EXHIBIT E TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
                                            CREDIT AND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT


                            [FORM OF SWING LINE NOTE]

THIS  NOTE MAY NOT BE  TRANSFERRED  EXCEPT  IN  COMPLIANCE  WITH THE  TERMS  AND
PROVISIONS OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND GUARANTEE  AGREEMENT  REFERRED
TO BELOW.  TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE MUST BE RECORDED IN THE REGISTER MAINTAINED BY
THE  ADMINISTRATIVE  AGENT  PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF SUCH  AMENDED AND  RESTATED
CREDIT AND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT.

                                 SWING LINE NOTE



                                                         New York, New York
$___________________                                      November __, 1996



     FOR  VALUE  RECEIVED,  the  undersigned,  TWIN  LABORATORIES  INC.,  a Utah
corporation  (the  "Borrower"),  hereby  unconditionally  promises to pay to the
order of _____________ (the "Swing Line Lender"),  at its offices located at 270
Park Avenue,  New York, New York 10017,  in lawful money of the United States of
America  and in  immediately  available  funds,  on the  Termination  Date,  the
principal amount of  _______________  DOLLARS  ($____________)  or, if less, the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Swing Line Loans made by the Swing Line
Lender to the Borrower  pursuant to subsection  2.6 of the Credit  Agreement (as
defined  below).  The Borrower  further  agrees to pay interest in like money at
said office on the unpaid principal amount of Swing Line Loans from time to time
outstanding at the rates and on the dates specified in the Credit Agreement.

     The Swing Line  Lender is  authorized  to record the date and the amount of
each Swing Line Loan made by the Swing Line Lender to the  Borrower  pursuant to
subsection  2.7(e)  of the  Credit  Agreement  and the date and  amount  of each
payment or prepayment of principal thereof on Schedule A annexed hereto and made
a part  hereof  and any such  recordation  shall,  to the  extent  permitted  by
applicable  law,  constitute  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  accuracy  of  the
information so recorded,  provided, that any failure by the Swing Line Lender to
make such  recordation  shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay
(with  applicable  interest)  the Swing Line Loans made by the Swing Line Lender
pursuant to the Credit Agreement (as defined below).




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     This  Note (a) is the  Swing  Line  Note  referred  to in the  Amended  and
Restated  Credit and  Guarantee  Agreement,  dated as of the date hereof (as the
same may be amended,  supplemented or otherwise  modified from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement"),  among Twinlab Corporation, a Delaware corporation formerly
known as TLG Laboratories  Holding Corp.,  the Borrower,  the Swing Line Lender,
the other banks and financial  institutions  from time to time parties  thereto,
The  Bank  of  New  York,  as  co-agent,   and  The  Chase  Manhattan  Bank,  as
administrative  agent,  (b) is subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement
and (c) is subject to optional and  mandatory  prepayment in whole or in part as
provided  in the  Credit  Agreement.  This Note is  secured  and  guaranteed  as
provided in the Loan  Documents.  Reference is hereby made to the Loan Documents
for a description of the properties and assets in which a security  interest has
been  granted,  the nature and extent of the  security and the  guarantees,  the
terms and conditions  upon which the security  interests and each guarantee were
granted and the rights of the holder of this Note in respect thereof.

     Upon  the  occurrence  of any one or more of the  Events  of  Default,  all
amounts then remaining  unpaid on this Note shall become,  or may be declared to
be, immediately due and payable, all as provided in the Credit Agreement.

     All parties now and  hereafter  liable with  respect to this Note,  whether
maker,  principal,  surety,  guarantor,  endorser  or  otherwise,  hereby  waive
presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind.

                  Unless otherwise  defined herein,  terms defined in the Credit
Agreement  and used herein shall have the  meanings  given to them in the Credit
Agreement.

     THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.


                                 TWIN LABORATORIES INC.


                                 By:
                                    -----------------------------------

                                    Title:


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                                                                Schedule A to
                                                                Swing Line Note
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                                               LOANS AND REPAYMENTS

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                                                                                      Unpaid
                                 Amount of                 Amount of                 Principal
                                Swing Line                Swing Line                Balance of
                                   Loans                     Loans                  Swing Line              Notation Made
          Date                      Made                     Repaid                    Loans                      By
          <S>                     <C>                       <C>                       <C>                      <C>    

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