Ottawa Valley Supplements

A balanced immune system is your child’s strongest immune system!

As September approaches, many families usually look forward to the excitement and change in routine of starting school.
Many parents worry about kids being exposed to sickness outside of school, in group activities or on the playground, as socialization increases.

Fortunately, you can get peace of mind by protecting your children’s health with powerful plant medicine – following both a proactive and reactive plan!

Fortifying Kids’ Natural Defences

Supporting kids’ immune systems has never been more important, and for keeping children healthy – prevention is key.

Greater health precautions have become part of the daily routine, with careful hand washing and social distancing all becoming regular – and important – practices.

Plenty of sleep, nourishing foods and supporting kids to help ease worries and stress while returning to school all help to keep them happy and healthy.

But being proactive, and getting out in front of the latest bug being passed around the classroom can come from herbal support – with Deep Immune Kids.

🌱 Deep Immune® Kids maintains and fortifies children’s immune health by supporting the body’s innate balance and resiliency through the synergistic action of two powerful traditional, adaptogenic herbs. Deep Immune Kids® also acts as a vital energy tonic.

✨Highlights
▪️A mild-tasting children’s version of our Deep Immune® original formula.
▪️Contains kid-safe herbs that support a healthy immune system and counter fatigue.
▪️Helps to maintain immune defences.

Cold & Flu Support Immune

🕑 No time for sick days? We hear you. Younited brings you advanced, full-spectrum support for fighting colds & flu viruses.

🤧 The average adult gets 2-4 colds or respiratory infections per year, leading to forced downtime, and just feeling awful. Arm yourself with our Cold & Flu Support ahead of cold and flu season so you are ready to start taking it as soon as your feel something “coming on”.

🙌🏼 With 12 natural virus fighting and immune supporting ingredients (NAC, Quercetin, Vitamin C, Elderberry, PelaForce, Pure Immune, oregano, Bromelain, zinc, copper, Vitamin D, Vitamin A) -this formula has your back.

✨Highlights
· Reduces severity of colds and flu
· Shortens the duration of illness
· With clinically proven Pelaforce & Puremune
· Helps relieve bronchitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis & the common cold

Enjoy the last long weekend of the summer!

Reminder with fall coming up, get your immune system cupboard stocked up!

Last weekend to get your child’s Health First Network ProBio at 10% Off!

🥳 New Product Alert: Gluco Support Longevity

🩵 Gluco Support combines key nutrients including Alpha-Ketoglutaric acid, Alpha-Lipoic acid and Berberine to enhance blood sugar regulation and metabolic health. These ingredients work together to improve insulin sensitivity, boost nutrient absorption, and provide antioxidant protection, supporting balanced blood sugar levels and healthy metabolism.

🩷 Younited’s glucose support supplement combining Alpha-Ketoglutaric acid, Calcium alpha-ketoglutarate, Alpha-Lipoic acid, Berberine, AstraGin® Astragalus, Panax notoginseng, Piperine, B12, Vanadium, and Chromium provides a multifaceted approach to managing blood sugar levels and enhancing metabolic health.

🔹Alpha-Ketoglutaric acid and Calcium alpha-ketoglutarate contribute to cellular energy production and bone strength.

🔹Alpha-Lipoic acid offers antioxidant properties and improves insulin sensitivity, while Berberine is renowned for its ability to regulate glucose metabolism.

🔹AstraGin®, a blend of Astragalus and Panax notoginseng extracts, boosts nutrient absorption and overall supplement efficacy.

🔹Piperine enhances bioavailability of the ingredients, ensuring optimal absorption.

🔹Vitamin B12 supports nerve function and energy metabolism.

🔹Vanadium and Chromium are essential minerals that enhance insulin sensitivity and glucose regulation.

💜 Together, these ingredients work synergistically to support balanced blood sugar levels, improved insulin function, and overall metabolic well-being.

✨Highlights
· Metabolic support
· Helps balance blood sugar levels
· Healthy weight management

Please forgive us for our late opening this morning. Due to unforeseen circumstances we had to open at 11:30.

