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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-11-037684
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110616
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110621
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110621

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PROBERT GREGORY
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001311182

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34483
		FILM NUMBER:		11924123

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O HERBALIFE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
		STREET 2:		1800 CENTURY PARK EAST
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90067

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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    <periodOfReport>2011-06-16</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000275053</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NATURES SUNSHINE PRODUCTS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NATR</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001311182</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>PROBERT GREGORY</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>75 EAST 1700 SOUTH</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PROVO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>UT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>84606</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Executive Vice Chairman</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>No securities are beneficially owned</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
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                    <value>D</value>
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    <remarks>Exhibit List
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jamon Jarvis as attorney-in-fact for Gregory L. Probert</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-06-21</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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                                            POWER OF ATTORNEY

                 KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Jamon Jarvis,
Steve Bunker, 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 Securities 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
20th day of June, 2011.

                                                 Signature: /s/ Gregory L. Probert
                                                 Print Name:  Gregory L. Probert


State of California	)
		)     ss.
County of Los Angeles	)

        On June 20, 2011, before me, Heidi L. Lamb, Notary Public,
personally appeared Gregory L. Probert 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/ Heid L. Lamb

	Notary Public in and for said State            (Notarial Seal)


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