| If you have not read The SONA Study, I can | | | | you see the huge discrepancy. |
| certainly understand why. It is 49,000 pages long and | | | | In addition, to validate the effects of this one |
| took 15 years to complete. The next logical question | | | | vitamin, 33 clinical studies published in the American |
| would be, " What is it, and why should I care?" The | | | | Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that the higher the |
| Sona Study is the longest running study to determine | | | | intake of vitamin C above the RDA, the more |
| the level of nutrients that the body needs daily in | | | | significant the protection against cancer. Smoking |
| order to obtain optimal health, and in the case of the | | | | depletes vitamin C, along with other nutrients that |
| 15 year study, remain disease free. Without | | | | leave the body defenseless. One can therefore |
| recreating the 49,000 pages, I will share some of the | | | | understand why smokers make up some 95% of |
| highlights. | | | | lung cancer patients. Taking a vitamin based on the |
| Through the years, the medical industry and the US | | | | SONA study makes a lot of sense. It is far superior |
| Government have acknowledged that there are | | | | than the RDA and the nutrients are in the correct |
| essential nutrients that the body must have and can | | | | amounts to maintain health. |
| not make on its own. It is why the RDA | | | | In 2002, after decades of anti-vitamin policies, the |
| (Recommended Daily Dietary Allowance) has been | | | | American Medical Association finally chose to |
| revised upwards of ten times since it was created by | | | | recommend daily multi-vitamins. This may open the |
| the National Academy of Sciences in 1941. It was | | | | door so that over time doctors will have more |
| originally created to prevent scurvy (vitamin C | | | | training on nutrition. After nearly 100 years of |
| deficiency), beriberi (deficiency of thiamine), and | | | | knowing how important the essential nutrients are, |
| pellagra (deficiency of niacin). However, as we have | | | | perhaps the medical practioners are close to |
| learned through ongoing studies, the RDA is still | | | | recognizing that you simply cannot be healthy |
| inadequate. It was developed from six month to nine | | | | without proper nutrition, vitamins, minerals, essential |
| month studies which are much too short of a | | | | oils and amino acids, in the right ratios. It just is not |
| window into the human life cycle to be accurate. | | | | possible. |
| The RDA does not address all the toxins, stress, | | | | The SONA Study has given us the tools we need to |
| alcohol consumption, use of tobacco or prescription | | | | make wise decisions. Let's take a quick look at the |
| drugs, and the depletion of nutrients these all cause. | | | | basic requirements. |
| Just as a quick example; any smoker is going to | | | | Consider that the RDA represents the "minimum |
| show an additional need for vitamin C, beta-carotene, | | | | wage" (which you really can't survive on) for your |
| zinc, vitamin B6, and vitamin E. Studies have shown | | | | health. The SONA Study represents the only |
| these deficiencies can lead to many of the | | | | nutritional guideline backed by science to provide real |
| complications that smokers are prone to have. At | | | | HEALTH over your lifetime. There are less then 50 |
| some point, the RDA again will be revised upward | | | | essential nutrients that you must have and the body |
| since none of these depletions are accounted for. | | | | can +not make. They consist of 23 minerals, 13 |
| There needed to be a long-running study, involving | | | | vitamins, 8 essential amino acids (10 for children: 11 |
| thousands of people, that was so extensive and | | | | for premature infants), and 2 essential oils. The |
| detailed that the level of nutrients required to be | | | | SONA, SONA Rx (for athletes and ages over 50), |
| healthy over one's lifetime and provide a better | | | | and SONA Prenatal are the only vitamin/mineral |
| quality of life. Funded by the U.S. Senate, the | | | | enzyme formula based on the SONA study. They are |
| University of Alabama School of Medicine took on the | | | | combined in the right ratios with micro-nutrients in a |
| 15-year multimillion dollar project. Drs Cheraskin and | | | | chelated tablet for maximum absorption. They are |
| Ringdorf were the senior investigators that covered | | | | taken throughout the day so you have a steady |
| 6 various regions of the United States. Many of the | | | | stream of nutrients as your body needs. |
| findings and articles on various minerals, amino acids, | | | | Taking the SONA Vitamin along with an Omega 3-6-9 |
| essential oils and vitamins published over the past 20 | | | | formula made with Primrose Oil, combined with a |
| years have come as a result of this ground breaking | | | | healthy diet of natural foods, pure water, and |
| study. The study was going to finally determine how | | | | exercise is the right way to live a long and healthy |
| many essential nutrients there are and how much of | | | | life or transcend out of a life of ill-health. The best |
| each does the human body need daily. | | | | pricing I have found on these two items for a quality |
| The study's basic goal was to find the ideal daily | | | | product is at an online retailer although you may find |
| consumption of each nutrient to determine the | | | | them from a quality dealer (accept no substitute). |
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| health. Let's just take a look at one vitamin as an | | | | get the essential oils for free when you buy either |
| example. We will take a look at the well known | | | | the SONA Rx or the SONA Prenatal. This is an |
| vitamin C. The average daily intake of the healthiest, | | | | unbeatable offer on the best products for you life |
| disease-free participants was 410 mg per day. | | | | long health. |
| Compare that to the 90 mg a day for the RDA and | | | | Take charge of your life and get healthy! |