Especially Health

As well as new school shoes and a pencil case, give your little ones the best start to the school year with supplements to boost their brain power and their immunity. Eskimo 3's Bright Kids, £12.94 for 27 chewy orange jelly splats and Clean Marine for Kids, £12.99 for 60 capsules, both contain Omega-3 for which contribute to healthy brain function. Eskimo 3 also produce Little Cubs Kids Forumla, £12.55 for 105ml or £22.55 for 210ml, which contains Omega-3 Fish Oil with Vita...mins D & E in Orange and Tutti Fruitti flavours. Boost your child's gut flora to protect them from the usual back to school bugs with BioCare's Red Berry BioMelts, £17.95 for 28 sachets, which melt on the tongue and contain 3 billion friendly bacteria along with Vitamin D. We also stock MegaFood's Kids N' Us MegaFlora, £19.95 for 60 capsules and BioCare's BioAcidophilus, £18.35 for 60g powder in Strawberry or £17.40 for Banana flavour.
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If mozzies love to dine out on you, summertime can be fraught with trying to avoid the bloodsucking foes and itchy, unsightly bites. Luckily we stock a whole range of natural and effective products that will help you to brave baring your limbs and offers protection against mosquitoes, bedbugs, midges, sandflies, horseflies, fleas, ticks and many more insects. Incognito's Insect Repellent Roll-On, £6.79 for 50ml is 100% effective and handy to apply on the move or spritz on t...heir Insect Repellent, £10.99 for 100ml. For more exotic locations, layer up with their protective Hair & Bodywash, £8.99 for 200ml and Suncream Insect Repellent SPF 25, £22 for 150ml and remember to pack their Room Refresher, £8.79, which releases a refreshing but repellent aroma. If they still manage to get through that lot, Zap-Ease, £5.95, delivers a safe, electrical discharge which stops itching and reduces swelling.
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It's especially hot out there. We hope you are enjoying the heatwave but remember to slip on a hat and slap on some sun cream. For sensitive skin, try Organii's Everday Organics SPF 50 Sun Milk, £23.95 for 125ml, which is fragrance free. For kids, we have Badger's Tangerine & Vanilla Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Zinc Oxide Sunscreen, £16.99 for 87ml. And if you wish to protect your skin from mozzies as well as the sun, try Incognito Skin's SPF 25 Sun Cream Insect Repellent, £22 for 150ml.

If you still indulge in bread but avoid yeast and are looking for a tasty, healthy option, we suggest Biona's Pumpernickel Bread, £1.99 for 500g. Made by a family-owned bakery in Muensterland, Germany, using traditional artisan skills, the bread is made by grinding the whole rye berry and baking it very slowly until it caramelises, giving it a distinctive flavour and colour.

Especially Health would like to introduce their other in-house homeopath, Michele Turner. Michele is also a qualified reflexologist and Reiki practitioner and believes homeopathy is a natural, gentle and effective form of medicine which treats each person as a unique individual with the aim of stimulating their own healing ability. Michele is available for acute, 15-minute consultations from 10am to 4pm every Friday starting next week and is available for private consultations outside Especially Health.

JOB VACANCY AVAILABLE AT ESPECIALLY HEALTH!! We are currently looking for someone who is reliable, customer-oriented and self-motivated to join our team. Retail experience and knowledge of the health food industry would be helpful but is not essential. The role would entail 32+ hours per week, including a Saturday or Sunday every other weekend. For more information or to apply for the job, please contact Robin on 01732 741181 or email shop@especiallyhealth.co.uk

It's that time of year when your feet get an airing either in sandals or, if you're lucky, on the beach. Draw admiring glances by treating your tootsies to a slick of Benecos Nail Polish, £4.95 for 9ml. This vegan formula is made from 90 percent sustainable, natural, raw materials and is free from formaldehyde, camphor, toluol and phthalate. Choose from Cherry Red, pink Flamingo or purple Maverick.

Especially Health would like to introduce their in-house homeopath, Lisa Williams. Lisa qualified as a homeopath over 15 years ago, works with Bach Flower, Bush Flower and Bailey flower essences and has recently completed training in Kinesiology. Lisa incorporates all these techniques into her consultations to gain insight into what the body requires on a mental, emotional and physical level to regain and maintain good health. Lisa is available for acute, 15-minute consultations from 9am to 5.30pm Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays and is available for private consultations outside Especially Health. We have another homeopath who will be joining us officially commencing Friday 3rd August, information to follow.