Please note that tomorrow (Tuesday August 27th) we will be closing at 4pm for a staff training.

Our next class with Holistic Nutritionist, Kayla Marie Wise from is on Optimal Nutrition for the Mind

How we think and feel is directly affected by what we take in our bodies. Eating the right food has been proven to boost IQ, improve mood and emotional stability, sharpen the memory, and keep the mind young.

Sign up in store

Cost is $15 in advance.
Printed notes will be provided to workshop attendees.

Forage Hyperfoods Lion’s Mane Tincture: alcohol free & Canadian cultured.

👏🏼 Combat fuzziness and forgetfulness with Lion’s Mane tincture. This mushroom protects and supports the regeneration of healthy neural pathways in the brain.

Lion’s Mane is a white mushroom sporting long white tendrils and a shaggy appearance. It is native to North America, Europe and Southeast Asia.

Lion’s Mane has a mild, earthy taste however this glycerin-based (alcohol free) tincture has a sweet taste (sugar-free).

▪️Nerve Support
The cognitive symptoms we associate with aging—like memory loss and lack of focus—can be caused by degeneration in your brain cells. Research suggests that Lion’s Mane mushroom extract may actually support brain health by stimulating production of nerve growth factor, a compound that promotes the growth and protection of brain cells.

▪️Focus
The antioxidant activity and anti-inflammatory properties of Lion’s Mane mushrooms improve blood flow to the brain, which provides more oxygen to the brain’s cells for improved cognitive performance. It may also help normalize mood in the face of mild anxiety and depression, potentially alleviating the brain fog that can be symptomatic of those conditions.

▪️Memory
The role of Lion’s Mane mushrooms in memory is twofold. First, the stimulation of nerve growth factor helps protect against the symptoms of memory loss by keeping brain cells in healthy working order. Secondly, research suggests that Lion’s Mane may prevent the buildup of amyloid beta, a substance that forms the brain plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

🇨🇦 Made in Canada
✅ free from gluten; GMO’s, animal products, grains & sugar.
✅ Sustainable harvest, fruiting body, dual extract, & lab tested,

Myco10 Immunomodulating Mushroom Complex

🍄 Myco10 Mushroom Complex from CanPrev packs a potent punch with 7 immunomodulating mushrooms and 3 whole food antioxidants in a functional prebiotic base.

🍄‍🟫 Mushroom species such as the ganoderma species (reishi), grifola (shiitake), cordyceps and lentinula (maitake) have been used and studied for their powerful medicinal properties and effectiveness against the treatment of a variety of disease. Perhaps most well-known and best studied for their use in cancer treatment, either alone or in combination with more conventional cancer treatments.

🍄 Many fungi or medicinal mushrooms are powerful immune tonics, possessing anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-parasitic properties. Many are anti-inflammatory, as well as possessing specific action to support cardiovascular health.

🍄‍🟫 CanPrev Myco10 is a source of antioxidants and immunomodulating polysaccharides that may help protect cells against oxidative damage caused by free radicals.

🍄 Mushrooms are also scientifically recognized for their ability to nourish the body, soothe sleep and adaptogenically balance stress.

🍄‍🟫 CanPrev’s Myco10 Mushroom Complex has a rich, robust blend, rounded out with 3 whole food antioxidants from acai, acerola and goji, and completed with a functional prebiotic base.

⭐️ Stir up your morning routine and stir in some Myco10.

✨ Highlights
▪️Enjoy daily with your morning coffee, in your post-workout smoothie or simply mixed with water
▪️Source of antioxidants and immunomodulating polysaccharides
▪️Nourish the body, soothe sleep and adaptogenically balance stress
✅ Certified organic, Solvent-free & sustainably grown medicinal mushrooms
✅ Free from dairy, gluten, soy and GMOs.
✅ Vegan

Oh my goodness!! I am constantly in awe of all your support! This was so incredible to find out about!! Thank you all who voted!

I big shout out to Kayla Marie Wise to all your dedication to help bring this store to where is now! You are a huge part of this award.

