Healthy Living Blog
Phillippa’s top tips for a good night’s sleep
Getting a good night's sleep can be a battle. In store we have lots of fabulous products designed to help you sleep better but a great evening routine will also help to ensure that every night is a restful one too. Here our in store sleep advisor, Phillippa, tells us...
#MentalHealthAwareness
Anyone online this week will have seen numerous posts telling us that it is #MentalHealthAwareness week. Yesterday, showed me just how much we need this reminder. A lovely lady was in store, asking advice for anxiety and sleep. She'd tried many things and knew what...
Getting ready for Christmas
Whenever we think about Christmas, one of the first things we usually think about is gifts and either what we'd like to give to someone or else receive ourselves. We are big believers in giving something worthwhile, be that an experience, something for your home or...
Happy Holidays!
We all look forward to a break away from the normal day to day routines, but if youβve ever spent your precious time away feeling under the weather youβll know how miserable that can be. Why not try our top tips for a happy and healthy holiday, naturally? It might...
Can Prebiotics help us get a good night’s sleep?
This weekend we've been inundated with people enquiring as to whether we sell prebiotics in store and will this get them the great night's sleep they're craving. Why, because it featured heavily in the BBC documentary "The Truth About Sleep" last week and of all the...
So, Turmeric… is it nature’s greatest superfood?
If you were to google a natural remedy for almost any ailment, chances are you'll find someone, somewhere recommending turmeric as the best thing to take. Why is this yellow spice seen to be possibly nature's greatest home remedy? Can it really...
“Trust Me I’m a Doctor” and Eye Health
Last night, the popular BBC programme "Trust me I'm a Doctor" reviewed eye health and whether or not supplementation can help to improve our vision or even reverse damage to our eyesight. The presenter is well known for being an advocate of a healthy diet over...
Back to School
So it's that time of year already - summer is coming to an end, the nights are drawing in just a little bit and the kids are returning to school. Going back to school can bring a whole range of health issues to mind, from coughs and colds to anxiety and self...
SuperHero #7 – find your get up and go with Strath
If you've ever popped in to our store, then you may well have heard one of us recommend an old style tonic called BioStrath. Find out why manager Angela thinks it's much more of a SuperHero SuperFood than just a tonic... For many years BioStrath was simply a blue...