The Worst Side Effects May Be From…

Poor nutrition.  We all know to survive we need certain nutrients but do you know the difference between “good nutrition” and “poor nutrition”? Harvard just created a new ‘Healthy Eating Plate’ which breaks down the healthy foods or healthy nutrition, you should look to consume daily.   The Nutrition Source,  is a Web site maintained by the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health contains a section “What should I eat?”... Read More

You Are What Your Mother Ate

Research provides new insight into why poor diet during pregnancy negatively affects offspring’s long term health. University of Cambridge Date: 09/03/11 "A mother's diet may sometimes alter the control of certain genes in her unborn child" Poor diet during pregnancy increases offspring’s vulnerability to the effects of aging, new research has shown for the first time. The research, by scientists from the University of Cambridge, provides important insight... Read More

Note To Reality TV Show ‘America’s Next Great Restaurant’… Please Choose Healthy!

Please pick a healthy one for a "change"!! For the sake of all of us!  Someone needs to save us from restaurants like the one in Chandler, Arizona named the “Heart Attack Grill.”   This restaurant makes  a lame attempt at humor about cardiovascular disease and death by giving free “food” such as “Double Bypass Burger and Flatliner Fries” to patrons that weight 350 pounds or more.   Heart Attack Grill had a spokesman named Blair River that weighed... Read More

You Are (as smart as) What You Eat

Sweet and smarter? “Snips and snails, and puppy dog tails That’s what little boys are made of!” Or is it today “Sodas and snacks, and Mc Donalds Big Macs?”… We already know that junk food contributes to today’s obesity epidemic.  However, there is now also research showing evidence that eating poorly can slightly lower a child’s IQ.  The findings were based on the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, and were  published ... Read More

Pregnant Women Cry Over New Studies “Toxins and Drugs and Poor Diets….Oh My!”

Hold the cigarettes and alcohol while pregnant.  We all know that, but what about exposing a fetus to a virtual cocktail of toxins including PCBs, together with pharmaceuticals including nitroglycerin, together with limiting what essential nutrients that growing fetus needs to develop?  Have researchers today become like the blind men with the elephant as they search for genetic reasons for dramatic rises in various conditions such as autism without considering if genetic mutations... Read More

Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Autism and Other Disorders, Can Diet Help?

"I have to eat what?!" Someone in our nonprofit group just asked “My Aunt sent me an article about research that found children with autism have mitochondrial problems. I know people in this group know so much so just curious if we are supposed to test for this? And if so what do you do for it?” Great question!  The study probably shared was the one that was just published in the December 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association; `Mitochondrial... Read More

Is Nutriiveda Creating a Paradigm Shift in Preventative Health and the Treatment of Disorders?

Since around December of 2009, there are now over one thousand individuals of all ages that have been on a 100% all natural  food supplement called Nutriiveda, or “NV” as it’s been nicknamed through the Cherab Foundation, a grassroots nonprofit advocacy group to support those with communication impairments. The rapid and dramatic success rate of this whole food product on individuals, mainly children but from ages ranging from 2 to 89 years old has been almost across... Read More

Neurogenesis; Does Mother Nature Know Best?

Dr. David Perlmutter, a Board-Certified Neurologist and Fellow of the American College of Nutrition and author of the upcoming book “Power Up Your Brain”, recently wrote an exciting article on neurogenesis titled “Neurogenesis: How to Change Your Brain” As pointed out we’ve come a long way in neurology from the now outdated belief that “In adult centers the nerve paths are something fixed, ended, immutable. Everything may die, nothing may be regenerated.” ~Santiago... Read More

Is Nutriiveda Creating a Paradigm Shift in Treatment of Speech Impairments?

Child receiving speech therapy For over two years now there are thousands of children of all ages that have been on a whole food supplement called Nutriiveda, or “NV” as it’s been nicknamed through the Cherab Foundation, a grassroots nonprofit advocacy group to support those with communication impairments.  For the children the rapid and dramatic success rate of this whole food product has been almost across the board with both parental and professional anecdotal reports... Read More

Is Nutriiveda Creating a Paradigm Shift in Treatment of Seizures?

Request for upcoming preclinical research from the lead doctor for those that have not already shared with us: “”One thing that would help us is if you have – or can access -information on the patients that are currently taking NV for seizures, in terms of the type of seizures or epilepsy they are experiencing. This would be extremely helpful in identifying the appropriate model which best mimics the human condition (where we already know that it works).” If... Read More