks for slogging

through it!

Posted October 30, 2010 · October 30, 2010

Just want to say that I've been a member for a couple of months, and this recent

message about the special Halloween-deadline offer was the first even vaguely

commercial message I've ever seen here. I didn't even know NV was MLM. No one

had ever asked me to sign up for anything. When I did see it, I got excited

because I thought we might get a lower cost... but they're already selling it at

the lowest cost they can. No one has ever pressured me to buy more, or more

often. I don't mind helping to support CHERAB foundation. I do wish the product

were less expensive, but I don't feel that anyone is taking advantage of here in

any way.

You may notice that I questioned the vitamin E levels of NV yesterday, and got

an answer here that I will take into consideration. I don't take anything for

granted and try to check things out. I understand your caution.

Just my two cents.

PS -- we're not quite up to a full dose on the NV yet, and not for very long, so

I can't give a testimonial on it, but I " think " he is chattier with it. We're

seeing good improvement in speech every day. I don't know if NV is helping the

advances, but my son's diet is so poor, and I've never had luck getting ANY

supplements into him before, so I am willing to use the NV simply to help his

body grow and thrive, let alone his mind.

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> Hi Jodi, I very very very rarely post, been a " lurker " here for over 9 years