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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...

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...

SuperHero #4 – Pack a punch with Omnium

Our 4th SuperHero SuperFood is owner Trish Stephenson's favourite - our Advanced Phytonutrient Multivitamin and Mineral from Solgar, Omnium. Find out why she thinks it's a true SuperHero... "So…. Most of us pop a Multi Vitamin daily, often just a random...

#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...

SuperHero #5 – the power of chia seeds

Over the last couple of years, chia seeds have made themselves very well known in the world of healthy food bloggers. Why? Our student homeopath Katie tells us why Chia Seeds are a nutritional powerhouse and her favourite SuperHero SuperFood... "My...

SuperHero #3 – Cacao for the chocaholics!

Today is the turn of our self-confessed chocaholic, Emily to explain why Cacao nibs are her SuperHero SuperFood! "Being something of a chocaholic, cacao nibs are my SuperHero SuperFood. I love to eat them in the mornings mixed with goji berries, chia seesds...

SuperHero #6 – the amazing benefits of maca

"Maca (Lepidium meyenii)is a plant that grows in central Peru in the high plateaus of the Andes mountains. It has been cultivated as a vegetable crop in Peru for at least 3000 years. It is a relative of the radish and has an odour similar to butterscotch. The root (or...

Happy Holidays!

We all look forward to a break away from the normal day to day routines, but if you’ve ever spent your precious time away feeling under the weather you’ll know how miserable that can be. Why not try our top tips for a happy and healthy holiday, naturally? It might...

“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...

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...
SuperHero #6 – the amazing benefits of maca

SuperHero #6 – the amazing benefits of maca

"Maca (Lepidium meyenii)is a plant that grows in central Peru in the high plateaus of the Andes mountains. It has been cultivated as a vegetable crop in Peru for at least 3000 years. It is a relative of the radish and has an odour similar to butterscotch. The root (or...

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SuperHero #5 – the power of chia seeds

SuperHero #5 – the power of chia seeds

Over the last couple of years, chia seeds have made themselves very well known in the world of healthy food bloggers. Why? Our student homeopath Katie tells us why Chia Seeds are a nutritional powerhouse and her favourite SuperHero SuperFood... "My...

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SuperHero #4 – Pack a punch with Omnium

SuperHero #4 – Pack a punch with Omnium

Our 4th SuperHero SuperFood is owner Trish Stephenson's favourite - our Advanced Phytonutrient Multivitamin and Mineral from Solgar, Omnium. Find out why she thinks it's a true SuperHero... "So…. Most of us pop a Multi Vitamin daily, often just a random...

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SuperHero #2 – fabulous Coconut!

SuperHero #2 – fabulous Coconut!

This time it's the turn of our final year Nutrition student, Kristie, to tell us about her SuperHero SuperProduct... "Coconut oil is my favourite superfood simply because of its versatility, with a long list of benefits and uses. It's very stable at high heat,...

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SuperHero #3 – Cacao for the chocaholics!

SuperHero #3 – Cacao for the chocaholics!

Today is the turn of our self-confessed chocaholic, Emily to explain why Cacao nibs are her SuperHero SuperFood! "Being something of a chocaholic, cacao nibs are my SuperHero SuperFood. I love to eat them in the mornings mixed with goji berries, chia seesds...

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SuperHero SuperProducts – Echinaforce

SuperHero SuperProducts – Echinaforce

One of our favourite products is quite simply, a SuperHerb for your immune system. At the beginning of the 1950s Alfred Vogel spent some time with the Native American Oglala Lakota in the USA. The way these indigenous people used the power of nature for their health...

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Keep Moving

Keep Moving

We all want to be as fit and active as possible in life so looking after our joints is an important part of our health. If you find that you ache more than you would like, try our top 5 ways to keep moving! Glucosamine & Chondroitin- these help you body to repair...

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