Date of birth: We need to confirm your date of birth in order to add this product to your basket. > Health > Vitamins & SupplementsThe requested URL /content/scentre-group/au/www/penrith/en/products/beauty-health/bh-vitamins-supplements was not found on this server.Swisse vitamins, Australia’s #1 vitamin brand, have launched a new range of vitamins here in the UK. I was excited to be invited to a lunch with their UK brand ambassador, Alesha Dixon, and a few other blogger friends, to find out more about the products and to get the chance to chat and get Alesha’s views on parenthood, healthy living, and the work life balance. Before the lunch, we all had the opportunity to try out some of the vitamins. There’s a great range with the Swisse Women’s Ultivite as the main all purpose multivitamin, and then there are separate supplements you can take for hair and nails, immunity or for your specific needs like pregnancy vitamins, teenage vitamins or vitamins for 50+. Alesha Dixon has credited the supplement for helping to boost her energy levels on a daily basis.
I’m sure she needs plenty of energy to balance her family life, her music career,Swisse UK ambassadorial role and being a judge on Britain’s Got Talent! I was really interested to see whether the Swisse vitamins could do the same for me, and I’ve been taking the pregnancy ultivite for the past few weeks, in place of my previous pregnancy vitamin brand. Alesha’s daughter is nearly three, and since my youngest is four I remember that stage very well. You definitely need plenty of energy when dealing with active toddlers and preschoolers, especially since they’ve often dropped their naps by that stage and are on the go non stop all day! The Swisse pregnancy ultivite contains everything that you need for good foetal development, and to help keep your own energy levels up, with plenty of B vitamins. After only a few days of taking the Swisse pregnancy ultivite, I did notice that my energy levels picked up and I didn’t feel so exhausted in the evenings. It’s not great when you have lots to do to keep family life running smoothly, but you feel like falling asleep on the sofa at 8pm with first trimester tiredness!
Luckily, the Swisse pregnancy ultivite helped me out with that. Swisse vitamins are made with plenty of natural ingredients, and when we arrived at the lunch, we realised that all of our smoothies and lunches contained lots of the same healthy ingredients that are found in the products! It was lovely to have the opportunity to chat with Alesha Dixon over lunch, and hear some of her personal experiences with issues we all experience as mums, like how to balance family and work commitments, and whether or not to feel guilty when you have to leave them and travel for work (or even to get some much needed couple time.) Alesha told us about the great relationship her daughter has with her own mum, so that she feels really confident leaving them together when she needs to work. She also had just come back from a family holiday in Dubai, which is a great way to get that concentrated family quality time as well as having a chance to unwind and pamper yourself. I was interested to hear about the food choices that Alesha makes for her family, since it’s alway good to pick up healthy tips!
Alesha mentioned that she doesn’t buy cows milk at all, only almond milk, which I have been considering using more too since it’s much lower carb than cows milk. Alesha’s mum is a vegan and she told us about how her mum had influenced her in healthy eating, and that she was considering veganism too although when she became pregnant with her daughter, Azura, she decided to be a pescetarian (eating fish but no meat) rather than a fully fledged vegan, as she wanted to make sure she would be getting enough protein. I can understand that since I have been craving a lot of protein in this pregnancy! I really enjoyed our Swisse Vitamins Lunch, and having the opportunity to chat with Alesha. The Swisse products are great, and I can understand why Alesha clearly does have a lot of genuine enthusiasm for them. If you want to try some for yourself, they are available exclusively in Boots.A tailored vitamin range for you - BootsAustralias number one vitamin brand. Eton Rifle McCartanHide20 November 2015Joanna BorowiakHide28 November 2015Joanna BorowiakHide28 November 2015Nicole TremainLindsey Lister1Hide27 November 2015Natalia GaCarlos AlvesHide26 November 2015Jay BrownHide28 November 2015
Swisse is an Australian vitamin and supplement company, that also manufacturers personal care products. The CEO is Radek Sali.[1] In September 2015 86% of the company was bought by Hong Kong-listed Chinese company Biostime. Swisse started as a company which sold vitamins, since then the company has expanded its range[3] with providing such products as Supplements,[3] Skincare products,[4] Superfoods[5] and Sports Nutrition products. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is being sued by Avni Sali for defamation over a The Checkout segment on Swisse products.[7] The ABC is standing by the segment. The company has featured numerous celebrities as company ambassador and spokespeople, these include:[9] Demand for vitamins and supplements has recently surged, especially in China. Melbourne-based vitamin supplier Swisse has been sold to Hong Kong interests for $1.67 billion.The deal represents a significant payday for the family of founder Kevin Ring, who started the business from his organic bakery in the bayside suburb of St Kilda in the 1960s.
It is understood the Ring family and the company's management team will retain ownership of up to 20 per cent of the company, with the remainder controlled by the Hong Kong-listed firm Biostime.Biostime – a maker of infant formula and milk powder products - beat rival Chinese interests Hony Capital and Shanghai Pharma in a fierce bidding war.Mr Ring switched his energies from baking to herbal and vitamin supplements following a trip to Switzerland 50 years ago.His first foray into the supplements business was a pollen table which hit the shelves in 1972.By the end of the 1980s Swisse had more than 200 products in its range.More recently it signed a global licensing agreement with giant multinational Proctor and Gamble to expand sales into Europe, Asia and Latin America.Its recent growth has also been marked by heavy promotion with celebrity endorsements from the likes of sport stars including Ricky Ponting and Liz Cambage, as well as Hollywood A-listers, Nicole Kidman and Ellen DeGeneres.The sale is further evidence of booming demand in the sector