Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Nov 25, 2009, 9:00 am
Posted by Ben: So you think you can read, huh? Well, consider food labels. The first question is do you read them. The second question is do you understand them. Just because you can read the words do...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Nov 23, 2009, 11:37 am
Posted by Ben: Video games and too much TV rot your brain, right? Well, too much TV maybe, but new evidence is coming out pointing to some positive mental health benefits of playing video games. Tradi...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Nov 18, 2009, 1:03 pm
Posted by Ben: We’ve got more news out of the world of modern medicine today. This time, instead of a reversal on prescription drug efficacy (as with the Zetia and Vytorin study released earlier thi...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Nov 16, 2009, 3:56 pm
Posted by Ben: In case you missed the headlines this morning on all the national news shows, a new study was released today that basically called out Merck’s Zetia and Vytorin cholesterol-lowering d...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Nov 13, 2009, 4:00 pm
Posted by Raena Morgan: The on-going research in the field of healthy dieting and weight loss is exciting to say the least. It turns out that the fruit of the hot chili pepper, known as capsicum, can ...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Nov 11, 2009, 3:41 pm
Posted by Ben: I knew the E-cloth was a great product (full disclosure: I have five of them). But I had no idea that this latest giveaway would generate the most response and the most comments we’ve...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Nov 9, 2009, 2:38 pm
Posted by Ben: Finally, we may be able to do away with all those nasty stereotypes about bad drivers. According to some recent research, being a bad driver may have nothing to do with age, race, gende...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Nov 4, 2009, 9:53 am
Posted by Ben: A 2006 study conducted by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory looked at the potential health risks involved with common hous...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Nov 2, 2009, 2:29 pm
Posted by Ben: Yes, Halloween is now over, but the sugar high is still soaring for many. We here at Swanson Vitamins celebrated in style last Friday with a company-wide costume contest, complete with ...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Oct 30, 2009, 10:58 am
Posted by Ben: The cold and flu season is still going strong. Runny noses, sore throats and trips to the walk-in clinic are abundant, and there are few signs of a slowdown. But how do you know if you ...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Oct 28, 2009, 9:13 am
Posted by Tara: Hello, my name is Tara. I am the newest edition to the Swanson Health Products web communications team. My role as Internet Public Relations Specialist is very appropriate not only bec...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Oct 26, 2009, 4:07 pm
Posted by Ben: It’s been a while since I talked about any of the new products we are bringing in every single month over at SwansonVitamins.com, but a new one just came in that is definitely worth a...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Oct 23, 2009, 3:13 pm
Posted by Ben: Earlier this week, I started a three-part series focusing on one topic, seasonal wellness. In Part 1, I discussed how silver is good for immune system support. On Wednesday, for Part 2,...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Oct 21, 2009, 10:48 am
Posted by Ben: On Monday, I introduced my first-ever three-part series focusing on one topic: seasonal wellness. In Part One I discussed how people use silver for immune system support. Today, I’d l...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Oct 19, 2009, 4:40 pm
Posted by Ben: Kids are back in school and the weather is quickly shifting towards winter temps and diminishing sunlight. What does that mean? The potential for sickness and illness is nearing its pea...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Oct 16, 2009, 8:00 am
Posted by Raena Morgan: “They don’t work,” says Dr. Timothy Scott, author of “American Fooled – The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We’ve Been Deceived.” He was quite...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Oct 14, 2009, 8:00 am
Posted by Ben: It’s now the middle of October, so if you haven’t already put out your Halloween decorations, carved your pumpkins and bought your candy, you only have a few more days to get ready ...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Oct 12, 2009, 1:17 pm
Posted by Ben: Last week on our Facebook Fan Page, we posted one of iHealthtube.com's latest videos featuring Dr. Roizen (yes, THE Dr. Roizen from Oprah and author of many self-help/health books)....