God bless,
Kate, Kayla and Shanda

Echinamide Anti-Viral Potent Fresh Herbal Extract

⭐️ An effective antiviral formula that provides superior protection against cold and flu! Also available in fast acting liquid form.

💯 This incredibly potent herbal formula from Natural Factors, also available in liquid, is used to stop a cold, flu or other virus in its tracks. It also has anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties to contribute to improved overall health and function.

🌱 Anti-Viral Formula harnesses the power of nature to help you fight viruses and combines the best-researched and time-tested herbs to help your immune system deliver a more potent viral-fighting punch, including echinamide.

🌿 Echinamide is a super-extracted echinacea purpurea liquid that guarantees high levels of alkylamides, polysaccharides and cichoric acid, the three key actives responsible for echinacea’s effectiveness in clinical studies.

🌸 Echinamide contains these actives in a base of the whole herb, Echinacea purpurea, because this species contains the highest levels of alkylamides, cichoric acid and polysaccharides.

✨Highlights
▪️Stimulates immune system.
▪️Certified organic.
▪️Clinically proven.
▪️Anti-viral, anti-fungal and antibacterial properties.
▪️Fights colds, flus and other viruses.

✅ Contains no artificial preservatives, color or sweeteners; no corn, dairy, starch, wheat or yeast.

Family First Multi : top nutrients for the whole family to support the biological functions that maintain good health and immunity.

🌱 A multivitamin acts like an insurance policy to make sure that your whole family is getting its daily requirement of key vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients – especially during those more hectic times when healthy food preparation is most difficult!

🌱 Increased stress, a reduction of nutrition in our food due to depleted soil conditions, and fast-food choices can leave our bodies short on the nutrients we need.

🩷 The Family First Multi contains highly absorbable forms of vitamins and minerals, including active B vitamins, plant-sourced minerals, and buffered vitamin C, which is less wearing on teeth and gentler on tummies.

✨Features & Benefits:

▪️Highly absorbable forms of vitamins and minerals because why shouldn’t kids have the best quality multis too?
▪️Buffered vitamin C, active forms of B vitamins and plant-sourced Aquamin™ calcium and magnesium
▪️Real fruit and vegetable extracts like mango, kiwi, broccoli, and spinach

✅ Free from dairy, gluten & yeast.

💯 All Health First products are free from GMOs, artificial colours and artificial flavours

🇨🇦 Made in Canada and sold exclusively by Health First Network Members to support healthy Canadian communities.

♻️ Our packaging is made from 100% recycled or recyclable materials to save plastic from landfills and put the health of our communities first.

Introducing Product of the Month⭐️
Each Month we will list a product to feature and you will save 10% off this product for the entire month 🥳

✨ August ✨
Family First ProBio Plus D

Probiotics are good bacteria that have been shown to offer a whole host of benefits for adults and children alike.

They go way above and beyond support for a healthy gut flora and good digestion! Probiotics are strong supporters of immune health as they can increase the number of protective immune cells that help our bodies fight off foreign invaders, and even help to create a seal in the gut wall to stop pathogens from entering the blood stream.

The presence of probiotics can also lead to better metabolism and absorption of vitamins and minerals.

Family First ProBio Plus D offers a mix of research-backed, human-sourced strains from both the Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria families to support the entirety of the intestinal tract.

The strains are stable and compatible with one another and attach well in the gut. They have excellent survivability so can easily make it past the stomach and get where they need to go!

400 IU of vitamin D is added as an immune and bone-building benefit for everyone in the family ages 3 and up!

✨Features
▪️Shelf-stable probiotic that provides intestinal support for everyone in the family aged 3 and up!
▪️5 billion of the most researched little critter strains that attach well and are highly compatible and stable in the gut
▪️400 IU of plant-based vitamin D3 to protect the family’s immune health

✅ Free From peanuts, gluten, dairy, corn, soy, yeast, and sugar.
✅ All Health First products are free from GMOs, artificial colours and artificial flavours.

Wild Yam Cream

🌱 Helpful for symptoms of menopause and PMS, wild yam has been used by herbalists for a long time because of its ability to relax spasms and dilate blood vessels.

