FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C.  20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Belanger, Timothy E. (Last)                      (First)                      (Middle) 1185 Linda Vista Drive Suite 200 (Street) San Marcos,    CA   92069 (City)                      (State)                      (Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement     Month/Day/Year 10/15/2002 3. I.R.S. Identification     Number of Reporting     Person, if an entity     (voluntary)

4. Issuer Name andTicker or Trading Symbol Natural Alternatives International NAII 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)    Director      10% Owner X Officer (give title below)        Other (specify below) Description     Sr VP - Marketing & Sales

6. If Amendment,     Date of Original     (Month/Day/Year) 7. Individual or Joint/Group     Filing (Check Applicable Line) X   Form filed by One Reporting Person      Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security     (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned     (Instr.4)	3. Ownership Form:     Direct (D)     or     Indirect (I)     (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership     (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security     (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable(DE) and     Expiration Date(ED)     (Month/Day/Year)   DE     /     ED	3. Title and Amount of     Underlying Securities     (Instr. 4) Title     /         Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conver-     sion or     Exercise     Price of     Deri-     vative     Security	5. Owner- ship Form of Deriv- ative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.5)	6. Nature of       Indirect       Beneficial       Ownership       (Instr.5)
Common Stock Option	06/1/2003 / 6/1/2007	options / 30000	$2.07	D

Explanation of Responses:

By: /s/ Timothy E. Belanger                                                                                                10/15/2002 ** Signature of Reporting Person                                                                                    Date       SEC 2270 (07/02)

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.