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Thomas W. Kellerman

Partner

650.843.7550

tkellerman@MorganLewis.com

March 31,
2009

 VIA EDGAR AND FACSIMILE

Mr. Jeffrey
P. Riedler

Assistant Director

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

Facsimile Number: 202.772.9217

Re:Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc.

Registration Statement on Form 10-12G, filed February 12, 2009

File No. 0-08707

Dear
Mr. Riedler:

On
behalf of Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (the "Company"), we respectfully submit this letter in response to the comments from the Staff of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") contained in your letter to Douglas Faggioli at the Company, dated March 11, 2009 (the
"Comment Letter"), with respect to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10-12G, filed with the Commission on
February 12, 2009 (the "Form 10-12G"). The numbered paragraphs set forth below restate the numbered paragraphs in the Comment
Letter, and the discussion set out below each such paragraph is the Company's response to the Staff's comments.

Concurrently
with this response letter, the Company is filing an amended Form 10-12G. Where indicated below, the Company has included changes to the respective disclosures in the
amended Form 10-12G in response to the Staff's comments with page references to the applicable sections of the amended Form 10-12G. For the convenience of the
Staff, we are also sending three (3) marked copies of the amended Form 10-12G under separate cover, which have been marked to show changes from the
Form 10-12G as filed on February 12, 2009.

On
March 20, 2009, the Company filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. In addition to providing responses to the Staff's comments,
we advise the Staff that the Company has updated its disclosures in the amended Form 10-12G to provide, among other things, the Company's audited financial statements for the year
ended December 31, 2008 and audited financial information as of and for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004. All relevant disclosures have been updated
accordingly.

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 General

1.Please note that where we provide examples to illustrate what we mean by our comments, they are examples and not exhaustive lists. If
our comments are applicable to portions of filings that we have not cited as examples, make the appropriate changes in accordance with our comments.

The
Company acknowledges the Staff's comments.

2.Please note that the Form 10 goes effective by lapse of time within 60 days of the date filed pursuant to Exchange Act
Section 12(g)(1). Please be aware that the effectiveness of your Form 10 will commence your periodic reporting obligations under the Exchange Act even if all of our comments have not yet
been resolved.

The
Company acknowledges the Staff's comments.

 Explanatory Note, page 1

3.Please expand your disclosure to describe the "potential violations of law" outlined in the Preliminary
Report.

The
Form 10-12G has been amended to expand the disclosure in the Explanatory Note, under "Internal Investigation," with respect to the "potential violations of law" outlined in the
Preliminary Report.

4.You state that the Preliminary Report recommended the termination of certain employees and senior officers, including the termination
of Mr. Douglas Faggioli. We also note that KPMG's resignation was, in part, due to the fact that the Board of Directors did not terminate Mr. Faggioli. Please expand your disclosure to
describe the reasons why the Board of Directors determined not to terminate Mr. Faggioli despite the recommendation in the Preliminary Report.

The
Form 10-12G has been amended to expand the disclosure in the Explanatory Note, under "Change in Certifying Accountant," regarding the determination made by the Board of
Directors not to terminate Mr. Faggioli despite the recommendation in the Preliminary Report.

 Item 1A. Risk Factors, page 11

5.Please delete the statement that reads "In addition, you should keep in mind that the risks described below are not the only risks
that we face." It is not appropriate to refer to other risks that are not disclosed.

The
Form 10-12G has been amended to remove the above-referenced statement.

 If we are unable to attract and retain independent Distributors..., page 14

6.Please expand your risk factor to quantify the rate of turnover among Distributors.

The
Form 10-12G has been amended to expand the risk factor on page 14 to quantify the rate of turnover among Distributors historically experienced by the Company.

 Changes in key management, page 18

7.The heading for this risk factor does not adequately describe the risk. Please revise the heading
accordingly.

The
Form 10-12G has been amended to revise the heading of the risk factor on page 18 to adequately describe the risk associated with changes in the Company's key management.

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8.Please expand your risk factor to state whether you have employment agreements with your executive officers and whether you carry key
man insurance.

