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We are an Independent retailer and that is good news for you, as it allows us to stock great products giving you a wide choice and a quality that can be relied on and trusted. A lot of our products are not stocked by large multiples because our suppliers want their products to be sold in establishments were people can get good advice from trained staff and so give you the customer an informed choice.

Here at Simply Natural we pride ourselves on customer satisfaction....remember you are not just a number to us!

New Ortis Range

We have had Some nice new ranges into the shop over the last few months that I would like to feature here on the homepage.
The first made by Ortis is a range that takes the guess work out when trying to buy something for tiredness,be it mental,physical or both!

EnergyPlus

We have the Energy plus for physical tiredness (and mental as it contains Rhodiola)
The Memoform for mental tiredness and also great for Students when exams start.

HappyPlus

And the Happy Plus when we need a little lift (contains St.Johns Wort) and a boost to our morale.

Patrick Holford Range

The second is a range by Patrick Holford (Author and lecturer) that includes an Optimum nutrition pack containing Vitamins,Minerals,essential fatty acids and antioxidants all together in one pack that makes it easy and convenient to use.

Get Up and GO

Also in the range is a weight support powder that is low GL (helps assist the bodys natural management of carbohydrates and fats) or is also available in tablet form for those wanting help to lose a few pounds.

HAYFEVER

With the seasons changing and the clocks going forward we can now start to look forward to the warmer weather hopefully. A much needed boost after the dreary winter months. However for some people (over 10 million) the spring/summer months can bring with it misery in the way of sneezing, itching eyes, dry throats, blocked sinuses or runny noses. Just some of the symptoms of hay fever caused by the body's immune system over reacting to things like grasses and tree pollens.

Homeopathic remedies are usually quite effective for a lot of people with these symptoms and although you can get specific ones like Euphrasia for watery eyes if that is all you suffer from, I find the Mixed Pollen to be effective if you have a few different types of symptoms. This is because it is made up of numerous types of grass, tree and flower pollens. New Era also do a hay fever remedy that is popular especially if you suffer from allergic Rhinitis aswell.Local honey is a popular remedy and this works similar to the mixed pollen, it is however quite hard to get hold of so if you see it at the side of the road or in a small local shop I suggest you stop and get some. You should really be taking it from now if you can but if not the bees should be about in May providing it's not too wet.

Some people prefer to take Echinacea and Garlic to ward off their symptoms as Echinacea can help encourage the body's immune system to work properly and Garlic is great for the catarrh helping to break it up, You can get this in a combination by Allerclear.Luffa is also a herbal remedy successfully used by hay fever sufferers as well as people with pet allergies.
People like to take these kind of products as they do not get the side effects associated with pharmaceutical drugs like tiredness, and also because Herbal are gentle and will mix with a large range of medication.
Let's face it we don't get that much summer in this country so let's enjoy it and get out there.

California Connoisseur

I Have just made one of the California Connoisseur wine kits (have to try these kits so we can give you an honest feed back,difficult I know) and are very pleased with the result.
The kit comes with all the ingredients you need,no sugar required here as it is made with grape concentrate which gives a much improved flavour.It is also very easy to do but does take 4 weeks rather than those express kits you can do in a week.
Basic instructions
Sterilize all your equipment
Pour grape juice into fermentor and rinse out its bag with some warm water.(500ml)
To 100ml hot water add packet Bentonite(supplied) dissolve and add to fermentor
Add cool water to fermentor depending on size of kit and stir well.
Add wine yeast (supplied) and follow instructions on packet.
Leave in warm place (with wine lock) to ferment for about 7 days.
When fermentation is complete syphon off the wine into a second fermentor leaving the sediment behind.Re fit wine lock and leave in a warm place for 12 days.
All fermentation should now be complete
Syphon the wine into sterilized fermentor and add Potassium metabisulphite (supplied) into wine and mix thoroughly.Stir wine to release unwanted carbon dioxide gas.
Over next 2 days stir wine several times
To 60ml warm water add Potassium sorbate (supplied)stir and dissolve then add to wine and mix thoroughly.
Add finings (supplied)and again stir thoroughly.
Leave wine to clear for about 6 days
Wine should now be ready to bottle (28 days approx from start to finish)
This wine can now be drunk and tastes very acceptable but should improve if left to mature.
We have drunk a bottle and find it very smooth and are rather impressed as its the first kit we have made (Shaun is used to making beer!) but are keeping the rest for a month or two to bring out at our first barbie of the year .....weather permitting as to when.