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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-10-047217
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100811
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100917
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100917

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Mercer Robert B
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001501527

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34483
		FILM NUMBER:		101079277

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		15 VIA DI NOLA
		CITY:			LAGUNA NIGUEL
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92677

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NATURES SUNSHINE PRODUCTS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000275053
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				870327982
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			UT
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		75 E 1700 SOUTH
		CITY:			PROVO
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84606
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8013424300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 2:		75 EAST 1700 SOUTH
		CITY:			PROVO
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84606

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMTEC INDUSTRIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19821108
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        <issuerCik>0000275053</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NATURES SUNSHINE PRODUCTS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NATR</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001501527</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Mercer Robert B</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PROVO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>UT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>84606</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
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    <remarks>Exhibit List
     Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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                                                    POWER OF ATTORNEY

                 KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Jamon Jarvis,
Steve Bunker, and Michael Dean and each of them, with full authority to act without the others, as the undersigned's
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

                 (1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a reporting
person pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the
rules thereunder, of Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (the "Company"), Form ID and Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act;

                 (2)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other
documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings
with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

                 (3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary
or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID and Form 3, 4 or 5 and file such form with the United States
ecurities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority or organization; and

                 (4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in
the opinion of any of such attorneys-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
of, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by any of such attorneys-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as any of such attorneys-in-fact may approve in the sole discretion of any of such attorneys-in-fact.

                 The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any
of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any
of such attorneys-in-fact, or the substitute or substitutes of any of such attorneys-in-fact, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Exchange Act.

                 This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued
by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

                 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of
this 15th day of   September , 2010.


					Signature: /s/ Robert B. Mercer

					Print Name:  Robert B. Mercer


State of        Utah      )
		          )     ss.
County of     Summit      )

            On    September 15, 2010   , before me,   Karin S. Wilson   , personally appeared
Robert B. Mercer, proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name
is subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his
authorized capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf
of which the person acted, executed the instrument.

	WITNESS my hand and official seal.


             				 /s/ Karin S. Wilson
					Notary Public in and for said State
					(Notarial Seal)


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