Practical guides from thirty years behind the counter — sleep, digestion, immunity, mood, energy, and every life stage.
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Picolinate, glycinate, citrate, orotate, a lozenge or a tablet — the zinc shelf is confusing. Here is how to read it in two minutes: the one number that matters, the forms, the ceiling nobody mentions, and the medicines zinc does not mix...
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Thirty years behind the counter teaches you where the money goes wrong. These are the five winter mistakes we see every June — and what to do instead.
Every September someone asks me for "a proper detox". Here's what thirty years behind the counter has taught me: your liver already does the job, most detox products are expensive...
People come to the counter with "benfotiamine" written on a piece of paper. Here's what this fat-soluble form of vitamin B1 actually is, what "nerve support" honestly means, who tends...
"I think I need iron." Maybe — but half the tired people at my counter don't, and a few need something else entirely. Here's the ferritin-first way to find out...
Every September the sneezers arrive at the counter mid-storm. The smart ones come in August. Here's the honest way to get ahead of Highveld allergy season — and what supplements...
Roughly 1 in 5 South African women live with PCOS, yet supplement advice tends to be vague, generic, or marketing-led.
"I'm not sick, I'm just flat." We hear it every July. The winter dip is real and physiological — here's what honestly supports it, and the line where a supplement...
Itchy shins, tight cheeks, lips that crack by lunchtime. July skin is a Highveld classic — and the cream you keep reapplying is only half the answer.
The Apothecary Journal
Practical, evidence-led supplement guidance from our counter consultants — the same advice we give in store, written up for South African winters, budgets and pharmacies. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
