I am a thirty-something mother to a two year old with a farmer for a husband. I whole heartedly believe that supplements have their place in a person's lifestyle. The trick is, figuring out what your body needs and making sure you get the right amount. (What works for one may not work for another.) And of course, finding a natural supplement company you can trust to supply a quality product is a must. (I recommend Swanson Health Products. Perhaps you've heard of it?)
Post baby, I am a certain amount of pounds overweight and I'm ready to lose it. Also, post baby, I've become much more aware of what my family is eating. I'm trying to buy organic products that aren't stripped of their nutrient goodness, but as life happens, I don't always do as well as I could. I'll try to keep you up to date with new ways to keep the whole family healthy as I continue to discover them myself. Stay tuned!
Ever
wanted to know what vitamins, supplements and healthy foods the
employees at Swanson Health Products use? Here’s your chance to
peek inside an employee order and find out (and win it
all)!
I recently placed an order for
Alba Botanica TerraTint Lipbalm. Some natural lip
balms are rough and hard to apply. This lip balm went on
smooth and creamy, has just the right amount of sheen to
it, and moisturizes my lips as well. It also contains
sunscreen! (Ranging from SPF8 to 18). One other thing...
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I can't believe
there are people out there that still think vitamins and
supplements are all hype! It's true, before I started working at
Swanson Health Products, I barely managed to take a multi-vitamin,
let alone the specific women's health vitamins I knew I should be
taking. But as happens to everyone who works here, you slowly
start gathering knowledge on the subject and it's hard to
remain ignorant. Obviously, what works for one person may not
work for another, but in today's day and age...
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Is eating smart at a party even possible? Well, there
are many books out there that say yes. My cousin is having a
party at his lake place this weekend, so I'm going to have to go to
this party thinking strategically. But seriously, if you
like to eat, how do you really avoid overindulging on all those
tasty party foods and ruining all the healthy weight watching
you've been working so hard on? Here are some tips I've picked up
over the years that seem to work for me:
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Because I work at Swanson Health Products, I get a lot of natural
health questions thrown my way. I'm also asked tons of
questions about what sort of vitamins and supplements I take and
what I take them for? So here's what I'm taking and
why. (Note: the why has to be regulated by the FDA, so
it's not going to be as specific as I'd like to be. My
apologies in advance.)
-
Swanson Ultra
Eyes Alive This is probably my favorite out of all the
supplements I've tried or suggested to friends. I take...
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I got this great article in my inbox from iVillage and I just had
to share it. The concept is simple: If you make the healthy foods
easier to both see and grab, you're more likely to consume them
rather than all that junk food. Here are a few of the things that I
found most interesting and helpful from this article, focusing on
rearranging your fridge for easy, natural weight loss help.
Top shelf:
Stock it
with healthy and low-cal beverages: skim milk, almond milk, 100%
fruit and veggie juices (no...
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I found a recipe that called for Saffron. Boy was I
shocked when a couple little fibers were going to cost me
$15.00! Holy Cow! Saffron is known as the most
expensive spice in the world. But why is Saffron so
expensive?
Safron consists of the dried
stigmas of the purple crocus. The expense
comes from the extraordinary labor involved in harvesting and
preparing it for storage. There are only 3 stigmas (referred to as
saffron threads) per
flower. Also adding to the expense is the fact that...
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I
had never heard of burdock root until I discovered this super
awesome matifying lotion at a beauty store years ago. Thanks
to my dad's side of the family, I have oily skin. Basically,
around the noon hour, I would apply some of the matifying lotion
and poof! just like magic, my oily forehead and nose would go back
to being inconspicuously matte. Unfortunately, the
product was discontinued and ever since I've been hunting for
a comparable product.
Since I've been unsuccessful with finding a...
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If you haven't checked out the
Health
Foods section in the Swanson store lately, you're probably
going to want to. We've been adding products to the website
like mad and many of those products are food items! My last
employee order contained a bunch of natural food
products.
Udon Noodles, Organic Gluten-Free Pancake Mix, Quinoa, Organic
Honey and real maple syrup! Kashi products, pasta products,
and even organic coffee are just a few of the natural and organic
foods that I've purchased in the...
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My previous
post about FDA regulations on sunscreen had me wondering, how
do I know if the sunscreen I'm using for my family is good
enough? Of course, I have my trusted brands, but how do I really
know they are living up to the promise that is stated on the
bottle?
Luckily,
there are groups out there dedicated to researching this very
topic. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has recently
published their fourth annual Sunscreen Guide, and in it they recommend only 39 of
the 500 sunscreens...
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I grew up in
the 80's and have very few summer memories that don’t involve
time spent on a lake in Minnesota. I also
have memories of my mother and her friends "frying"
themselves all summer long. Back then, the suntan lotion
of choice was Johnson's Baby Oil mixed in a precise ratio
with iodine. In fact, I can't think of a single adult who wore
sunscreen. One thing is for sure, they definitely got enough of the
"Sunshine Vitamin."
The only reason I wore sunscreen was because I was forced to....
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