What are the benefits of shopping in an IAHS store?
Because the IAHS is committed to maintaining and raising standards, the public can be assured of quality goods and service within a member store.
> Our Code of Ethics covers standards of training and the quality of products we stock. This means that IAHS staff can offer you accurate information about products on their shelves and are happy to answer queries on health, diet and lifestyle.
The Code also ensures that products in IAHS stores are manufactured to the highest standards, the vast majority to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards.
What sort of foods do IAHS stores sell?
We believe that a good diet will optimise health and help to prevent degenerative disease. Therefore our shops' primary concern is to provide high quality unprocessed foods without additives and without genetic modification.
Increasingly these foods such as grains, flakes, pulses, nuts, seeds and dried fruits are organically produced to avoid traces of artificial chemicals. We also stock a wide variety of foods for people with particular dietary needs, including many gluten, sugar, wheat and dairy free alternatives to standard products.
IAHS leaflets on a variety of topics such as eczema, sinus, menopause and irritable bowel problems, all contain nutritional information to complement the advice which our shop staff offer, thereby endorsing Hippocrates' maxim to "let food be your medicine and medicine be your food".
What about supplements and remedies?
In an ideal world a well-balanced wholesome diet should provide all the nutrients needed to maintain health. However, surveys have shown that even in developed societies many people still are not reaching the levels required to prevent deficiency in a number of nutrients.
Often to save time we use processed foods, which are high in fats and low in vitamins and minerals. Vegetables are frequently cooked so that their nutrients are either destroyed or poured down the sink. With this in mind, IAHS staff are available to give information about diet first and foremost, but if you do need supplements there is no better or safer place to buy them.
Many of our preparations are traditional herbal remedies which have been used safely for hundreds of years and whose benefits have only recently been rediscovered. These can provide safe and effective alternatives to drugs such as antibiotics, without the side effects often associated with conventional medication.
However, we never take chances with people's health. Customers seeking advice about a medical condition are always advised to seek professional help. Similarly customers already on medication are advised to consult their doctors before taking supplements or alternative medicines.
IAHS shops are unique in the retail sector in the emphasis they place on training. This is why we can claim with confidence that when you come through the door of an IAHS store you are entering a reputable place of knowledge, service and safety.