The
Form 10-12G has been amended to expand the risk factor on page 18 to state that the Company has employment agreements with its named executive officers. In addition the
Form 10-12G has been amended to state in the same risk factor that the Company does not carry key man insurance on the lives of its executive officers.

 Item 2. Financial Information

 Selected Financial Data, page 18

9.You do not include the Income Statement Data for the year ended December 31, 2003. If you wish to request a waiver of the
requirement to provide this financial statement information required under Item 301 of Regulation S-K, please submit this request directly to the Office of Chief Accountant
for the Division of Corporation Finance, indicating why you believe this requirement is unreasonable under the circumstances. In addition, please tell us and disclose how you were able to get
comfortable with your year end December 31, 2003 Balance Sheet Data given that you did not restate your 2003 financial information.

Although
the Company did not fully restate its 2003 financial information, the Company's Management did perform a comprehensive review of its accounting policies, practices, and financial records,
including matters identified from the independent investigation, which is disclosed on page 1. The Company used all available information in determining the impact of adjustments identified as
a result of Management's review. The Company therefore believes that the Balance Sheet Data as of December 31, 2003 as set forth in Item 2 of the Form 10-12G is
accurate.

Although
the Company believes that the Balance Sheet Data as of December 31, 2003 is accurate, the Form 10-12G has been amended to update all of the Selected Financial Data
set forth in Item 2, including the Income Statement Data and Balance Sheet Data, to include historical financial data as of and for the year ended December 31, 2008. As a result of
updating the Form 10, we have included updated financial information for 2008 and the Selected Financial Data now includes all required financial data for each of the last five fiscal years
pursuant to Item 301 of Regulation S-K. Therefore, the Company will not need to request a waiver of the requirement with regard to the 2003 Income Statement Data.

 Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 Revenue Recognition, page 21

10.Please disclose your policy for sales returns and the amount of any sales return reserve. In addition, please disclose whether the
volume incentive is established at the same time of the product sale, how the amount is calculated and if there have been any changes to the amount of initial incentive
established.

The
Form 10-12G has been amended to disclose the Company's policy for sales returns and the amount of sales return reserves recorded by the Company based on historical experience on
page 22. The Form 10-12G has been further amended to describe when the Company determines volume incentives and how such volume incentives are calculated.

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 Income Taxes. pages 26 and 29

11.Your disclosure merely recites amounts from the rate reconciliation in the notes to the financial statements. Revise the disclosure
to explain the underlying reason for each amount. The disclosure should explain why recognition in the current year was appropriate and why recognition in a prior year was not required. Quantify
amounts related to prior years and tax audits. You should also explain fully why income tax expense was greater than income before income taxes in 2008, 2007 and 2006. The disclosure should allow a
reader to determine which items are continuing and which items are non-recurring.

The
Form 10-12G has been amended to revise the disclosures regarding rate reconciliation beginning on page 27, which now quantifies the amounts, if any, related to prior tax
years and tax audits and provides the underlying reason for each amount. In addition, the revised disclosures illustrate why income tax expense was greater than income before income taxes in 2008,
2007 and 2006.

12.Expand the disclosure to explain why non-income tax contingencies increased the effective income tax rate in
2006.

The
Form 10-12G has been amended to expand the disclosure for the increase to the effective income tax rate in 2006 beginning on page 31.

 Contractual Obligations, page 34

13.Please revise your table of contractual obligations to include your self-insurance liabilities.

The
Form 10-12G has been amended to revise the table of contractual obligations to include the Company's self-insurance liabilities on page 33.

 Internal Control Matters, page 41

14.In accordance with Item 308 of Regulation S-K, please include a management report on your internal control
over financial reporting.

The
Form 10-12G has been amended to include the Company's management report on its internal control over financial reporting beginning on page 40.

 Item 4. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management, page 46

15.Please update the beneficial ownership table to the latest practicable date.

The
Form 10-12G has been amended to update the beneficial ownership table as of February 28, 2009 on page 49, which the Company believes in good faith to be the latest
practicable date.

 Item 5. Directors and Executive Officers, page 48

16.Supplementally, please confirm that the only family relationship between officers and directors is the relationship between Kristine
F. Hughes and Eugene L. Hughes.

