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)! Today we get to look inside Maggie's employee
order...One of my favorite things about working at Swanson Health Products
is employee order day. Once a week, we get to buy our
favorite items at a huge discount. My order is usually full
of natural organic foods and affordable vitamins. The items I
buy...
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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)!
Being in the vitamin and supplement industry, I often get asked (as
do nearly all of my co-workers) about the products I take and the
foods I eat. These questions got us to thinking... wouldn’t it be
cool if we shared which products we routinely order and why?
So we’re going to do just that. From time to...
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What are apricot kernels? Is vitamin B-17 a real B
complex nutrient? And what’s this amygdalin
compound?
The story
of
apricot
kernels and their use in natural health goes back to the mid
1800’s, when amygdalin was first isolated in 1830. Apricot pits are
a natural source of amygdalin, which is often given the misnomer of
vitamin B-17. Other sources include the seeds of other fruits and a
few raw nuts.
Another term you might have seen in regards to apricot kernels is
laetrile. This is simply the...
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Daily Health Tips update for June 20:
There’s no fresh-food scent that screams summer like basil. The
heady aroma of basil is a staple in Italian cuisine and this
versatile herb is loaded with beneficial vitamins to boot. Usually
pesto recipes include pine nuts or almonds, but try this twist for
a new flavor –
organic
pistachios.
Combine ½ cup raw pistachio nuts, 2 cups fresh basil leaves and 2
cloves of garlic in a food processor. Once that is mixed well, add
½ cup olive oil while continuing to...
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During my week on the raw food diet, I really enjoyed my smoothies
for breakfast as well as my salads for lunch. The same thing can't
be said for my dinners. At dinner, I'm used to eating a large, warm
meal. I live in Minnesota. It's freezing outside, and our 'comfort
foods' are all warm. During raw food week, nothing was warm.
The first dinner of the week was Zucchini Noodles with Pesto. We
made a typical pesto sauce with basil, organic olive oil and pine
nuts. Zucchini noodles are made by using...
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During my week on the raw food diet, breakfast was definitely my
favorite meal of the day. Before the raw food diet, I would either
skip breakfast or I would simply eat one piece of toast with
organic peanut
butter. I would also have a cup of coffee. During my week
raw, I turned my attention to raw smoothies.
I'm going to show you the basic recipe I used for my raw breakfast
smoothies. Each day, the recipe varied a bit to accommodate the
ingredients that were in my kitchen. Also, I used a normal...
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Daily Health Tip for January 26:
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Olive Oil: Maintain a healthy, youthful look
by adding a few tablespoons of organic olive
oil to your daily diet. The antioxidants and key nutrients
found in olive oil help fight wrinkles.
-
Tea: Drinking tea can keep you alert. Why? The
caffeine keeps your brain awake while L-theanine, an amino acid,
calms you so that you can focus and concentrate better.
-
Milk: If you’re hitting the gym looking for
muscle tone, researchers say sipping on fat-free milk within an
hour...
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To showcase some of our newest products, we're doing 10
days of Holiday Giveaways. Each weekday for the last 2 weeks in
December, we're giving away 10 new products to 1 lucky winner! To
get entered to win, you'll have to answer one quick question, which
will be found at the end of each day's post. There will also be a
link that will take you to our Facebook page where you will need to
post your answer to be entered into that day's contest. Winners
will be chosen at random and announced the next...
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To showcase some of our newest products, we're doing 10
days of Holiday Giveaways. Each weekday for the last 2 weeks in
December, we're giving away 10 new products to 1 lucky winner! To
get entered to win, you'll have to answer one quick question, which
will be found at the end of each day's post. There will also be a
link that will take you to our Facebook page where you will need to
post your answer to be entered into that day's contest. Winners
will be chosen at random and announced the next...
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pan, boil water for your kamut spirals and also cook according to
the directions. Keep in mind, you can use any type of noodle for
this recipe. Here are some more great 
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