THANKS FOR SUPPORTING YOUR LOCAL HEALTH FOOD STORE--IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO!

An 81% growth in the use of alternative remedies has occurred over the last 5 years. One of every two Canadians uses natural health products. When you need to purchase herbs, vitamins, functional foods or organic groceries please consider the following:

Your local health food store is devoted 100% to providing you with products and information that will improve your health. Natural health products are our first and only priority. Traditional health food stores introduced natural health products over 35 years ago and have been committed to these products ever since. The high ethical standards that existed at the birth of the health food industry continue to be the key factor in the growth of this industry.

The staff and management of your local health food store believe that holistic health goes far beyond putting bottles of herbs and vitamins on the shelf. They believe that holistic health is spiritual, physical and emotional. They believe that by respecting both the planet and the human body, optimal health can be achieved.

Your local health food store answers hundreds of questions each day, gives out thousands of Alive Magazines each month and thousands of articles each year to help the consumer better understand natural health products. This information is free to the consumer.

Your local health food stores have had to fight for the truth and fight for the rights to have access to natural health products. Years ago they were fighting for things as basic as the value of whole wheat flour. As recently as the mid 80's they began the fight to prove that there were nutrients in certain foods that would have a preventative affect on cancer. Today they are educating about the negatives of mass immunisation and genetic modification of our foods. We hope that with your support we can continue to be an advocate for health issues without our judgement being clouded by the profit motives of big industry.

Your local health food store is discriminating in choosing which companies to buy from and they choose companies with a long-term history in the industry. Only at Canada’s health food stores are products quality tested randomly and regularly to ensure that the highest quality is provided at all times and this testing program is driven by the Canadian Health Food Association.

Your local health food stores bring you the highest quality products at a fair and reasonable price. They do not attempt to compete with mass market on price because in many cases the products are simply not the same. Products from the health food stores are FDA approved and second to none in quality. Their belief is that when in comes to health, consumers would rather make purchasing decisions based on integrity and quality rather than on price and once the consumer is informed, they will choose quality......

When choosing your herbs, vitamins or organic produce please consider that you have something at stake in ensuring the long-term health of the health food industry. The health food industry allowed consumers to take back control of their own health by fighting for, and bringing the consumer the products and information that the consumer wanted. Mainstream medicine is hung up on prescribing, monitoring and legislating. They do not think that we can be responsible for our own health. This need for control and a profit motivation by the pharmaceutical/chemical industry will take away our choice again. We hope that we can ensure our freedom of choice by preserving the Health Food Industry. Thank you for bringing your questions and concerns to us. Thank you for supporting the health food store industry.