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The Fargo Marathon week is finally here... and so is summer weather! Team Swanson at long last has been able to enjoy some beautiful weather during their last week of training. For the rest of us, well, we’ve been busy preparing for the annual Swanson Health & Fitness Expo that kicks off on Thursday. We’ve got a lot of awesome freebies to hand out, a special guest appearance by Dick Beardsley and a chance to win a $500 shopping spree! So if you’re in town or live close by, stop by, say hi and...

Dear Friends and Valued Customers,

In today's featured video from iHealthTube.com, Dr. Carolyn Dean explains how magnesium—a critically important mineral for overall health—works in your body. Dr. Dean describes why you need magnesium in conjunction with other minerals, as well as why many people are actually magnesium deficient and what that might cause.

I invite you to watch the video below and share your reaction in the comments section below this post. As always, I wish you the very best of...

Yesterday kicked off Women’s Health Week 2013, an annual celebration that “empowers women to make their health a priority” by focusing on healthy lifestyle choices. Today, we’re teaming up with Enzymatic Therapy and Nature’s Way to highlight three of the most important steps you can take to stay healthy and maintain an active lifestyle for years to come. And to help entice you to read, we’ve got a giveaway you can get in on at the end of this post!

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The Fargo Marathon is just about a week away now, and Team Swanson is definitely in the home stretch. It’s been fun to track their progress over the past few weeks, and we’re all excited to see their hard work pay off on May 18^th!

Let’s take a look at their updates from their last full week of prep...

Nathan—Half Marathon Runner

The final countdown is now on as the race is almost here. I can’t help but check the forecast and hope for good weather.  My training last week went great and I feel...

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I’d like to take the opportunity to talk to you about the Marketplace Fairness Act, which the United States Senate recently passed with far too large a margin for comfort. We here at Swanson Health Products oppose this bill, and I’ll explain why. I want to make clear to you how this bill would impact your access to affordable vitamins, supplements and thousands of other natural health food products and drive up prices 7-10%.

How? The answer is quickly revealed...

You've heard about the Dukan Diet™, and now you can finally find it at SwansonVitamins.com! To celebrate the addition of this wildly popular brand, we teamed up with Dukan Diet to offer a prize pack for one lucky fan. To enter, post a comment below telling us which Dukan Diet product you're most excited about trying... and if this is the first you've heard of Dukan Diet, that's ok. Click here to browse through the products and find one that looks appealing and let us know with a comment below.

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In today's featured video from iHealthTube.com, special guest Dr. Chandan Sen sheds some light on tocotrienols, the relatively newly discovered "sub-family" constituents of vitamin E. He explains that the scientific literature is a bit behind on studying tocotrienols compared to their counterparts, tocopherols. Dr. Sen also offers a few dietary sources of tocotrienols that we may consider adding to our diets.

I invite you to watch the video below and share your...

What is Triphala?

Recently, the buzz surrounding this supplement has picked up quite a bit. Despite a similar sounding name, triphala does not come from Truffula Trees. :)

Instead triphala or triphala fruit is an ayurvedic herbal formula that contains the following three (tri-phala) fruits.

1) Amla or Amalaki - This fruit is commonly known as Indian Gooseberry and comes from the deciduous tree, Phyllanthus emblica. A good source of antioxidants, it has been studied for potential benefits for...

The Fargo Marathon is now just weeks away and Team Swanson is in their final push for training. The weather has finally started to turn towards “spring-like” and you can tell just in their faces that running outside in nicer weather really has a positive impact on their race preparations.

Let’s take a look at their updates for the past week...

Nathan—Half Marathon Runner

Another week of training is in the books.  My training has remained fairly consistent as far as the schedule goes.  Each week I...