Vitamins & Supplements

Why do you take vitamins and supplements? Sort of an obvious question with an equally obvious answer: you take supplements to boost your nutritional intake so you feel better, stronger, healthier and more energized.

You might take vitamin D to feel healthier and stronger or a B complex supplement for added energy support... and maybe in the evening you wind down and enjoy a good night’s rest with the help of a melatonin supplement.

We all know why we use dietary supplements... but the less obvious...

If your new year’s resolution involves the words, “go on a diet,” you may have already failed. Diets aren’t designed for long-term weight loss. Weight loss on a diet is entirely possible if you are disciplined and have the willpower to stick with it. However, keeping the weight off isn't probable. A study published by The New England Journal of Medicineshows that after weight loss, the hormones that regulate body weight—and appetite—fluctuate and are the reason there is a high rate of weight...

How many of you have resolved to lose weight in the new year more than once in your lifetime? It’s not uncommon and it’s certainly nothing to be ashamed of. Losing weight is tough, contrary to what TV commercials and Weight Watchers® celebrities would have you believe. But it is doable. It just takes time and consistent effort.

If you’ve resolved to lower your weight in 2013, we’ve got a giveaway today that you’ll be very interested in. We’ve once again teamed up with our friends at Enzymatic Ther...

Friends, I’m pleased to bring you more good news about the amazing power of vitamin D. There have been so many recent discoveries and studies about vitamin D, it’s hard to open up a newspaper or magazine without learning about some wonderful new benefit of “The Sunshine Vitamin.”

Today, I want to share with you some news out of Queen Mary, University of London, where researchers discovered a potentially powerful new use for supplemental vitamin D. Let's take a closer look...

A New Integrative...

Question: I would like to know why so many Swansons products have rice flour in the (other ingrediants) label. Within the last couple of months Consumers Reports Magizine had an article on rice containing arsenic. I have not been able to take Swanson products due to being allergic to rice.

Contrary to what Consumer Reports might have you believe, not all supplement manufacturers are the same or take the same precautions when it comes to safety and quality. Our manufacturers are all required to...

Most of us like to think we live by a certain code, a set of guiding principles that hopefully leads us down a path of wellness and prosperity. This ideal, this notion of a “code” is a driving force for the people at Garden of Life who worked to develop VITAMIN CODE®, a revolutionary line of raw food nutritional supplements.

What Is VITAMIN CODE?

Garden of Life’s mission is “Empowering Extraordinary Health®.”  They believe, as we all do, that our health is true gift, and they see it as their...

This December Swanson Health Products is supporting Vitamin Angels' effort to get life saving nutrients to children in underdeveloped countries by sponsoring the Precious Cargo campaign. Many children in the developing world have very little access to healthy foods and often eat the same meal day after day, leaving their bodies deprived of essential micronutrients. Vitamins support overall health and enable children to learn better in school, helping to increasing future economic opportunity and...

After many decades of working in the natural health industry, it pleases me greatly to see that research continues to uncover Mother Nature’s power and central role in human health and wellness. A provocative new study on vitamin D recently came across my desk that really caught my attention, and I wanted to pass along the information to you...

A Correlation Discovered

Researchers at the University of California’s San Diego School of Medicine have announced a remarkable new discovery that...

The other week my mom asked me to order her a joint supplement that her chiropractor had recommended. After a quick search on our site, I discovered (much to my surprise, really) that Swanson Health Products doesn’t carry that particular product... but thanks to our growing selection, I was able to provide my mother with another choice for her joint health needs.

I suggested she look into Wobenzym® N, a product with a strong history in Europe and a formula that has been clinically studied....

Garcinia cambogia is another rock star weight loss supplement that is beginning to get some widespread recognition alongside the likes of other well-known supplements like Green Coffee Bean, Safslim, PGX and Raspberry Ketones. If you’re just hearing about it now on TV or the radio for the first time, let’s take a closer look at this potential weight management supplement...and what you should be looking for—HCA percentage, for example—when buying a garcinia extract supplement.

What Is...