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Oct 9, 2009, 2:00 pm
Posted by Raena Morgan: He was late to our interview at the Cleveland Clinic where he is Chief Wellness Officer. “My patients held me up,” he apologized. Still seeing patients, I asked myself, as ...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Oct 7, 2009, 1:27 pm
Posted by Ben: Swanson Health Products is best known for helping dietary supplement and vitamin customers save a lot of money on their favorite natural health products. We are the place to shop for qu...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Oct 5, 2009, 8:43 am
Posted by Ben: Thank you to all of our great readers who left comments. We had over 70 comments and replies posted over the week, far exceeding my expectations for this giveaway of Dr. Richard Lippman...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Oct 2, 2009, 12:44 pm
Posted by Kayla: Our latest Swanson Customer Spotlight introduces you to Shari Naman. A Swanson customer for six years, Shari is dedicated to keeping herself healthy. She’s a Swanson shopper because...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Sep 30, 2009, 10:46 am
Posted by Ben: When you roll out of bed (or get dragged/kicked/pushed out of bed), is breakfast the first thing on your mind? Is your stomach growling and your appetite overpowering? Well, it should b...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Sep 25, 2009, 10:47 am
Posted by Raena Morgan: Many a Christmas ago, when I was in my mid-forties, I visited my son in Ft. Lauderdale for the Christmas holiday. His tradition on Christmas Eve was to invite all the neighbors...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Sep 23, 2009, 3:08 pm
Posted by Ben: CoQ10 has become one of the top-selling dietary supplements in recent years, due most likely to the fantastic claims that make for good advertising. Questionable headlines and unsupport...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Sep 18, 2009, 2:20 pm
Posted by Ben: A few decades ago, it was entirely natural for a family to gather ‘round the dinner table each night for a home-cooked meal. While people like to romanticize those “simpler times,�...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Sep 16, 2009, 4:18 pm
Posted by Ben: I was most definitely the “fat kid” growing up, or at least that’s what I believed. I certainly wasn’t obese, but I was never destined for a modeling career either. So when peop...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Sep 14, 2009, 12:55 pm
Posted by Ben: The swine flu is the new Britney Spears, at least as far as media coverage. Every day brings a new story. Usually, the stories feature the latest news about the vaccine or how widesprea...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Sep 11, 2009, 4:48 pm
Posted by Ben: Healthcare costs for Americans who get medical coverage through an employer hit a record $16,771 per family this year. To follow up on Wednesday’s post, I thought it would be a good i...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Sep 9, 2009, 11:06 am
Posted by Ben: This blog is dedicated to natural health, wellness, dietary supplements, organic foods, environmentally friendly products, etc. So why a post about health care reform? Because with all ...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Sep 4, 2009, 12:59 pm
We asked you to tell us what you thought of our products – and, boy, did you ever answer! We received thousands of responses in our Swanson Summer Giveaway. In return for reviewing a product, custom...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Sep 2, 2009, 4:10 pm
Posted by Ben: You’ve seen the drug commercials on TV. You know, the ones asking you to speak with your doctor about Lipitor, Zoloft, Cialis, etc. and all the benefits they will bestow upon your lif...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Aug 31, 2009, 10:38 am
Posted by Kayla: One of the cool things about my job is the people I meet. Whether it’s industry professionals educating me on new products or research, or Swanson customers passing along their test...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Aug 28, 2009, 11:47 am
As many as 90,000 of us may only have a few more months to live. According to the latest predictions, that’s how many Americans could die from the inevitable swine flu pandemic. Companies, schools a...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Aug 26, 2009, 9:16 am
It’s no secret the American waistline has been expanding by the second over the past couple decades, and it is largely due to the good ol’ Standard American Diet…aka SAD. There have been a few n...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Aug 24, 2009, 10:53 am
Posted by Nadine: I just returned from a late summer vacation to Duluth, MN. What a beautiful area—I almost didn’t want to come back. Lake Superior is truly stunning in the early morning, covered ...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Aug 21, 2009, 10:17 am
This new dietary supplement has been flying off the shelves since we brought it out just a few weeks ago, and the response from customers has been nothing short of amazing. It seems like everyone who ...
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Ben H. posted an article on SwansonVitamins Weblog - Aug 19, 2009, 9:20 am
Posted by Raena Morgan: At 72, Di S. is still in the work force. In fact, she works for Swanson Health Products 20 hours a week, dividing her time between the Accounting Department and Human Resources...
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