Nutrition Cognition Research Articles

Positive Effects Through Nutrition Specific Nutritional Strategies For Neurological Conditions -An Exciting Direction In Research Jilly was diagnosed with apraxia and dyspraxia by an SLP and a neurologist According to the latest estimates from the CDC, as many as one in 50 kids in U.S. schools have autism.  This isn’t even including those now diagnosed with apraxia,  a motor planning impairment, and yet another multifaceted neurologically based communication impairment.... Read More

Nutriiveda Original Brightens Mimi’s Porphyria World

Mimi Alvarez would love to be a model, but she has multiple illnesses and is sensitive to light due to a rare disorder called porphria “Almost every light is out in the Alvarez home, but the family’s 18-year-old daughter still wears sunglasses.  The soft glow of a nearby fish tank is about all the light Mimi Alvarez says she can stand before her skin breaks open.  Hunched over on the living room couch, she describes how she can’t sit up long because her bones will... Read More

Curriculum Resources and Multisensory Approaches for Helping Those With Communication Impairments In Education

The following information is pulled from our groups for Cherab  at one of our private or public support groups, and also shared on our document page. Curriculum talk: From the speech perspective, Lindamood Bell LiPs is a popular program. It is a phoneme based program. The child can tell what you are saying by the shape your mouth makes.  It is not a cheap program, but some people swear by it.  The program is about $500 if you buy all the manipulatives with it.  You can just... Read More

A Mom Documents Life’s Journey Including Raising A Precious Child With Apraxia

“I know that nutritionally something was missing.   Luke’s diagnosis is apraxia of speech, dyspraxia of motor movement, sensory processing disorder, hyperkinesis and congenital anomaly.  He is 3 and a half years old and has been in intensive therapy since 18 months old.” ~ Mary,  Luke’s mom From Mommy Square ”My Life as Mother and Wife  Documenting the story about our journey with apraxia of speech and all the other important things in life”... Read More

Autism, Antivirals, Drugs or Food? Nutrition Appears To Be The Answer

From Scitechdaily.com July 18, 2012 Study Links Immune Irregularities and Autism “A newly published study from scientists at Caltech suggests that specific changes in an overactive immune system can contribute to autism-like behaviors in mice and found that the immune system of the mother is a key factor in the eventual abnormal behaviors in the offspring.”   Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) pioneered the study of the link between irregularities... Read More

Christopher’s NV Original Diary

Christopher, a real champ, will be 7 November 4th 2011 Christopher is going to be 7 years old Nov. 4th. We have struggled with his speech since he was a toddler. We were told from age 3-5 that he just had delayed speech because of being the youngest of 4 children. Then I was able to get him into his current SLP in May 2, 2011 After seeing him a number of times and testing him he finally came up with the diagnosis of apraxia of speech. When I started to read everything I could... Read More

Reading and Academic Abilities For Those With Speech Impairments

“Students Will Rise To the Level of Expectations” ~ Quote from the movie Stand and Deliver In addition to the strategies on this page, please also explore nutrition’s effect on academic performance “Nutritional Effects on Learning” The expression “Students Rise To the Level of Expectation” had to be inspired by the brilliant work by Dr. Robert Rosenthal about the effects of teacher’s expectations on students’ academic and physical... Read More

Is Good Nutrition Improving Reading and Academic Abilities For Those With Speech Impairments?

“My son did NOT have a therapist during the summer months which is when NV was started. His attention span was WAYYY low and not much of an interest academically!! “ ~Colton’s Mom Tanya Colton holding his NV original which he loves  There are numerous reasons to raise academic expectations high for speech impaired students! Colton will be 4 years old November, 2011 and is diagnosed with apraxia which is a motor planning impairment of speech.  He had no speech therapy... Read More

Autism Apraxia Road To Recovery Before and After Videos

Zoe is four years old with a (previous?!) duel diagnosis of PDD NOS or mild autism, and apraxia, with co existing sensory integration dysfunction and hypotonia.  Zoe has been in therapy since 7 months old including speech, occupational and physical therapies.  Zoe has been on fish oils for awhile and more recently the original Nutriiveda since September of 2010 at a much lower dosage than most due to a very sensitive stomach.  This is very interesting because we have found... Read More

Speech Disorder Road to Recovery, Before and After Videos

Michael’s First Day of kindergarten Michael is five years old and diagnosed with a phonological disorder of speech.  Micheal has been in speech therapy since  two years old, and more recently fish oils since December of 2010 which primarily helped with behavior, but his speech was still unintelligible much of the time.  Two weeks after starting Michael on Nutriiveda (NV) and due to the dramatic progress in his articulation in this short period of time, his parents sent... Read More