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A.Vogel recently celebrated 100 years since Alfred Vogel opened his first health food store. I was invited to the celebrations. I have to say, it was a lovely day of training, meeting like-minded people, and learning more about Alfred’s life and where it all began.

Every day we get asked for natural solutions for things like pain, earache, headaches, and warts.

ARE you worried about a health issue but you haven’t the time to get to the GP or your GP hasn’t an appointment for you to go to? Now the great news is that you can do self-testing for various health issues in the comfort of your own home. This can save you time, money, and worry. Once you have the results you can decide what to do and if need be you can discuss with your doctor or health care provider.

Do you fancy a cup of herbal tea? I talked about Hawthorn tea recently. I am drinking it to support my heart health. It tastes ok, I don’t think you can say that all herbal tea is nice, but they are a great addition to your daily diet. Hawthorn tea is an ideal addition to your healthy heart regime to help maintain normal blood pressure.

Last week I was talking about October being menopause awareness month, and that every day we talk with women about perimenopause at the shop. Sometimes, some of you have gotten upset, don’t worry about that, we understand, we get it.

October is menopause awareness month and at Natural Health Store we have been talking to women about the menopause for years. It is a natural conversation for us to have every day so I was surprised to realise how many women are not talking to each other about it. Or how many of you are not talking to your partners about it either.

Sinus infections are a common problem that can happen at any time of the year. This year I have seen more than crop up than usual. The symptoms can be mild to severe, and can range from a runny nose, nasal congestion, or extreme facial pain/pressure. Other symptoms you could experience are headaches, post-nasal drip, a cough, or bad breath.

Vitamin D is a popular supplement for all the family. During Covid it became even more so with the government recommending that we take it to help reduce the likelihood of infection. Vitamin D is also important for your bones, teeth, and muscles, and may help regulate mood too.

Everyday our immune system helps protect us from the host of bacteria, viruses, fungi, toxins, and parasites that bombard us and invade our bodies. As we approach winter many of you will be hoping to ward off these bugs.

When I think of looking after your heart, I think of both your emotional and your physical heart health.