For the past year there are now close to one thousand 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 detailing improvements in various areas for those with autism, apraxia, seizures, traumatic brain injury etc. have been both rapid and dramatic.

Some of the families from the Cherab Foundation have since shared NV with elderly relatives and friends who were having issues with various health issues including Alzheimer's and Diabetes.  Remarkably the reports coming back are similar to what was being reported in the children, teens and young adults; rapid and dramatic improvements which are documented by the individual's medical professional.  The following are actual results the individuals or the family members gave permission to share here, and all are willing to speak with professionals.   Cases like the ones below which are happening with the supplementation of all of the essential amino acids and nutrients from whole foods as in NV document the need to understand the role that nutrition plays on somehow helping neurological function.   We are providing these anecdotal stories in hopes that these cases can be validated in a double blind clinical trial.  Most do not fully appreciate the important role that nutrition has on the body, the brain.  If you would like more detailed information about any of the following reports please email us at info@wholefoodtherapy.com

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The following document an 89 year old with Alzheimer's on NV over the course of a month.  What is most remarkable is that prior to being put on NV the family was considering a nursing home as this dear man was no longer able to care for himself :

October 16th 2010

Can you help me Lisa?

Lisa, Thank you so much for taking time to answer my question. In the morning, I will start giving my Dad the NV.  The way you have described your Aunt losing weight, sounds so much like my Dad. He is not interested in eating very much. I  will let you know how he does. What a blessing you have been to so many people. God has certainly given you a heart for others and our family is very thankful. Teri

October 18th 2010

Lisa, I just had to let you know that this morning Daddy could walk with his cane without me holding him up.  He had been so weak, he couldn't even stand without help. I just know the NV is working.

He is also talking more. Before, he wouldn't initiate any words at all. He would just kind of nod or stare and try to answer with one word what he wanted to say. He doesn't know the names of any objects. I think I told you he has Alzheimer's.

I asked him if he had to go to the bathroom, and he said in a complete sentence, "I can do it. I know where the bathroom is". Just to hear these words brought tears to my eyes. Is this possible?

My sister was ready to put him in a nursing home yesterday. I told her to just give him a chance to get better. I stayed last night with him to make sure he wouldn't fall. He goes back to the doctor today. I know that his times are in God's hands and when the time comes, God will take him home. My desire is to just help him feel the best he can while here. Thank you for your prayers, Teri

October 20th 2010

Lisa, I can't wait to tell everyone the good news about my dad. First, I will give some background. He will be 89 in December and has had alzheimer's almost 9 years. For several years, he has had no memory of past or present events. He can only remember in the moment. He has only been able to speak in a few words with no interest in the actions around him. He doesn't know us by name but knows that we are important to him.

He has been declining quite a bit lately. He forgot how to dress, shave, brush his teeth, and shower within the last month.

About 1-1/2 weeks ago, he got the flu. We took him to the doctor and he was given Amantadine and Tami-flu. Neither seemed to help him because he became even weaker, was not responsive, would not eat, and every time he would attempt to get up would fall. We needed to watch him 24 hours round the clock.

My family felt that it was time for him to go to a nursing home. I told them to just give him a chance to get better. I remembered what Lisa said about her dear Aunt. It was at this point, I e-mailed Lisa to ask for help. She not only answered my e-mail, but she called and told me to give him 1 scoop of the NV 4 times a day. I had already stopped giving him the Amantadine because it made him shake so bad.

Now for the GOOD NEWS, within just a few days, he stopped shaking, got his appetite back, became stronger, could walk with his cane, and started talking. I know this sounds unbelievable, but since they live next door to me I am over there most of the time and this morning he is still talking, talking, and talking. My sister took him to the doctor yesterday and told the doctor that on the way, he was talking telling her about the traffic and which way to turn. Of course the doctor said it was the medicine (Amantadine) that he gave him that caused this improvement. He said the reason he was shaking and having so many problems was that it was too strong of a prescription. Well, I told my sister that Daddy didn't improve until I stopped that medication and gave him the NV. If the improvement was the medicine (it is a flu medication that is also used for Parkinson disease,) my dad would have regressed by now, but he is improving still.

