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Compounds in synergy
Vitamins, minerals, trace elements, amino acids and antioxidants work together rather than targeting a single mechanism.
The founder · since 2020
David Giovenco
Educator · Therapist · Researcher
Over a decade formulating supplements for the most demanding brands. Today, he puts that expertise behind a single clear vision: give cells back what modern food no longer provides.
Discover the journey
10+
Years formulating
29
Bioactive compounds in base One
90
Days for a complete cure
100%
Designed and made in Switzerland
Modern food no longer provides what our cells need. I created base One to give the body exactly what intensive farming has taken away.
David Giovenco
Who David is
David Giovenco is an independent educator, therapist and researcher in nutrition, micronutrition and naturopathy, specialised in orthomolecular and cellular medicine. He trains naturopaths, nutritionists and practitioners through the Academy he founded.
His practice began in 2011 as health coordinator for the Dr Matthias Rath HPCM Foundation in the Netherlands. Between 2010 and 2018, he trained in several specialised schools in Switzerland and the Netherlands, earning diplomas in orthomolecular medicine, nutrition, nutritherapy and micronutrition.
In 2020, he founded nuho and launched the first version of his flagship supplement, OLA Multi-Nutriments. In 2026, the product becomes base One: same ethics, refined formula, clearer identity. A rebirth faithful to the original intention.
Diplomas
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2017
Micronutrition Diploma
Swiss Society of Micronutrition, Geneva
Academic medicine of micronutrition and specific pathologies.
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2015
Nutrition & Nutritherapy
Atlas & Bien-Être, Lausanne
Nutrition, anatomy, physiology and pathologies.
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2012
Orthomolecular Medicine
ECMN, Saint-Maurice
Orthomolecular and cellular medicine.
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2012
Nutritional Biochemistry
ECMN, Saint-Maurice
Human biology and nutritional biochemistry.
The mission
Three good reasons to take a food supplement: prevent, compensate, repair. Anticipate deficiencies before symptoms appear, fill the gap modern food no longer provides, and restore cells against stress and time.
Intensive farming, depleted soils and industrial processing have collapsed the nutritional density of our food. The result: silent deficiencies, chronic fatigue, weakened immunity. Orthomolecular micronutrition is his answer.
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Prevent deficiencies before symptoms
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Compensate for what modern food lacks
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Repair cells against stress and time
The journey
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2011
First steps
Health coordinator for the Dr Matthias Rath HPCM Foundation (Netherlands).
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2017
Micronutrition Diploma
Swiss Society of Micronutrition, Geneva. The culmination of years of training in Switzerland and the Netherlands.
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2020
Birth of nuho
Brand founded (2020) and first product launched: OLA Multi-Nutriments. Head of R&D at Active-Food SA in parallel.
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2025
The Academy
Presidency of the Orthomolecular Academy: ongoing therapist training, research, health protocols.
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2026
Rebirth
OLA becomes base One. Refined formula, rebranded identity.
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How nuho was born
For more than ten years, David formulated supplements for major brands. He saw the compromises from the inside: cosmetic doses, the cheapest forms even when the least bioavailable, marketing before science.
nuho was born from that frustration: a brand that makes no compromise, in Switzerland, under his own name. Clinically formulated products, dosed at levels that actually do something, in the bioavailable forms research validates today.
Why base One changes the game
Five reasons this product is unlike anything you've tried.
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Bioavailable forms only
5-MTHF (active folate), methylcobalamin, L-selenomethionine, citrates, P-5-P. Forms cells recognise and use immediately.
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Clinically meaningful doses
Designed to make a measurable difference on energy, immunity and cellular hydration, not just to tick a regulatory box.
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One daily dose
One pouch, one scoop, in a glass of water. The 90-day cure is the optimal duration to restore balance.
Designed and made in Switzerland
Formulated in Neuchâtel: sugar-free, gluten-free, vegan, no pesticides. A Swiss standard, from lab to spoon.
The product
Discover base One
The cellular supplement designed and formulated by David, made in Switzerland.
View base OneThe method
Three principles guide every formulation
Here they are, no jargon.
1. Active forms, not synthetics
Vitamin B9 in a supplement is either synthetic folic acid (used since the 1940s, poorly assimilated by 30-50% of the population), or 5-MTHF, the active form cells use directly. base One uses 5-MTHF.
Same for B12 (methylcobalamin instead of cyanocobalamin), B6 (P-5-P), selenium (L-selenomethionine). More expensive to produce. This is what orthomolecular therapists recommend.
2. Real doses, not legal minimums
Most pharmacy multivitamins put 60 to 100 mg of vitamin C. base One puts 580 mg. Why? Because at lower doses, the antioxidant and immune effect doesn't really kick in.
Same logic for the other 28 compounds: physiological doses that make a biological difference, not minimum doses that justify a label.
3. Absorption coherence, not stacking
Stacking 30 vitamins and minerals in the same pill creates invisible conflicts. Iron, zinc and copper, for example, compete for the same intestinal transporters: their absorption can drop by 40% when taken together.
base One deliberately excludes iron, copper and calcium. Result: 29 bioactives in active forms that absorb together, instead of 50 that cancel each other out.
One spoon a day in a glass of water. 90-day cure for foundational effect.
Not a ritual. An orthomolecular formulation that addresses what modern food no longer provides.