Re: Our Nutriiveda experience, so far! DIANE

[Guest guest]

Hi Diane-

I just now have read this post of yours..... I responded to a later post of

yours the other day.... (the one about melt downs)...I wrote a long note

telling you that my Son had them as well... but they have stopped.

Disregard my question about how old Liam is.... I just read all about his

history

in this post. I am trying to catch up with my e-mails..... God- there were

close to 1000 in my " in box " .

I am so happy to see that Liam has made such great progress..... I also

want to say GOOD FOR YOU TOO!

Congrats on the weight loss! I totally understand how hard it is to lose

weight. Guess what? I am an older mommy too! I am 45- and I have a 5 year

old and an almost 3 year old!

I also have been taking NV--- but I have been " hit or miss " with my

dosages..... I have lost about 4 lbs in 2 weeks, even though I have missed

some

doses..... I suffer from what I call " Mom Zeimers " .... LOL..... All the

running around between my " typical 5 year old's " PK, Ballet and Tumbling

classes.... plus my almost 3 year old's 4x per week ST, 2x per month OT, 2x

per month Developmental Therapy and 1x per month PT......and many MD

appointments....... PLUS 85 year old parents who still live in their own home

and

need help...... I at times, have not much of a brain.... (Get out the

violins) LOL..... Today, I realized that tons of checked out library books

massively overdue. After paying a huge fine, I asked the Librarian to

please call me if she finds my brain in her lost and found area!

After reading about your results.... I will make an effort to make sure I

take the time to simply drink my NV every day! (such a simple thing)....

One year from now, after the NV helps us to lose weight, you and I might

give some 30 year olds a run for their money! LOL....

Hugs from

>

> Hello all! We received our canisters of chocolate NV on Monday and began that

afternoon! My 5 yr old son Liam and I are both using it. I've started Liam on

only 1 scoop per day, because I'm having a horrible time getting it in him! I

don't think he objects to the taste as much as texture??? We know he doesn't

like milk shakes or smoothies of any kind, so we're feeling kind of limited.

Hubbie is picking up some coconut milk yogurt from Whole Foods on his way home,

so fingers crossed that will work and we can up his dosage to 2 scoops soon.

For myself, I started with 2 scoops and then upped it to 4 today.

>

> First, because I haven't posted much and you don't know much about Liam - a

brief history. Liam was diagnosed with multiple protein intolerance as a

newborn and cannot tolerate casein or soy. He has a history of sinus, ear, and

respiratory infections and is small for his age. He was diagnosed with verbal

apraxia at 22 mos. We discovered 's book soon afterward and started Pro-EFA

& EPA, experiencing nice surges as we increased it. Over the past few years,

Liam has received additional diagnoses of high functioning autism/PDD-NOS, SPD,

CAPD - well, you get the idea - he's a real head-scratcher! He's hyperlexic, so

the big difference between his verbal and nonverbal/performance skills make him

difficult to evaluate, I'm told. Anyway, he's " apraxic from head to toe " (per

one of his SLPs), mildly sensory-seeking, and has the expressive and receptive

language skills of a <3 yr old, while able to do complex addition and

substraction and read at a second grade level.

>

> Changes in Liam so far: Liam is a much happier child, with much more energy.

His attention has improved - he seems more " on. " Instead of wanting TV all day,