Yesterday, he even said his last name. He has not known the name of any objects or people in quite a few years. Now he is talking in sentences. Mother said that when he woke up this morning he asked where everyone went. In the past he would not have known we had even been there. Also, when I gave him his NV, he got up and washed his glass and put it up after he finished.  The first thing I did this morning was go over and see if he could still talk. Yes, he is! I don't know, since he does have Alzheimer's and is 89, how long this will last but we have our dad back for at least right now. We are so thankful that God gave this blessing. Lisa is a wonderful person to share with all of us her care and knowledge. Thank you Lisa.

Teri from Texas who is also using NV for her daughter with apraxia and seeing dramatic surges

November 21, 2010  One month update from Teri about her Dad

Since he has aphasia, he cannot identify objects but is able to express feelings. Alzheimer's is so complicated and each day is different.

He is definitely stronger and my husband, after spending time with him yesterday, said that he believes he is better since taking the NV.

Before the NV, he had problems with bed wetting and now that has stopped (This is a big PLUS!)

I feel that the Alzheimer's will continue, but he is able to walk with his cane and feed himself. At this point, we are grateful for the strength he has gained.

I have started to give it to my mother because her doctor feels that she is showing signs of Alzheimer as well. She has not been feeling very well. She is 86.

After seeing the fast recovery my dad had from the flu, I feel that using the NV was a good thing to do. In contrast, my sister got the flu right after my dad, and is still having problems. He got well before she did and she is much younger. The NV is definitely making a  difference in his well-being.

Thank you so much for your help and concern. Teri

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Hi

My dad 63 years old got sick early last year because of uncontrolled diabetes.  He was fat with a belly and drastically became thin and lethargic in one month.

He started drinking NV on and off since may this year. I had to keep bugging him to drink it because he doesn't like the taste. However just last week my helper told me that my dad is now drinking one heaping scoop everyday. He don't like the taste more than that.

Anyway the reason he took it now is because he himself felt the difference when he drank it. NV gave him energy to cook us meals. He enjoys cooking. When he didn't have NV he felt too tired and weak. I'm just glad that NV is helping him to enjoy cooking and we get to enjoy the food too!

I don't need to bug him anymore.

Zarifah from Singapore who is also using NV with benefits to her daughter with autism

I am 81 years old and learned about NutriiVeda from a friend's daughter who uses it for her children with apraxia and ADHD.  I read it was good for nutrition and felt that could be good for me as I don't always eat well even when I mean to.  Prior to taking NutriiVeda I have been diagnosed with high cholesterol, I was overweight,  and the worst was my doctor was talking to me about putting me on medication for type 2 diabetes as I was testing as a borderline diabetic and I was having issues with my high blood sugar.  My feet were hurting to the point I was having trouble walking, it was horrible.  I am a former heart patient as well.  I started taking NutriiVeda and a number of things happened it seems within days but at the most a week or so.  First thing was I lost weight easily.  I normally weight in the 160s and have not been in the 140s for as long as I can remember, but somehow just by drinking NutriiVeda I lost over 20 pounds and everyone is asking me what I'm doing.  I found I was very satisfied and no longer craved the high sugar foods I craved before.  Best yet is that my blood sugar and cholesterol are  testing as normal at the last doctor appointment and my doctor said he's "tickled pink" over my test results.  My feet no longer hurt which is huge for me. I have more energy and feel great.  I don't know if this is from the NutriiVeda but my memory is better.  I did not tell my doctor yet about NutriiVeda because I wouldn't know how to explain how this can make this difference.  My doctor told me he is thrilled and whatever I'm doing to keep doing it.  I do plan on telling him in the future once I understand how this is helping me.  There is one bad thing about NutriiVeda.  I can't stand the taste of it and have to force myself to take it.  I know other people like the taste but I just can't get used to it.  My friend's daughter tells me to hold my nose and just drink it –she's right.  I know she's right!

Jane Caggiano New Jersey

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Written by Lisa Geng:

Dr. Leona Weiner, my Aunt Leona

My Aunt Leona at 88 years old fell a few months ago and broke her hip -and as I let my nonprofit know it wasn't at all good after that. As the old saying goes doctors make the worst patients. Sometimes old sayings are true.

