Exhibit 32.1

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Michael D. Dean, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18.U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, based on my knowledge:

 

(1)                    The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2)                    The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Date: August 5, 2011

/s/ Michael D. Dean

 

Michael D. Dean

 

President and Chief Executive Officer