🍠 Wild Yam Cream is a convenient way to ease symptoms such as insomnia, swelling, nerve & joint pain, cramping, heavy menstrual flow, headache, and PMS.

🌿 Featuring chaste tree berry extract, this cream may also be useful in regulating hormones.

Apply up to 1 tsp on the inner thighs, inner arms, chest, and abdomen up to twice daily.

✨ Active Ingredients in 1 gram:
Dioscorea villosa (Wild yam) 1:4 liquid extract 130mg
Vitex agnus castus (Chaste tree) 1:3 liquid extract 20mg
Black cohosh 1:3 liquid extract 10mg
Msm 10mg
Aloe vera gel 5mg
Vitamin E 6mg

Hope you’re enjoying the Civic Holiday, we are closed today but will welcome you tomorrow 10am-5pm.

Our flyer sale is on 🥳

Check out the savings for your favourite Canadian brands including our private label,

If you missed Kayla Marie Wise’s interview with , we have attached the link for you. It was a great conversation to listen to with some tips on how to take control over your life.

If you need guidance with your health, please get in touch with Kayla

https://drnathaliebeauchamp.com/tv/episode-23-root-cause-wellness-holistic-nutrition-and-health-advocacy/

Welcome to Magnesium Week! This week we will feature a new form of magnesium daily for you to learn and decide which is best for your specific health needs.

A magnesium deficiency can lead to symptoms such as muscle cramps, fatigue and irritability.

🧡 Meet Magnesium Bisglycinate

🔅 Magnesium bisglycinate is a dietary supplement of magnesium chelated(bound) to glycine (an amino acid). It’s more readily absorbed in the intestines than other forms of magnesium.

🐠 Glycine is a non-essential amino acid that occurs naturally in foods such as meat, fish, dairy products and legumes. It plays an important role in the synthesis of proteins, the formation of collagen and the regulation of the nervous system.

🌼 Taking magnesium bisglycinate can help replenish magnesium levels in the body and prevent deficiencies. It is often used as a dietary supplement by people who have difficulty getting enough magnesium from their diet.

✨ Many people experience fewer stomach upsets and intestinal problems when using magnesium bisglycinate compared to other forms of magnesium supplements.

⭐️ The health benefits of magnesium bisglycinate
Magnesium bisglycinate provides several health benefits, including:
▪️Nervous system support
▪️Contributes to healthy mental health
▪️Promotes heart health
▪️Improves sleep quality
▪️Addresses restless leg syndrome
▪️Reduces insomnia

🤰🏻During pregnancy, the body needs extra magnesium for the development of the baby and support of the mother. Magnesium bisglycinate may be a good option to meet this need.

🌱 Magnesium bisglycinate can help improve bowel movements and relieve constipation. However, it is important to also take other measures, such as increasing dietary fiber intake and drinking enough water.

Welcome to Magnesium Week! This week we will feature a new form of magnesium daily for you to learn and decide which is best for your specific health needs.

Magnesium is the fourth most-abundant mineral in the body, and it’s mostly stored inside our bones. Because our bodies can’t make magnesium, we must get this mineral from our diets or supplements.

🩷 Meet Magnesium Citrate

Magnesium citrate is an over-the-counter magnesium preparation made with a combination of salt and citric acid.

💦 Magnesium citrate is sometimes described as a “saline laxative” because it effectively works to relieve constipation and clear out the intestines, thanks to its ability to increase water and fluids in the small intestine.

💧Magnesium and citric acid have oppositely charged atoms, which causes an osmotic effect to take place in your digestive tract when you consume them together. This means that water enters the intestines and becomes absorbed by the stools. This helps lubricate the GI tract and soften stools, making it easier to pass a bowel movement.

✨Preventing magnesium deficiency is important because magnesium is needed for hundreds of different bodily functions, plus for warding off common symptoms like anxiety, trouble sleeping, aches, spasms, headaches and blood pressure changes.

🫧 High calcium levels in the urine can contribute to kidney stones. In fact, it’s estimated that high urinary calcium is the cause of kidney stones in upward of 80 percent of cases. Calcium and magnesium work together to balance each other out, and magnesium may be able to decrease accumulation of calcium, thereby supporting good kidney health.