The
Company supplementally confirms to the Staff that Kristine F. Hughes, a founder of the Company and Chairperson of its Board of Directors, and Eugene L. Hughes, a founder of the Company and a
member of its Board of Directors, are married. In addition, Pauline Hughes Francis is the former sister-in-law of Eugene L. Hughes. The Form 10-12G has been
amended to disclose such information on pages 51, 52 and 57.

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 Board Composition and Election, page 50

17.We note that the terms for three of your directors were originally set to expire in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Since you did not hold
annual meetings in those years, please revise your disclosure to indicate whether all of those directors will be up for re-election at the next annual meeting or, in the alternative, when
each of them will be up for re-election. Similarly, please disclose the terms for Messrs. Bowen and Deppe.

The
Form 10-12G has been amended to describe the terms of the Company's directors beginning on pages 51 and 53. The Company currently anticipates holding an annual meeting of
shareholders in 2009.

 Item 6. Executive Compensation, page 51

18.Please disclose the information required by Item 407(e)(4) of Regulation S-K.

The
Form 10-12G has been amended to disclose the information required by Item 407(e)(4) of Regulation S-K on page 57.

 Compensation Discussion and Analysis, page 51

 Compensation Policy for Executive Officers. page 51

19.We note that in setting executive officer compensation, the Compensation Committee and Mr. Faggioli review the Executive
Compensation Report, which compares the company's executive compensation practices against data in compensation surveys, such as Watson Wyatt's Top Management Compensation Survey and Mercer's
Executive Compensation Survey for 2007-8. Please clarify which subset of companies or industries within those compensation surveys were used for comparisons.

The
Company does not rely on a specific subset of companies or industries within the compensation surveys obtained from Watson Wyatt's Top Management Compensation Survey and Mercer's Executive
Compensation Survey to determine the compensation of its executive officers. The Company performs regression analysis on the raw data from the surveys to provide appropriate comparisons based on
company size, which analysis provides an expected level of compensation based on our sales revenue; the data from such analysis is used as the "market" data. The Executive Compensation Report compares
the base pay, bonus and total compensation of the Company's executive officers on an individual basis to the market data. The Form 10-12G has been amended to describe the nature of
the compensation surveys used by the Company for market comparisons of executive officer compensation beginning on page 55.

 Elements of Compensation, page 52

20.You describe how the base salary and incentive compensation of each executive officer are targeted to market rates and that the 2008
base salaries for your officers were approximately 18% below the base salaries of officers at companies in your local market. Please identify the market to which you refer, the parameters used to
define the market and name the companies in your local market used to determine that your officers' 2008 base salaries were 18% lower than market.

In
response to Staff Comment Nos. 19 and 20, the Form 10-12G has been amended to define the market used by the Company to determine compensation of its executive officers
beginning on page 55. The Company has deleted references to any local market since the Company has historically relied on market comparisons based on the compensation surveys to establish
compensation of its executive officers as opposed to any local market.

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21.Please expand your disclosure to identify for each named executive officer the 2008 pre-established performance goals
and whether each of the pre-established performance goals was attained.

After
discussions with the Company, it was determined that the bonuses for the named executive officers (other than Mr. Faggioli) for 2008 were to be awarded at the sole discretion of
Mr. Faggioli
based on overall Company performance and each such officer's individual performance, as he deemed appropriate. No portion of any named executive officer's bonus was tied to the achievement of any
pre-established performance goals. The Form 10-12G has been amended to clarify the nature of the 2008 bonuses, and to briefly describe the factors taken into account by
Mr. Faggioli in awarding the named executive officer bonuses on page 56.

22.Please explain the Compensation Committee's rationale for its incentive compensation award to Mr. Faggioli for 2008 and
discuss how this award reflects the level of performance attained by Mr. Faggioli in relation to the pre-established goals set for him.

After
discussions with the Company, it was determined that the bonus for Mr. Faggioli for 2008 was to be awarded at the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee based on overall Company
performance and Mr. Faggioli's individual performance, as it deemed appropriate. No portion of Mr