Help Sevenoaks Town Council plant Sevenoaks red to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the end of WW1. Sevenoaks in Bloom will participate in the national scheme to create a ribbon of red flowers throughout the town and is encouraging businesses and individuals to get involved by planting floral displays or knitting red poppies in honour of the millions of lives lost in conflict. For knitting patterns or more information, email osl@sevenoakstown.gov.uk #RibbonofPoppiesSevenoaks

Have you boned up on the healing benefits of bone broth yet? Recommended by doctors, nutritionists, shamans, grandmothers and even Florence Nightingale, this ancient restorative broth rebuilds the gut, overcomes food allergies and intolerances, improves joint health, boosts your immune system and promotes healthy skin, hair and nails. We are now stocking Osius Organic Bone Broths, £9.95 for 500ml or £4.95 for 200ml, which are gluten and dairy-free and made from British grass fed organic chicken or beef bones. For vegans and vegetarians, we also have an Organic Vegetable Broth with shitake mushrooms and seaweed. It's the best of broth worlds!

Looking for a brew that's brimming with health benefits? Rutvite's Green Buckwheat Herbal Tea, £3.49, could be your new favourite cuppa! Free from caffeine and tannin, it contains antioxidants and vitamins which boost the immune system, including rutin which supports the circulatory system, aids digestion, stimulates the metabolism and reduces the concentration of glucose in the body which can relieve the symptoms of diabetes.

Chocolate lovers rejoice! Pulsin Bars are now available in Salted Caramel Raw Choc Brownie and Peanut Choc Protein Booster, both £1.59 for 50g. It's enough to get any chocoholics' pulse racing!

Apple cider vinegar has a host of health benefits, including lowering cholesterol, enhancing weight loss, reducing blood pressure, regulating blood sugar, improving skin health and boosting gut health. We are now stocking Raw Vibrant Living's Apple Cider Vinegar Infusions with Tumeric & Cinnamon and Tumeric & Ginger, both £3.09 for 500ml. Tumeric has it's own healing properties and these earthy, aromatic combinations can be added to salad dressings and sauces or simply add them to water for an invigorating tonic.

Most egg-cellent news! Romshed Farm organic eggs are back in stock. Following a visit from Mr Fox, the new chickens have settled in and are happily laying, so you can get cracking with frying, poaching, scrambling, boiling and baking again!

We love Yogi Teas for their great taste and Ayurvedic health benefits but did you know that by buying Yogi Tea you are also supporting various charitable organisations? These include Doctors Without Borders, which provides medical aid, food and shelter, particularly in Africa and Syria, Naturefund which buys forests and replants them to protect wildlife species and The Kumari Project, which builds joyful childhoods for orphans in Nepal. That's another good reason to stick the kettle on!

Fancy a nibble on something savoury and differently delicious that won't leave you bloated or sluggish? Say goodbye to guilty snacking with Kallo's Ancient Grains Organic Amaranth & Linseed Corn Cake Thins, £1.99 for 25, or their Pop-Crisps in Himalayan Pink Salt with a hint of Black Pepper flavour, £2.19 for 85g. Both are low fat, low calorie, a good source of fibre, suitable for vegans and gluten free.

Let us spray! If you have hay fever or a summer cold and your nose is suffering, try squirting The Health Factory's Nano Zinc & Silver Nose Spray, £11.95 for 15ml. Silver is an anti-inflammatory and works against virus and bacteria, whilst zinc shortens virus infections, heals infected mucous membranes and acts as an anti-histamine.

For all of our customer's who are missing the discontinued Renewal Greens! We are now stocking Amazing Grass' Green Superfood Energy whole food supplement in Lemon-Lime, £29.99 for 7.4oz (30 servings). This refreshing blend combines alkalizing greens and cereal grasses, nutrient packed fruit and vegetables, digestive enzymes and probiotics with Yerba mate and Matcha green tea to provide natural energy, promote detox, aid digestion and support immunity.

If you want a refreshing drink with added health benefits this summer, look no further than our new fermented drinks range. Mount Olympus' Lemon Goats' Kefir, £2.99 for 300ml, is suitable for those who are intolerant to cow's milk with an added lemon zing, while their Mojito Vegan Kefir, £3.22 for 310ml, is suitable for those avoiding dairy and tastes just like the cocktail but without the hangover! For a more bubbly brew, try Remedy's Organic Kombucha in Raspberry Lemonade or Ginger Lemon, £2.99 for 330ml. Both kefir and kombucha contain healthy bacteria which your gut will thank you for. Cheers!