My Aunt Leona has been the rock in our family. My mom and my Aunt Leona were raised in an orphanage, so my mom looks to her sister, my Aunt Leona, as more of a mother than a sister. Aunt Leona has been the one to turn to when you have a question about just about anything. She's brilliant. I have written about her for years through my nonprofit Cherab, she her PhD in nursing, retired from teaching at LIU, a retired

Lieutenant colonel, an Army nurse, retired Hospice nurse, still a member of Mensa… and perhaps not as huge to others but huge to me, as I wrote in The Late Talker book, back in 1999 the first to approve fish oils for my son Tanner back at the Rite Aid in NYC when I showed her a bottle of it. Aunt Leona is one of my favorite people in the world to talk to –and incredible to travel with as well. Her and I once backpacked across England and spent some time in France and she amazed me with the stories and wisdom she has for so many other cultures as well.

But that was all prior to breaking her hip a few months ago. Aunt Leona has a library in her apartment in NYC. But not a normal library –just books all over, up on shelves, on the chairs and the floor too. She was trying to reach a book and was (at 88 years old) standing on a chair reaching up and the next thing she knew she woke up on the floor. We don't know how long she was passed out because Aunt Leona lives alone. She doesn't want help.

Aunt Leona lived in NYC all her life and always on her own, fiercely independent, with a large amount of friends and an active social and educational life. She never wanted to stop learning, was always taking new courses, studying what is going on in medicine and the world today. She once shared with me that today if things are not online they are lost and there is so much lost knowledge in books that still has not made it online. She was my go to person for any question that was out of the box. I run the Cherab Foundation and have parents who have children who receive ABA therapy for autism; both those that are autistic, as well as those that are misdiagnosed. Aunt Leona was the first to discuss with me the original ABA therapy as she worked at the hospital where they started it with autistic children from over 50 years ago when they used electroshock therapy. She never approved of it then. She was horrified to learn that just recently electroshock therapy is once again being used to "treat" some autistic children. She also is the one that taught me the brilliant work of Dr. Robert Rosenthal which I have used to help my own children, and teach others the same.

But again as much as I have learned from Aunt Leona, this broken hip was changing her, and not in a good way.

Aunt Leona received top medical doctors and treatment after her broken hip, but she changed after this fall. She became very agitated about needing any assistance or help. She wanted to be alone, not that she minded family with her, but she felt she was perfectly capable to live on her own still with no help. As good as she has been at helping others heal, she refused tests, medications every offer of help. She got angry and for the first time as long as I knew her, she started yelling at people and complaining about everything no matter how hard all tried to help her. And she started to waste away getting thinner and thinner. She was eating organic foods and drinks –but in spite of that clearly her body no longer was utilizing the food. In addition she developed issues with severe constipation. Her appetite faded daily and getting food into her became increasingly tougher. Others tried to tell me this is a normal part of dying.

And it wasn't just her health, it was her behavior. After all the years of being the wise, calm, kind and knowing rock in all of lives, increasingly Aunt Leona almost nonstop complained. My Aunt's behavior and comments were breaking my mother's heart most. It appeared she was dying but nothing we did would make her happy. She was angry about any help we tried to give her as she didn't want any, but she couldn't live alone either. It was terrible and confusing for us as a family.

Aunt Leona was going downhill fast.



Lisa Geng writes about her Aunt Leona's experience on a whole food product called Nutriiveda

I had been begging my Aunt Leona for months to try a whole food nutrition and protein product called NutriiVeda that has had life changing benefits to my own son Tanner and many others of various ages and conditions in my nonprofit. (here are just a few of the testimonies and please feel free to contact me if you'd like to speak to any of the following parents or professionals http://pursuitofresearch.org/testimonials.html )

Aunt Leona refused repeatedly to even try NutriiVeda, saying she'd perhaps try it after she had time to research it. But unlike in the past where she'd jump on the computer, she no longer went on to the computer; she had become a different person.

Which leads us to when Aunt Leona was on her death bed; Hospice, clergy and family were all there. Aunt Leona said goodbye to me, to everyone. I was crying not yet willing to accept that Aunt Leona would be gone. I one last time desperately pled to my Aunt Leona with tears running down my face. "Aunt Leona for me will you PLEASE just try NutriiVeda?! It's just whole food and I just know it can help you" and went on to tell her more not knowing what she heard or was listening to. I told her about all the essential amino acids, explained the research today linking that to neuro repair. I told her about whole food nutrition, slow growing vegetation, easily digestible aspect of why this could help. I again didn't know if she listened or heard, but clearly she did.

