Natural Health Information

Can Coconut Oil Boost Thyroid Function? (VIDEO)

Monday, May 14, 2012 by Lee Swanson

Dear Friends and Valued Customers:

The video here, from iHealthTube.com, features Dr. Bruce Fife. Dr. Fife is the foremost authority on coconut oil. A licensed naturopath and certified nutritionist, he is the author of The Coconut Oil Miracle, The Coconut Lover’s Cookbook, and many more titles that enlighten readers about a variety of dietary practices that enhance health and well-being.

This brief video, just under 2 minutes, explains how coconut oil can be employed to promote optimal...

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This Amino Acid Is "The Miracle Molecule"

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 by Lee Swanson

Dear Friends,

If you’ve clicked through from our email, thank you. If you’ve stumbled upon this post yourself, you’re in luck. This is the first in my four-part series sharing the incredible, informative videos available on iHealthTube.com.

In this video, Dr. Alex Schauss discusses what he calls The Miracle Molecule. It’s a simple amino acid, but its effects on the body are complex, comprehensive and critical to many of our most important life functions.

Imagine your heart not beating as necessary....

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Solid or Not: A Review of The Coconut Oil Miracle

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 by Swanson Vitamins

The Coconut Oil MiracleBy Julie Larson

My personal remembrance of coconut oil begins in the late 1980s. I was in junior high and vastly concerned about three things: boys, body image and food. As ignorant as I was in most of what went on in the news, I was an avid movie-goer, as were most of my friends, and we’d heard that (gasp!) the coconut and palm oil in popcorn was making us fat and unhealthy. I remember being happy that they, whoever “they” were, had caught this nefarious oil. I wanted my movie theater popcorn,...

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Book Review: Water & Salt Part 2

Thursday, March 15, 2012 by Swanson Vitamins

Water & Salt BookBy Julie Larson
(Read part 1 of this review here)

The Salt

We know that without salt we would die, but with our typical American diet overloaded with sodium, we may feel falsely secure that we’re getting enough.

What is salt, really? Is it found in the Morton’s canister with the cute little girl unwittingly dumping it out behind her? 

The authors distinguish natural crystal salt from table salt. They argue that table salt is simply a chemical combination of sodium chloride with additives, whereas...

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Book Review: What Made Me Hungry to "Read Water & Salt: The Essence of Life"

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 by Swanson Vitamins

Water & Salt BookBy Julie Larson

Although most people know humans have a basic need for the primal fundamentals, water and salt, most of us probably don’t realize the exact reasons why.

Water & Salt: The Essence of Life authors Dr. Barbara Hendel and Peter Ferreira want to give you a better idea. The book is laid out neatly in six sections, in addition to the introduction and conclusion: The Biophysics, The Water, The Salt, The Sole, The Forms and The Applications. For clarity, this review is cut into two parts...

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Swanson Saved My Sanity

Saturday, February 18, 2012 by Customer Reviews and Stories

It all started the year after I graduated high school, I was mostly trouble free in the health department until then. I was stricken with horrible skin, dozens of red marks and horrible acne in particular during my senior year of high school, which caused me an immense amount of personal pain, and social anxiety. I resorted to a radical solution for my problem, which came in the form of Accutane. Accutane is a very powerful acne drug, with more than a handful of major possible side effects. I...

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Top 5 Reasons Why I love Working at Swanson Health Products

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 by Britta S
britta at swanson

When they asked for the top five reasons I love working at Swanson Health Products, my first reaction was, only five?! So here are my first five reasons that come to mind...

1. The People. The number one aspect I love about my job is the people that I work with. The employees at Swanson Health Products are some of the most hard-working, respectful, intelligent and professional people around. The environment around this company is one that I enjoy walking into each and every day. It seems I...Read More »

7 Foods That Are High in Histamine

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 by Lee Swanson

DAOsin Histamine SupplementAs the popularity of one of our newest formulas here at Swanson Health Products continues to rise, I thought it would be nice offer some supplemental information to go with it... a supplement to your supplement, if you will.

I’m talking about DAOSin, our new formula that provides defense against natural dietary histamine. There are certain foods that contain high amounts of histamine, foods that some of us have discovered don’t quite agree with us. DAOSin was developed for just this reason.

In a...

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Mommy's Bliss for Baby Bliss Gripe Water

Friday, January 13, 2012 by Ashley G
Being a new Mother I have been overwhelmed with all of the wonderful, extremely helpful and educated advice from all of the mothers in my life. My husband and I had been informed a few times prior to our little one's birth of the great benefits of using gripe water to ease mild and occasional gas and stomach discomfort and I am so thankful we had purchased and stocked the all-natural herbal supplement Mommy's Bliss Gripe Water in our bathroom cabinet for her arrival.
Mommy's Bliss Gripe Water
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What Is Astaxanthin? Why Did Dr. Mercola Recommend It To Dr. Oz?

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 by Ben H
Astaxanthin is a relatively unknown, yet very powerful free-radical fighter that comes to us naturally from a specific kind of algae. Dr. Mercola praises this nutrient from the carotenoid family often and even went on the Dr. Oz Show to promote its potential health benefits. In the video below, Dr. Mercola discusses astaxanthin with Bob Capelli, Vice President of Cyanotech, the largest grower of astaxanthin in the world.

"It is one of the most vital supplements I take, and one that I would not...
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