There are a wide range of vitamin D supplements on the market. The team at Healthwords have selected a range of products from trusted manufacturers that will provide high quality, vitamin D for you and your family. We will cover a range of situations that may mean needing to choose one specific product over another. Read on to find out more, and delve deeper into the world of Vitamin D products!

Vitamin D is essential for strong bones and teeth, healthy muscles and many other benefits to keep you in tip-top health. We can get it from sunny summer days and some foods. It’s easy to become deficient, so we need to take supplements in the darker months or depending on our ethnicity. Let’s take you through why it’s important, and how you can boost levels.

You may have heard of Vitamin C helping fight illness, but did you know it is essential for our bodies to be able to function at all? It is required for so many different processes in our body that a deficiency in this vitamin can cause wide-ranging and sometimes serious health problems.

A cough or cold can hit us at any time, but autumn and winter can be party season for viruses and bugs, and a really rough time for us and our kids. Along with the usual cold and flu bugs, the overlap of symptoms with variations of the coronavirus since COVID-19 has become a new fixture, especially in the colder months. So, how can we keep ourselves healthy and make sure our immune system is ready to fight off any unwanted microbes? The doctors at Healthwords will always encourage a healthy balanced diet over and above taking supplements, and the more colourful and varied your meals, the more nutrients you are getting to nourish you. But there are times when supplements may be helpful or even vital. There is less choice of fresh foods over winter, and less sunshine to naturally make vitamin D, plus fighting off colds and flu means our immunity needs to be in tip-top condition. Vitamins and micronutrients usually work as a team to build up our defence against infection, so you need all of them in the right amount, rather than just one in particular. It's easy to reach for the vitamins once a cold or flu sets in, but they are more powerful when taken to build up your immunity before meeting an infection. So you need to find a way to work them into your daily winter routine. Let's talk you through which vitamins are vital, and how to keep yourself healthy and happy in both mind and body.

Guarana is a fruit from the guarana plant (called Paullinia cupana), a rainforest vine native to the Amazon region in Brazil. Paullinia cupana is the most caffeine-rich plant in the world. Guarana seed extracts provide a natural source of caffeine for medicines. Guarana-containing products include Berocca and similar "pick-me-up" stimulant supplements or drinks.