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supplements,oneshouldconsultwithahealthcareprovider.Theyshouldbeadjustedforchildrenin
accordance with body weight.

“SONABasedVitaminlevels-ThevitaminlevelsintheSONAare

basedontherecentlydevelopedSuggestedOptimalNutrientAllow-

ances(SONAs)asproposedtotheUSSenate.Throughtheeffortofa

15 yearstudyitisnowpossibletoextrapolatesuggestedoptimum

dailynutrientallowancesorSONA’S.TheSONA’Sarelevelsofnutri-

entsfoundinastudyof13,500maleandfemalesubjectslivinginsix

differentregionsoftheUnitedStatesconductedbyseniorinvestigat-

ors,Drs.EmanuelCheraskinandW.M.RingsdorfattheUniversityof

AlabamaMedicalSchool.Theresultsoftheir$2milliondollarstudy

arecontainedin49,000boundpagesfoundin 153 volumes,whoseres-

ultshavebeenpublishedinover 100 papersduringthe1970’s&

1980’s.Theycorrelatedintakesofessentialnutrientswithsignsand

symptomsofdisease.Thehealthiestindividuals-thosewiththeleast

clinicalsignsandsymptoms,consumedsupplements,andateadiet

richerinessentialnutrientsrelativetocaloriesthanthosewithmore

signsandsymptomsofdisease.Basedonthelogicalassumptionthat

thosewhoarefreeofsymptomsarehealthierthanthoseshowingclin-

icalsignsandsymptomsofdisease,theidealdailyintakeofeaches-

sentialnutrientwastakentobethatlevelconsumedbypeoplewho

werefreefromsymptomsandsignsofdisease.CheraskinandRings-

dorffoundoptimumintakesofessentialnutrientstoincreasewithage.

Formoreinformationpleaseseethearticle:EstablishingaSuggestedOp-

timal Nutrient Allowance (SONA).

TheRDAs-intakesofmineralsandvitaminswhichpreventdeficiency

symptomsinhealthy,averageadults-areinadequateforoptimumhealth,

especiallyduringstress,growth,pregnancy,lactation,strenuousandathlet-

icactivity,healingfromdiseaseandinjury,andadvancingage.Atpresent,

theRDA’srepresentthenutritionalequivalentoftheminimumwage.Just

liketheminimumwage,theyofferlittlehopeofsignificantlyimproving

thequalityofyourlife.Foralmosteveryone,theSONA’Srepresentsup-

plementlevelsofessentialvitaminsandmineralsdesignedtomaintainop-

timum health over a life-time.” 224

TheVegetarianVitamin Supplement Recommended for the KemeticDietProgram

The SONAVegetarianVitamin Supplement is created in the same way as theKamutWheat-

grassJuice.It is not heated over 88 0 which would break down the nutrients and enzymes. It

is a complement to theKamut Wheatgrass Juiceand the total KemeticDietProgram.

Contents of the Vitamin-mineral Supplement for the KemeticDiet