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296 blog articles for 'vitamins'
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Where Are Swanson Vitamins Made?
Question: I have just ordered my first supplements from Swanson's. Could you please tell me where they are manufactured. Thank you for the question. The answer really varies from product to product. The reason for this is really very simple: no single location in the world is able to produce all the ingredients needed to manufacture the thousands of products we offer. It’s simply not possible to source everything from one place.… Flax requires colder growing conditions (like in Canada)...
05/11/12 • Vitamins and Supplements FAQs
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Amazing Alphabet Vitamins: The Six Vitamins You Need to Know
Your body needs a wide variety of nutrients to stay healthy. Deficiencies in any one area can lead to health problems. Plus, the typical American diet generally doesn’t include the recommended amounts of many nutrients.1 That means it’s especially important for us to make conscious choices, both in the foods we eat and the supplements we take, to make sure we get the essential vitamins and nutrients we need for maintaining optimal health. Here is a list of the alphabet...
06/18/20 • Amy Sunderman, MS, RD
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What are Fat-Soluble Vitamins?
Vitamins are essential nutrients that help keep our bodies functioning at their best. Among them, fat-soluble vitamins play a unique and vital role. As the name suggests, fat-soluble vitamins dissolve in fat and are absorbed along with dietary fats in the digestive system. Unlike water-soluble vitamins, these nutrients are stored in the body’s fatty tissues and liver. This means that your body can retain them for longer periods. The four fat-soluble vitamins—A, D, E and K—are crucial for various important...
05/19/25 • Swanson Staff
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Best Vitamins for Hair Growth
Discover the best vitamins and nutrients for hair growth, including biotin, vitamins D, C, iron, zinc, and collagen, to support stronger, healthier hair.
07/24/26 • Swanson Staff
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Are Your Vitamins Manufactured In China?
These days there’s a lot of discussion on supply chains and imported goods, and not just for clothing or smartphones, but also for things like supplements and the raw materials that comprise them. For health-conscious shoppers, ensuring their supplements are made using only pure, potent and high-quality ingredients from trusted suppliers is very important. They want to know if a supplement is manufactured in China, for example, or is it made in the USA? The answer to this question isn’t...
07/31/25 • Swanson staff
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Vitamins for Immune System Support
Learn which nutrients support immune health, including C, D, zinc, and herbals, plus natural food sources and supplement tips.
06/03/26 • Swanson Staff
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Your Complete Guide to B Vitamins
Do you know your B vitamins? You should; they’re essential to your overall health! Use this B-complex vitamins guide to learn about the benefits of B vitamins, including what each one does, food sources of B vitamins and how to make sure you get enough in your diet. Meet the (B Vitamin) Family! There are eight B vitamins, each serving different roles in the body and offering their own special benefits. But while they’re all different, they still work together...
05/10/22 • Lindsey Toth, MS, RD
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Your Guide to the Benefits of Vitamins
Think of this as your guide to the benefits of vitamins and all the other bits of information needed to confidently ensure you’re getting the most from your diet and supplements.
01/29/24 • Swanson staff
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Soak Up the Goodness with Water Soluble Vitamins
In order to function at its best, your body needs a wide array of vitamins to support its many functions.1 These vitamins are best incorporated by your body from eating a healthy diet, but sometimes even the best diet may have certain nutritional gaps. When that happens, it can be very beneficial to include vitamin supplements to make sure you’ve got the bases covered for optimal health. But deciding to take a vitamin supplement is only the first step! It’s...
05/30/22 • Swanson staff
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How to Get More Vitamin D
Here are the three time-tested ways to increase your body's vitamin D levels: Sunlight The most common and natural way to soak up vitamin D is via your body's largest organ: your skin! How much vitamin D you’re actually being exposed to (and soaking in) from the sun can vary greatly, though, depending on the time of day, your skin's pigmentation, your geographical location and whether or not you've applied sunscreen. Food Food is another way to ensure you’re getting...
03/03/25 • Vitamins and Supplements Q&A
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Top Vitamins & Supplements for Bone Health
As we age, a key goal that we may prioritize is keeping our bodies strong and healthy. This goal can present itself in more than one way—some may focus more on their joint health, others on weight management and exercise. All good things, but sometimes we forget about our very foundation. Our bones provide the structure (or skeleton, literally) for our body—without them things might look a little...different. Keeping our bones strong over time is important for everyone, but sometimes...
04/07/24 • Swanson Staff
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The Benefits of Vitamins D3 and K2 Together
Building strong bones ... From childhood, we’ve heard how important it is. Think back to commercials touting “with vitamin D for growing strong bones.” Now, as adults, we learn valuable lessons about the benefits of bone strength—and that vitamin K has a key role to play. What are Vitamins D3 and K2 and What Do They Do? Let’s back up. Why are these two vitamins vital to the body, especially in conjunction with bone and circulatory health? Vitamin D3 for...