That day she agreed to have what she called NutriiVeda –the "Lisa drink" (which is what she still calls NutriiVeda to this day) She was given a small Dixie cup and liking it she held out her hand for more, again and again. This was the day she said "goodbye" to me and everyone. That day all were convinced that she only agreed to drink NutriiVeda because she was dying and I guess because I begged her as a last wish from me. But here's the good news! Aunt Leona not only didn't die, but she got stronger, asking for the "Lisa Drink" many times a day. I got a few calls from the aids "Is it OK to give her this many drinks of NutriiVeda a day?" Two days later it was Aunt Leona's 89th birthday and she requested an Angel food cake which my sister and my niece and nephew took hours to try to bake perfect for her.

Just days after being on her death bed, and one day after her 89th birthday, strong willed Aunt Leona wanted to try to walk a bit. She had that much of a turnaround. All were shocked and thrilled. She went with her aid and a wheelchair and walker to the courtyard below her apartment outside. Aunt Leona was slowly taking steps, walking! She was happy and smiling. But something went terribly wrong. Nobody knows if it was the walker, too soon after, the wind, but Aunt Leona fell again, this time straight back! And not just my still fragile Aunt Leona, but also her aid, and the walker all went backwards! The people outside in NYC who witnessed this all gathered around to help my Aunt and the aid back up. But not much could be done, and we believe Aunt Leona this time hit her head because suddenly her speech was slurred.

Once again Aunt Leona refused testing and only wanted Hospice. Due to ignorance about NutriiVeda, for a few days the one hospice nurse who didn't know what the "Lisa Drink" was said she didn't want Aunt Leona to have NutriiVeda saying she wanted her to have "real food" instead, not realizing that NutriiVeda not only is "real food" but easily digestible! It was horrible once again. Each time the aids tried to feed her "real food" she threw it up, once again she had lost her appetite, once again was constipated and once again for the second time in a short period all thought Aunt Leona was going to die.

During those few days after the fall and while off NutriiVeda Aunt Leona's speech was difficult for anyone to understand anything. From her clear speech before her speech suddenly was slurred, almost sounded like babble at times, and also quite soft. She stopped trying to talk much too. It was so frustrating and sad because my once brilliant Aunt could no longer communicate. In those days she started to sleep more and more, day and night. During this time when I did speak to her at any point I strained to understand what she was trying to say to me, thinking these slurred words can be her last to me.

It was just a few days before I realized that my Aunt Leona was off of NutriiVeda and pleaded with all to put Aunt Leona back on, and once again a complete turn around.

Once back on NutriiVeda, this time for the second time, Aunt Leona started to bounce back. She got her appetite back, and her smile. I'll never forget a few days after she was back on NutriiVeda that I spoke to Aunt Leona and asked her how she felt and instead of "not good" as she would typically say, she said "better". Her voice was choppy, her words were said slowly, but I was able to once again understand her better than the week before. It was around this time that the Zrii corporation graciously flew me to NYC to once again visit with my Aunt Leona (see photos).

It's now been a few weeks since the last fall, and Aunt Leona has been on NutriiVeda a few times a day and it's brought back her appetite! Aunt Leona is gaining weight which is incredible and is no longer constipated which is wonderful too for many reasons! Aunt Leona since being back on NutriiVeda requests the "Lisa Drink" a few times a day, in fact her aid Jacky posted to my facebook page one night at 1:30 AM that Aunt Leona was requesting the Lisa Drink at that time! The aids complain that it's all she wants to drink. But to me the most amazing and incredible in addition to all else, is just like my son Tanner and many speech impaired children in my nonprofit, my Aunt Leona's speech has come back clear and quicker! She is getting stronger, and is able to talk and understood again!

And there is something else that is remarkable … Aunt Leona has once again just recently become positive. All the nurses from Hospice and her aids and family and friends notice it as it's so dramatic. Aunt Leona no longer complains, no longer yells "NO!" to offers of help, she talks and you can see the Aunt Leona that was gone for so long is back again! Still getting stronger after the last fall Aunt Leona is a bit afraid to try to walk again, but that is the plan. That's what Aunt Leona wants.

Read more:

Is Nutriiveda Creating a Paradigm Shift in Treatment of Seizures?

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