Dipti in our Muswell Hill store likes to recommend Nature’s Plus Rhodiola.
Studies show that Rhodiola can help your body cope with stress better and increase energy levels. The restorative, energizing properties have been well known in Europe and Asia for centuries. An all-natural botanical supplement that has concentrated extract in a whole food base, making it more readily used by the body. You also benefit from a time release tablet allowing you to feel it working over a longer period of time.
Rhodiola is thought to fight depression, improve immunity, elevate the capacity for exercise, imporve memory, aid weight reduction, increase sexual function and improve energy levels and has therefore been used as an alternative for St. Johns Wort especially if on medication.
The immune system is the body’s defence mechanism – the army with which the body protects itself against disease-causing organisms such as viruses, bacteria or fungi, which are known as pathogens. The troops that make up this army are various types of white blood cells, which are produced in the bone marrow.
When working well, the immune system is constantly vigilant in order to protect us from infection, infestation and general invasion by bugs of all descriptions
If you have a fully functional immune system, then when you are exposed to a bug, you should kick it out quickly and symptoms such as a raised temperature will not last for long.
But if it’s not working well:
Weak immune function makes it harder to withstand infection by viruses, bacteria or fungi. You will be more susceptible to contracting colds, flu and cold sores. The immune system will take longer to detect and conquer the bug, so symptoms such as raised temperature, swollen glands, sore throat,coughs, catarrh, etc., will be present more frequently.
What weakens the immune system?
Eating a bad diet
Eating lots of sugary or fatty foods
Drinking excessive amounts of alcohol
Smoking
Being stressed and unhappy
Not getting enough sleep
How can A.Vogel Echinacea help you?
Echinaforce® is a licensed traditional herbal remedy for colds and flu. It helps the body fight the symptoms of these infections by supporting the immune system, helping to maintain the body’s resistance.
A.Vogel Echinacea is produced using extracts of freshly harvested, organically grown Echinacea purpurea herb and root, picked fresh and used within 24 hours of harvest. The benefit of using freshly harvested herbs has been demonstrated in research – extracts produced from fresh plants contain almost 3 times more active substances compared with those obtained from equivalent amounts of dried herb*.
This is why, when you need a herbal remedy to help you fight the misery of colds and flu, not all Echinaceas are the same.
Panacea stores stock a wide variety of A.Vogel Echinaforce® products including liquid tinctures, tablets and their latest Echinaforce® Hot Drink
*Tobler M et al: Characteristics of whole fresh plant extracts. Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur GanzheitMedizin, 1994
Micha in our Muswell Hill store likes A. Vogel Milk Thistle Complex. She says: “It’s an amazing herb remedy for liver health. It not only detoxifies but regenerates. Milk Thistle has been said to help get rid of the excess oestrogen in the body but is also a great support whenever needing to recover and detox from overindulging”
A.Vogel’s Milk Thistle Complex was amongst the very first herbal products formulated by Alfred Vogel, one of Switzerland’s best known naturopaths. The seeds of Milk Thistle are combined with fresh extracts of Dandelion, Artichoke, Peppermint and dried Boldo leaves all of which have been seen to support the digestive and liver health.
Are you struggling to get back into a regular eating pattern after the constant snacking in the festive season? Natrol Garcinia Cambogia may help you change bad habits and lose that puppy fat you gained. It has been seen to help with reducing food cravings, reducing fat production, and increasing serotonin levels. Not only do you lose weight, you feel good about it too. Chat to one of our in store product advisers about how to get the best results with this product.
Branka in our Watford Store loves Solgar’s new Full Spectrum Curcumin 185x. It provides better bio-availability than standard curcumin supplements which are poorly absorbed, the bioavailability is 185x better making it readily available for your body. If absorption goes up, greater levels of active curcumin can be released across multiple pathways to support joint, brain and immune health.
Branka in our Watford store loves to recommend Udo’s Choice Beyond Greens. She says: “It has the best of what greens have to offer, plus a whole lot more. It brings together the finest green foods, essential fatty acids, fibre, whole food concentrates, phytonutrients and digestive enzymes in one formula.”
Candice, the nutritionist in Putney loves Living Nutrition Warrior. She says: “I love the natural active ingredients. This clever supplement has improved my sports recovery and boosted my endurance – I run harder and longer!”
Warrior is a carefully crafted combination based on sacred and traditional roots, herbs, foods and cordyceps mushrooms in their most bio-active state for performance and function to support the body and mind, for the times when you need to perform. Living Nutrition use a unique kefir – kombucha fermentation process and you can be sure there are no fillers, binders, additives, preservatives or excipients in these products
Misha in Muswell Hill often recommends New Nordic Melissa Dream. She says:”It is a great sleeping aid. A very complex formula containing Melissa and Chamomile- herbs that are calming, a high dose of magnesium and some B-vitamins as well as a good amount of theanine, all helping to calm down the overthinking and stressed out mind. It brings the sense of calmness.”
Grazyna in our Kingston store loves to recommend Diet Horizon Reishi Mushroom Complex. Regular consumption of Reishi can enhance our body’s immune system and improve blood circulation and better health. It is recommended as an adaptogen for stress, immune support and a general tonic. It’s also been seen to help support liver and lungs. She says “One of the active ingredients in Reishi are ganoderic acids. Preliminary studies indicated that ganoderic acids help alleviate common allergies by inhibiting histamine release, improve oxygen utilization and improve liver function. Therefore Reishi is my close friend during hay fever season.”
Susan in our Putney store recommends Terranova Health Smooth Synergy: She says: “It’s a lovely non-stimulating adaptogenic (decreases sensitivity to stress) containing herbs such as Ashwaganda, Avena Sativa and Rhodiola. It’s really helped me through stressful times to stay calm and re-balance my system.