he hasn't even asked for it yesterday or today. Instead, he's reading and wants

to share the books with the rest of us. He is intiating play with us more,

actually creating his own silly games (apparently, they've been imitating trains

in preschool, which is thinks is hilarious, so he runs around the house going

" chuga chuga choo choo! " and then came to me with a variation: " Mommy, when I

say chuga chuga, you say moo moo! Ok, ready? Ok, go! " - he has never done this

before). He didn't cry about going to preschool yesterday or today - this is a

battle we usually endure every morning (he'd even get the calendar and try to

convince me that it's the weekend! lol). As I'm typing this, he has come up to

me twice and physically moved my face so I have to look at him while he tells me

about something. Definitely more engaged. He's considerably less frustrated

and less married to routine. We haven't noticed any change in articulation yet,

but he's requiring less cuing to answer WH questions. After preschool yesterday

and today, two different therapists noted that he was very engaged and followed

directions well (was the only one in his group who followed instructions on an

art project without help). They don't yet know that we're doing anything

different. Liam was still happy and energetic after his mornings at preschool,

which is new. Liam is kind of hyper since beginning NV, which under ordinary

circumstances I might consider to be a bad thing, but if he's feeling better and

more energetic, who can blame him for wanting to climb and jump all over

everything?!!! Oh - and he is drinking a lot more. This might seem like a

little, unimportant thing, but we usually have to bribe him to get him to finish

even one cup of juice at a meal - last night he had 2 1/2! Good hydration makes

us happy!

>

> I'm also feeling much, much more energy. I've already cut my morning coffee

from two mugs to one - just don't want it. I still have energy at the end of

the day, and yet I'm sleeping very well. My head feels clearer and I just plain

feel better. I'm 46 (my oldest child is in grad school and my youngest is 3 -

yes, I'm crazy) and overweight and had given up on being able to lose my extra

weight, but this week I've already lost 4 lbs. It's all water - my ankles are

no longer swollen and my feet don't hurt at the end of the day. I was

underweight - a teeny size zero - until my mid-thirties, and then gained 30

lbs., followed by 30+ more after Liam was born, and doctors haven't been able to

tell me why, and diet and exercise have not helped, so I'm a great candidate, I

think, for this product. If it continues to help me with my health and weight

woes, it is indeed miraculous!

>

> For those who are doing biomed/DAN protocol for their kids - if it helps at

all to know - we started seeing a DAN doc last October. Of course we were

already GFCFSF because of Liam's problems, and we had already added fish oils

and digestive enzymes with great results. We added Vitaspectrum multivitamins,

at our DAN's advice, and increased his calcium and magnesium (because he can't

have milk products) and vitamin D (blood test showed it was very low, by even

mainstream standards, as is common in my family), and added L-Theanine (which we

were happy to see is included in NV). Since beginning NV, we've stopped the

multivitamins and L-Theanine, but kept the other stuff.

>

> Sorry that this ended up being so long! Hope it helps.

> Dianne

>

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Hi !

So good to know I'm not the only crazy woman around who decided to have babies

in her forties! lol And hey, I hadn't thought to look at the library lost and

found for MY brain, so thanks for the tip!

We are experiencing just about everything that everyone else is experiencing

with NV side effects - crankiness, big smelly poops, and improvements all over

the place! Thankfully, the first two seem to have fallen by the wayside. Liam

continues to amaze us with more complex sentences and just generally more

engaged in life. We are over the moon excited about what we're seeing here and

have brought out home therapies again that we had put away before, figuring they

just wouldn't help - now he's really getting something out of them! I am

finally feeling less anxious about beginning the whole public school experience

with him in the Fall. I know we'll still have lots and lots of challenges, but

I'm starting to feel we'll be better able to have a positive experience.

As for me, I'm still feeling lots of energy, and have dropped another couple of

pounds. I'm sure it will start dropping off faster now that I've finally

started exercising again - something I had no energy for before. This couldn't

come at a better time, since at this age and weight I'll be facing some grim

health problems otherwise. I'm so very grateful for NV!

Thanks again, , for the support and sharing. All my best.

Dianne

> >

> > Hello all! We received our canisters of chocolate NV on Monday and began

that afternoon! My 5 yr old son Liam and I are both using it. I've started

Liam on only 1 scoop per day, because I'm having a horrible time getting it in

him! I don't think he objects to the taste as much as texture??? We know he

doesn't like milk shakes or smoothies of any kind, so we're feeling kind of

limited. Hubbie is picking up some coconut milk yogurt from Whole Foods on his

way home, so fingers crossed that will work and we can up his dosage to 2 scoops

soon. For myself, I started with 2 scoops and then upped it to 4 today.

