We decided to close shop for the day so we could focus on our Indigo Herbs team! Take a glimpse behind the scenes and find out what we got up to on our team building day in Bristol.

Welcome to the first episode in our quarterly Staff Recommends series! This blog series is an opportunity for our fantastic team members to share their experiences and top tips on their favourite products. First up, our Senior Operative Christoff Van Der Merwe with his piece on Organic Textured Vegetable Mince, aka TVP!

Thinking of setting Your Health Goals for 2020? Want to make a difference next year to your overall health and wellbeing or really find the right action plan for a specific health condition? Then check out these six steps that guide you through the process of defining and refining your plan. Warning: This blog is not about making unrealistic new year resolutions at the wrong moment over the party season, its about taking loving responsibility for yourself in a kind and caring way.

If you're worrying about overindulging this Christmas then why not throw a superfood shindig?! Enjoy all of your favourite Christmassy foods with a superfood twist.

It's time to don your glad rags, party season is here! However it doesn't need to take it's toll on your health - find out more about how to stay Happy, Healthy and Hangover Free throughout this Season of Goodwill - including 9 top tips which should keep you bright eyed and bushy tailed well into the New Year.....

Summer is almost here and for many that means emerging from our winter cocoon a little the worse for wear. Fear not - nature is on hand with some amazing herbs, renowned for their ability to boost energy and improve mental clarity. Couple these with an array of Superfoods that provide your body with the perfect nutrition and you will be bouncing into the new season with vigour and vitality!

Do you experience poor quality, or a lack of sleep? Then you may be interested in reading this blog from the sleep investor who puts ashwagandha to the test to see if this reputed ayurvedic herb could improve his quality of sleep.

The health of your digestive system defines so much about your overall well being. The ability to assimilate and absorb the nutrients in your food is dependent on a healthy digestive system, as is the effective elimination of waste. Here are 10 tips to improving the function and well being of your digestive system.

The cold winter months not only bring in coughs, colds and flu, we find it harder to stay warm and our circulation tends to be less effective at throwing out toxins.  Not least, we feel less energized and able to find that extra bit of energy.  Herbalist, Naturopath, Lecturer of Herbal Medicine and author Jill R Davies shares 5 key herbs to help with all those winter aspects.

Did you know that diet can effect fertility? It may not come as a complete surprise that what we eat has an effect on the ability to conceive, bearing in mind that nutrition is supplying us with the building blocks of life. Whilst vegans and vegetarians may have a head start by not consuming red meat, in this article we look at what nutrition both women and men will need to include in their plant-based diet to support conception.

Collecting your own apothecary of essential oils has a some great benefits. Discover more about the healing benefits of essential oils and how best to use them in your day to day life.

For those of us that have been sticking to this sort of lifestyle for a while, eating a plant-based diet is easy, delicious, and perhaps most importantly, nutritious. However, getting started isn’t always as simple, especially for those who are adopting a plant-based lifestyle after having tried other types of diets.

We are delighted to be stocking a new range of RAW Cacao products and we are really happy to have found a new supplier. They go to great lengths to offer assurance that their Cacao products are truely RAW. In this blog find out how our supplier ensures that the Cacao products remain under 40°C throughout the manufacture process. So why is RAW so important?

Find out which herbs can be taken for pain-relief. In this blog we look at six plants that are all supported by a long history of traditional use and a strong body of research, that indicate their use as effective analgesics. Find out which plant is best indicated for a pain related condition and understand a bit more about how they actually work.

Did you know that stress hormones actually prevent the production of melatonin the sleep hormone? A good night's sleep can put the world to rights, and equally lack of sleep can be a form of mental torture. In this blog we look at sleep promoting foods and herbs and suggest ten top tips to achieve the a good night's sleep and what might be preventing it.

Nutritionist Jenny Tschiesche profiles the foods and herbs that stand up in clinical trials as effective alternatives to over the counter allopathic pain medication. Did you know that White Willow Bark - Salix alba is the plant that aspirin was first made from? It's the phyto-chemical, acetylsalicylic acid, extracted from White Willow Bark that is now synthetically created to produce aspirin.

The College of Natural Medicine are running a short course and workshop on natural skincare. As experts in the field of naturopathy and natural health care, they will educate and inspire us into committing to only using natural products on our skin and hair and encouraging our friends and family to do the same thing.

We are collecting YOUR HEALTH & WELL BEING stories. If you have used Indigo Herbs products and experienced significant improvement in your health & well being AND you want to shout out about it and share the positive news with others then get involved here.

Magnesium is a mineral that is involved in over 350 enzymatic reactions in the body. Simply put, if are lacking in this nutrient, there are going to be 350 functions that your body cannot perform efficiently, if at all! Nutritional therapist Vivien Allred the five main processes our body needs magnesium for and which foods and supplements can help to provide that for us.

As part of healthy eating week nutritional therapist Vivien Aldred looks at reasons to eat more veg. Studies say we should be eating up to 10 portions of fruit & veg per day, but more typically people are struggling to eat five. Read this blog and discover more interesting ways to uplift your fruit and veg intake.