🫀Magnesium citrate is commonly used to prevent irregular heartbeats. In addition, it works to make artery walls more flexible — stiff artery walls are an atherosclerosis risk and can contribute to cardiovascular issues.

🌊 Take this product with a full glass of water (at least eight ounces), since it works by pulling water into the intestines.

🌼 Magnesium citrate can be taken at any time of day. Try picking a time of day and stick with it, since daily use of a moderate dosage may have the best effects.

Tonight Kayla was interviewed on the show Hack Your Health! Here is the full interview! Learn how to take control of your health in even some simple ways!

You can find Kayla in her practice at Wise Wellness!

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Welcome to Magnesium Week! This week we will feature a new form of magnesium daily for you to learn and decide which is best for your specific health needs.

We all need magnesium every day. And most of us aren’t getting enough through diet.

💜 Meet Magnesium Chloride: Transdermal Magnesium

💧We can also use natural transdermal products therapeutically. People have been using minerals like magnesium topically for thousands of years. Our skin absorbs everything it comes in contact with & quickly, making it an excellent application for pain management.

🌊 Transdermal magnesium products are made primarily with magnesium chloride. Magnesium chloride liquid is a natural product, extracted from brine or seawater.

🫧 Magnesium chloride is what’s called a ‘magnesium salt’. It’s a compound of the mineral, magnesium, and the essential electrolyte, chloride.

💦 Chloride is found in all body fluids, and it is responsible for maintaining pH balance, transmitting nerve impulses and regulating fluid into and out of cells.

💪🏼 Athletes and anyone with chronic body pain, or Restless Leg Syndrome tend to love transdermal magnesium.

🔅If you have cramps (PMS-related or otherwise), you’ll appreciate the muscle-relaxing effects.

🔅Anyone with migraines and headaches can apply it to the neck and skull for pain reduction.

🔅Topical magnesium chloride is handy to keep in a gym bag, at your bedside or desk for quick application.

🔅Children who won’t take magnesium orally can benefit from magnesium chloride therapy when added to the bath.

🔅Some people find relief from skin conditions, like eczema and acne when they use transdermal magnesium.

🔅Magnesium chloride is antibacterial, and users find it reduces body odour and helps speed the healing of wounds.

🔅Magnesium applied topically may prevent or reverse skin damage from aging and sun exposure.

💆🏼‍♀️Topical magnesium can support better sleep, relief from stress, pain, tension, plus the long-term protective effects for heart health and more.

👏🏼 Transdermal magnesium doesn’t affect digestion like other forms of magnesium so it’s great for those with sensitive bowels or are already too regular.

Welcome to Magnesium Week! This week we will feature a new form of magnesium daily for you to learn and decide which is best for your specific health needs.

📝 Research shows that nearly two-thirds of adults in the western world do not reach the recommended daily allowance for magnesium, an essential mineral that plays a role in more than 300 enzyme systems in the human body.

💙 Meet Magnesium Malate

🍏 Magnesium Malate is a compound that combines magnesium, an essential mineral, with malic acid, a naturally occurring organic acid. When combined with magnesium, it forms Magnesium Malate, a highly bioavailable form of magnesium that the body can readily absorb and utilize.

💪🏼 The unique combination of magnesium and malic acid in Magnesium Malate plays a crucial role in maintaining healthy muscle function. Magnesium helps relax muscles by regulating calcium channels and supporting proper muscle contraction. This can lead to alleviation of muscle cramps, spasms, and stiffness, promoting overall muscle health and flexibility.

🧠 Magnesium Malate also exhibits benefits for mental health. Adequate magnesium levels are essential for neurotransmitter synthesis and function, influencing mood, sleep, and overall cognitive well-being. By supporting the production and release of neurotransmitters like serotonin, magnesium contributes to stress reduction, better sleep quality, and improved mental clarity.

✨The combination is used to help relieve chronic pain, improve exercise performance, boost energy levels, fight diabetes and promote heart health.