> >

> > First, because I haven't posted much and you don't know much about Liam - a

brief history. Liam was diagnosed with multiple protein intolerance as a

newborn and cannot tolerate casein or soy. He has a history of sinus, ear, and

respiratory infections and is small for his age. He was diagnosed with verbal

apraxia at 22 mos. We discovered 's book soon afterward and started Pro-EFA

& EPA, experiencing nice surges as we increased it. Over the past few years,

Liam has received additional diagnoses of high functioning autism/PDD-NOS, SPD,

CAPD - well, you get the idea - he's a real head-scratcher! He's hyperlexic, so

the big difference between his verbal and nonverbal/performance skills make him

difficult to evaluate, I'm told. Anyway, he's " apraxic from head to toe " (per

one of his SLPs), mildly sensory-seeking, and has the expressive and receptive

language skills of a <3 yr old, while able to do complex addition and

substraction and read at a second grade level.

> >

> > Changes in Liam so far: Liam is a much happier child, with much more

energy. His attention has improved - he seems more " on. " Instead of wanting TV

all day, he hasn't even asked for it yesterday or today. Instead, he's reading

and wants to share the books with the rest of us. He is intiating play with us

more, actually creating his own silly games (apparently, they've been imitating

trains in preschool, which is thinks is hilarious, so he runs around the house

going " chuga chuga choo choo! " and then came to me with a variation: " Mommy,

when I say chuga chuga, you say moo moo! Ok, ready? Ok, go! " - he has never

done this before). He didn't cry about going to preschool yesterday or today -

this is a battle we usually endure every morning (he'd even get the calendar and

try to convince me that it's the weekend! lol). As I'm typing this, he has come

up to me twice and physically moved my face so I have to look at him while he

tells me about something. Definitely more engaged. He's considerably less

frustrated and less married to routine. We haven't noticed any change in

articulation yet, but he's requiring less cuing to answer WH questions. After

preschool yesterday and today, two different therapists noted that he was very

engaged and followed directions well (was the only one in his group who followed

instructions on an art project without help). They don't yet know that we're

doing anything different. Liam was still happy and energetic after his mornings

at preschool, which is new. Liam is kind of hyper since beginning NV, which

under ordinary circumstances I might consider to be a bad thing, but if he's

feeling better and more energetic, who can blame him for wanting to climb and

jump all over everything?!!! Oh - and he is drinking a lot more. This

might seem like a little, unimportant thing, but we usually have to bribe him to

get him to finish even one cup of juice at a meal - last night he had 2 1/2!

Good hydration makes us happy!

> >

> > I'm also feeling much, much more energy. I've already cut my morning coffee

from two mugs to one - just don't want it. I still have energy at the end of

the day, and yet I'm sleeping very well. My head feels clearer and I just plain

feel better. I'm 46 (my oldest child is in grad school and my youngest is 3 -

yes, I'm crazy) and overweight and had given up on being able to lose my extra

weight, but this week I've already lost 4 lbs. It's all water - my ankles are

no longer swollen and my feet don't hurt at the end of the day. I was

underweight - a teeny size zero - until my mid-thirties, and then gained 30

lbs., followed by 30+ more after Liam was born, and doctors haven't been able to

tell me why, and diet and exercise have not helped, so I'm a great candidate, I

think, for this product. If it continues to help me with my health and weight

woes, it is indeed miraculous!

> >

> > For those who are doing biomed/DAN protocol for their kids - if it helps at

all to know - we started seeing a DAN doc last October. Of course we were

already GFCFSF because of Liam's problems, and we had already added fish oils

and digestive enzymes with great results. We added Vitaspectrum multivitamins,

at our DAN's advice, and increased his calcium and magnesium (because he can't

have milk products) and vitamin D (blood test showed it was very low, by even

mainstream standards, as is common in my family), and added L-Theanine (which we

were happy to see is included in NV). Since beginning NV, we've stopped the

multivitamins and L-Theanine, but kept the other stuff.

> >

> > Sorry that this ended up being so long! Hope it helps.

> > Dianne

> >

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