Nutriveda Before/After Video

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All:

About 1 week ago I posted the following note about my son's 2 wk experience with

Nutriveda and promised to post before/after footage. I can't figure out how to

get the footage onto BigTent or apraxianet, so I've added it to my personal

family blog and wanted to let you all know in case you'd like to check it out.

http://vraciufamily.blogspot.com - video was posted Feb 23, 2010 in case you

need to go to archives (eventually).

The first post was taken Jan 25, the day before we started Nutriveda. The 2nd

post was taken about 2.5 wks later. I'm not sure you can see drastic results in

his articulation, but per my prior post, we've seen wonderful results all around

- mostly in verbal complexity and temperament. We think at the least the NV has

allowed to feel better. Considering he's sleeping through the night

better, not constipated any more (1st time in a year!), able to convey more

complex thoughts and itching less (no more eczema!) I'd be in a better mood too!

Sharon

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Original post sent on 2/17/2010

Hello all.

Just finishing up wk 2 of Nutriveda and have good things to report. Here are the

details on my son and our experience thus far.

ABOUT RYAN:

34 mos old; diagnosed w/CAS at 24 mos. He's on 2 tsp/day of NN 3,6,9 since

diagnosis and we've seen very positive effects from using it. Most recently, we

had an OT eval and were told there may be mild issues with decreased oral motor

awareness & tactile discrimination, vestibular & proprioceptive processing as

well as praxis w/unfamiliar motor tasks - whatever all that means (we're still

learning about the Sensory Processing components of this - he seems just old

enough now to pick up on these things...ugh!).

EXPERIENCE w/NUTRIVEDA:

Dpsage for is 1 scoop (8-9 level teaspoons). The first 4 days he took 3-4

tsp/day. During that time, he was nothing short of AWFUL. He was whiney, crying

and just plain defiant no matter what the situation. Anything would set him off

and we saw no improvements whatsoever. If anything we thought his speech sounded

a tad worse.

Then came day 5... woke up in the BEST mood and had the sweetest

temperament all day - no roller coaster fluctuations. Was he still a 2 yr old

little boy who can be snotty and doesn't always pay attention, certainly, but it

was different. The only way to describe it is that there was a level of

resistance that was gone. is an easy going kid, but more and more lately

we've been met with resistance to any and everything. It finally seemed as if he

was...dare I say it...a normal 2 yr old? Day 6 - same thing. Again, there was a

different kind of peace/calmness in him. My husband was upstairs w/

looking down at me and said " isn't mommy pretty, ? " and said

" Mommy, you are pretty. " And...he used the T!!!! He's never been able to say

that letter before. Also, we noticed he was singing all day, humming, and

chatting more than normal. Finally, we started having hope that maybe it was the

NV? I increased his dosage to a full scoop and he went downhill again for

another 3-4 days before he leveled out again. We believe his body was

purging/detoxing something.

WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE SEEING:

1. Demeaner: This is where we've seen the most significant improvement. The

sweet part of is so very sweet, but always seems to be overpowered by this

massive defiant side. It seemed consequences (time-out, taking something away

even a spanking every now and then) were no deterrant. He simply was going to do

what he wanted to do regardless. Since he's my first child, I didn't know if it

was terrible 2s or what. However, after seeing him have such wonderful days

lately, I see it was something more. Again, only way to say it is that the

resistance is gone. He seems so much happier, compliant and go-with-the-flow.

2. Verbal Complexity: Seeing positive things here too. For instance, instead of

saying he wants to go to the bike shop with his daddy by saying " me go " or " me

go with daddy. " He says " I want to go to the bike store with daddy. Daddy, don't

go yet, wait on me. " - WHAT? This is happening in all aspects of his speech -

even pretend play. He's also mimicking me more and more.

3. Articulation: This hasn't surged a ton, but has definitely improved. He is

able to say more sounds more frequently. " T " for the first time, " Ns " are 80%

there. I even hear him focusing on ending words correctly instead of leaving off

the last consenant. My in-laws heard him talking on the phone and were blown

away by the clarity (let's be clear, there is still not optimal clarity, but

much improved).

4. Focus: Stronger! This morning he played alone for 1 hour. That is not common.

He did a few puzzles and I noticed it wasn't the usual trial and error to find

the right location for each piece. He was actually looking at the image on each

puzzle piece and trying to match it. Haven't seen that before. I never thought

of him as unfocused, but I see a difference.

5. Fine/Gross Motor: Not sure I see anything different here. This is hard b/c

he's only 2, but we'll see. He did learn how to cut with scissors, but not sure

if it was naturally learned or due to NV.

6. Social: is very social and likes to be the center of attention, but

mostly w/adults. He attends preschool 2x/wk (2.5hr classes) w/100% typical kids

and LOVES it but when it comes to classroom setting, his teachers say he still

parallel plays and doesn't initiate w/the other kids. I know Ry well enough to

know it's not b/c he doesn't want to play and talk with the other kids, it's

because he can't...he can't talk to them and knows he doesn't have anything to

say. So...he'll walk up, hand them something and walk away. (it's quite

heartbreaking actually). However, we're seeing a big difference here. At church

daycare this weekend, instead of running straight to the teacher for attention,

he walked over to a kid building a block tower and said " WOW! That is really

big! " Also, there was a little girl fussing and he walked up to her and said " it

be okay " and patted her on the shoulder. He is walking up to people and saying

hi and asking their names. He's talking about the DETAILS of his day more than

just answering questions with yes/no. Maybe it's a confidence? Who knows.

7. Sensory: We are seeing no change in his suspected sensory issues. But I'm

hoping with time this changes.

WHAT'S OUR PROMPT THERAPIST SAYING:

Overall very impressed. She also mentioned less resistance in demeaner and in

his jaw. He's making sounds easier and things seem to be flowing

differently/better. She said his focus was significantly better and she's not

having to PROMPT as much as she was a week ago. She's thrilled.

HOW IS HE TAKING IT:

We mix the vanilla w/Bolthouse Farms juice smoothies. If you don't have time to

make your own smoothies, I'd reco purchasing these. They come in a TON of

flavors & 's able to take a half scoop in one drink (2x/day). You can find

them next to the milk cases at Wal-Mart, or at Kroger's in the produce section

next to the bagged lettuce/specialty dressings - same for Whole Foods.

Overall, my skeptical husband and I are convinced that most of these surges are

due to the NV. Sometimes we can't pinpoint what's different about , but

something is...something there. We had him tested with a DAN doc the week before

we started NV to better understand what is/is not working in his gut/system, but

won't get the results back until April. We're hoping when we meet with DAN in

April we'll get some insight into what exactly the Nutriveda is helping regulate

in .

Hopeful and excited! I have video of him talking from the week before we started

NV and will take more this week. As soon as I get it posted I'll let you all

know.

Sharon