💊 The recommended dosage of magnesium malate can vary depending on the individual and health condition, but most studies include doses that range between 200–400 milligrams per day.

🥙 It is best to take a magnesium malate supplement with food, and be sure to drink plenty of water to help with absorption.

Welcome to Magnesium Week! This week we will feature a new form of magnesium daily for you to learn and decide which is best for your specific health needs.

Magnesium is a cofactor in more than 300 enzyme systems that regulate diverse biochemical reactions in the body, including protein synthesis, muscle and nerve function, blood glucose control, and blood pressure regulation and more.

💜 Meet Magnesium L-threonate

🔗 Most magnesium supplements are chelated and magnesium l-threonate is no exception. Chelated means that the magnesium molecules are bonded to another molecule. Chelation can improve a magnesium supplement’s stability, absorption, and bioavailability.

🧠 Magnesium l-threonate readily crosses the brain’s protective filter, the blood-brain barrier, to get into the brain where it is needed. The brain’s need for magnesium is high.
It is normally found in higher concentrations in the brain than in the blood.

✨Magnesium plays a critical role in a number of brain-related and neurological conditions, including: 
* acute brain injury
* addictions
* Alzheimer’s disease
* anxiety
* attention disorders
* bipolar disorder
* dementia
* depression
* Parkinson’s disease
* schizophrenia
* seizures

👏🏼 Here are the three known ways in which magnesium l-threonate works: 

1. Magnesium l-threonate readily crosses the brain’s protective filter, the blood-brain barrier, to get into the brain where it is needed. 

2. Magnesium l-threonate has been shown to increase brain plasticity. Neuroplasticity (brain plasticity) is the brain’s ability to change and grow and is fundamental for memory and learning to take place.

3. There’s evidence that magnesium l-threonate can increase brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein that stimulates the formation of new brain cells.

✅ Magnesium l-threonate may be helpful for anxiety disorders. Magnesium is highly regarded as a natural relaxant. It works by increasing the calming neurotransmitter GABA while reducing the release of stress hormones.

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Very well actually. Both are excellent products, but buying Canadian has a lot of wins!

All organic fruits and veggie powders with organic prebiotic fibres for gut health

Vitamins and minerals are from the fruits and veggies - food sourced, not added

Zero soy lecithin

Approximately $2 CAD per serving

Made in Canada

100% Canadian owned and operated small business

Sold in Canadian Natural Health Retailers

First up in our series of learning sessions!

Fall Wellness Plan
September is actually considered one of the busiest months with Back-To-School and back to normal routines for many of us. Along with that comes the dreaded cold and flu season, so it’s best to be proactive in making sure you are armed with tools to keep you feeling your best.

August 17th, 2024
2:30 -4:30pm

Happening in the store at our new location: 1043 Pembroke Street West
Each workshop is $15 (or 3 sessions for $40!)
Sign up in store to reserve your place.

High DHA Omega 3 from wild caught fish

💜 Docosahexanoic acid (DHA) is an omega 3 essential fatty acid. It is an essential component of the brain and central nervous system. It seems to concentrate in areas where there is lots of electrical activity such as the synaptosomes, where nerve cells communicate, and the photoreceptors of the eye.

🧠 Deficiency of DHA can result in poor brain development, attention/deficit hyperactivity disorder, learning disorders, memory problems and poor visual development.

🩵 Supplementation of DHA is especially important in pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and children. Some infant formulas are now fortified with DHA because, in the past, formula has contained less essential fatty acids than breast milk.

✨ Highlights
▪️Responsible for early-stage brain development in the fetus and young children
▪️May slow down symptoms associated with cognitive disruption while ageing
▪️Ideal for anyone looking to improve their overall brain health
▪️Highest concentrated DHA Omega-3 supplement on the market
▪️1:5 ratio of DHA to EPA

✅ Fatty acids are best absorbed with a meal.
✅ Those without gallbladders or with difficulty digesting fats may require a digestive enzyme to to facilitate the intake of EFA’s.
‼️ Use caution when taking Efas while using blood thinning medication.

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