Health Shop

The Health Shop is where we keep the supplements: mushroom powders and extracts, vitamins and minerals, and the products people reach for around a long night out. It's a different shelf from the rest of the store, and we've sorted it so you can find things by what they are.

Three sections

Functional Mushrooms covers Lion's Mane, Reishi, Chaga, Cordyceps, Maitake, Shiitake and others, as loose powder, capsules or liquid extract. Most of the range is from McMyco, with liquid extracts from Foodsporen.

Vitamins & Supplements has the everyday basics: vitamin B12, C and D, zinc, magnesium with taurine, plant-based staples such as spirulina, chlorella and ashwagandha, and creatine for training. Most of it comes from Fit4Seasons in packs that last for months.

Recovery holds amino acids such as 5-HTP and L-tryptophan, and ready-made packs that combine a few capsules for the day after.

How to shop here

Start from the ingredient, not the product name. Names like "Brain Booster" or "Sober Up" tell you what the maker hopes you'll feel; the ingredient list tells you what you're actually taking. Every product page lists:

• the ingredients and the amount per capsule, tablet or serving
• how many servings are in the pack
• the daily maximum set by the manufacturer
• the manufacturer's warnings

That last line matters most if you already take something. Two products can contain the same ingredient under different names, and doubling up is the commonest mistake. If you take 5-HTP, for example, check that the blend you're adding doesn't contain it too.

Powder, capsule, tablet or liquid?

• Powders give the most product for the money and mix into food or drink, but you have to measure them and live with the taste.
• Capsules and tablets are measured for you and easy to take with you.
• Liquid extracts are concentrated and dosed with a pipette. Some are made with alcohol, which is stated on the page.
• Gummies are the easy option if you dislike swallowing tablets.

What a supplement is, and isn't

Everything in the Health Shop is a food supplement. In the EU that has a specific meaning: a concentrated source of nutrients or other substances, sold in measured amounts, meant to add to a normal diet. It is not a medicine and it isn't tested like one. We don't claim that anything here prevents, treats or cures a condition.

So keep to the stated daily amount, don't use supplements in place of a varied diet, and store them cool, dry and out of the reach of children. If you're pregnant, breastfeeding, under 18, on medication or have a medical condition, ask your doctor or pharmacist before you start.

Ordering

Supplements are light and compact, so they combine easily with whatever else is in your basket. Express Highs ships everything in plain, discreet packaging.