(NaturalNews) With 2009 now over, it's time to vote on the "Best of the Year" awards! If you'd like to cast your vote, simply go to the voting page at
http://naturalnews.com/index-polls.htmlYou can cast one vote for each category. The categories include Best Food Bar, Best Herbal Product Line, Best Health Products Retailer, Best Natural Protein, Best Skin Care Line, Best Superfood Powder and Best Multivitamin.
How the survey was created
These are
reader's choice awards, not editor's
awards. To create the award polls, we asked our
NaturalNews Facebook fans (http//facebook.naturalnews.com) to nominate companies that should be included. Our aim was to include any company that was nominated by at least two different people (sometimes three, if the category was getting large).
We then compiled those nominations to create the awards polls that are now published. NaturalNews readers are now voting on these awards polls, and the
results will be tallied in 2-3 working days, at which time the winners will be announced.
These awards polls are obviously geared toward more popular national
companies and brands because that's what people are familiar with. There are no doubt smaller, family-run businesses whose
products are just as good (or even better) than many of those listed in this poll, but they do not yet have the national recognition to receive many votes. (Perhaps later we'll do some awards for the best mom-and-pop
health product providers...)
Some of the results from this
survey will no doubt differ from my own personal opinions, by the way. Soon, I plan to give out my own "Editor's Choice Awards" that reflect my own opinions. For example, I happen to think that
Larabar is not even close to the "best
food bar" because it's not even organic! And besides, the founder of Larabar sold out to General Mills last year, so it's not even a "Lara" bar anymore. But a lot of people don't know that, so they keep voting for Larabar.
So I'll publish my own Editor's Choice Awards later. For now, we'll focus on the reader's choice "Best of 2009" awards.
Cast your vote right now at:
http://naturalnews.com/index-polls.htmlThank you for your participation in helping us recognize quality companies (and products) that we all enjoyed throughout 2009. We plan to do this again for 2010, too!
About the author: Mike Adams is a consumer health advocate and award-winning journalist with a mission to teach personal and planetary health to the public He has authored more than 1,800 articles and dozens of reports, guides and interviews on natural health topics, impacting the lives of millions of readers around the world who are experiencing phenomenal health benefits from reading his articles. Adams is an independent journalist with strong ethics who does not get paid to write articles about any product or company. In 2010, Adams created NaturalNews.TV, a natural living video sharing site featuring thousands of user videos on foods, fitness, green living and more. He also founded an environmentally-friendly online retailer called BetterLifeGoods.com that uses retail profits to help support consumer advocacy programs. He's also the founder and CEO of a well known email mail merge software developer whose software, 'Email Marketing Director,' currently runs the NaturalNews email subscriptions. Adams volunteers his time to serve as the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and enjoys outdoor activities, nature photography, Pilates and martial arts training. He's also author of numerous health books published by Truth Publishing and is the creator of several consumer-oriented grassroots campaigns, including the Spam. Don't Buy It! campaign, and the free downloadable Honest Food Guide. He also created the free reference sites HerbReference.com and HealingFoodReference.com. Adams believes in free speech, free access to nutritional supplements and the ending of corporate control over medicines, genes and seeds. Known by his callsign, the 'Health Ranger,' Adams posts his missions statements, health statistics and health photos at www.HealthRanger.org
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