11/26/24 • Medically reviewed by Patricia Weiser, PharmD
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Best Supplements and Vitamins for Eye Health
Eye and vision health is a priority that everyone needs to maintain for optimal lifelong wellness. In fact, maintaining vision health can include benefits beyond simply seeing well, as healthy eyesight can support an active lifestyle and has also been linked to better overall mental wellness.1 In order to enjoy optimal eye health over time, it’s important to eat a varied diet rich in vitamins and other nutrients that can support the different parts of the eye, such as the...
09/25/24 • Swanson staff
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What's the Best Time to Take Vitamins or Supplements?
Does it matter what time you take your vitamins? Learn about the benefits of supplement timing.
01/22/26 • Lindsey Toth, MS, RD
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The Science Behind Your Pill - Real Food Vitamins
Let’s face it: our eating habits aren’t always in line with what we know is best. Getting all the nutrients we need to stay healthy can be challenging with modern diets. Unfortunately, research shows that most of us don’t meet the recommended amounts of essential vitamins and minerals each day.1 While supplements aren’t a replacement for healthy eating, they can help us fill the gaps in our diet. Thanks to new vitamins made from real foods, we can now choose...
06/08/22 • Lindsey Toth, MS, RD
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Top 10 Vitamins & Supplements for Men Over 50
Explore 10 vitamins and supplements men over 50 may consider, from vitamin B12 and omega-3s to protein powder and multivitamins. Get a practical guide to what they do and how to find options that fit your routine.
05/02/23 • Lindsey Toth, MS, RD
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9 of the Best Supplements & Vitamins for Women Over 50
Getting the nutrients we need to stay healthy is important at every age as the needs of our bodies change over time. As part of the aging process, our bodies require more of certain nutrients, such as Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) , leaving it up to us to fill in those gaps.1 Making sure you have optimal levels of other nutrients, like calcium for strong bones, may also mean adding targeted supplements, such as for joint health, to your healthy diet. Your 50s are a...
06/05/24 • Lindsey Toth, MS, RD
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Best Time to Take Vitamins and Supplements: Morning or Night?
When it comes to timing supplements during the day, it’s best to look at the directions and take notice of any supplements that should be taken on an empty stomach or at specific times of the day. It’s important to follow those recommendations unless your doctor or health care provider has stated otherwise. SAM-e, for example, doesn’t require food to be assimilated but taking it without food may upset your stomach.2 Melatonin is also supposed to be taken on an empty...
03/20/25 • Vitamin and Supplement Q/A
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Top 16 Vitamins & Supplements for Women Over 30 & Women Over 40
Getting older just doesn’t seem fair, does it? Sure, it’s inevitable, but that doesn’t mean we should sit back and take it! There are plenty of healthy ways to combat or smooth over some of the unwanted changes age may bring. Looking and feeling your best takes cultivating a balance between mind and body health, staying active, and getting optimal nutrition to fight the signs of aging you’re likely to encounter in your 30s and 40s. These are probably going...
06/11/24 • Lindsey Toth, MS, RD
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Whole Food Vitamins: A Closer Look at Supplements Made from Real Food Sources
When it comes to getting your daily dose of the vitamins and minerals you need to thrive, experts agree that getting them from real foods is best. Faced with a modern western diet, however, this isn’t always feasible. Thankfully, food-form supplements can help plug any nutritional gaps that may exist in your otherwise healthy diet! Some studies indicate that supplements derived from real food sources may be absorbed by the body nearly twice as well as their synthetic counterparts.1 With...
06/22/22 • Lindsey Toth, MS, RD
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Is Vitamin K Potassium?
Sometimes the scientific designations for certain chemicals or nutrients can get a little confusing, especially if you aren’t fluent in German, Greek or Latin. But that’s okay, because we’re here to help you understand the benefits of many vitamins, minerals and other nutrients in order to make the best decisions for long term health and wellness. An example of a confusing designation for some is vitamin K and the mineral known as potassium. While both play an important role in...
07/10/23 • Swanson staff
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Say Hello to the Sunshine Vitamin: Top Foods High in Vitamin D
Vitamin D has become one of the most popular supplements in recent years thanks to increasing interest from the scientific community, which is continuing to find new links between vitamin D and various health concerns.1 In fact, vitamin D has become so popular, it’s even earned itself a nickname: the Sunshine Vitamin. That nickname, however, has become somewhat of a blessing and a curse. While it’s true the human body produces natural vitamin D when your skin is exposed to...
04/11/22 • Amy Sunderman, MS, RD
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Where to Find Swanson Vitamins Products
06/06/25 • Shopify API
