SUPPLEMENTS TO HELP RECOVERY FROM COVID

A friend’s 27-year old daughter was just diagnosed with Covid, two weeks before starting a new job. Her symptoms were mercifully light: mainly a cough and congestion (she has asthma). Her mother asked for advice on good nutritional supplements to boost her recovery. Here’s what our go-to pharmacist Shabir Daya recommended:

Pukka Herbs Elderberry Syrup /£14.99 for 100ml – for the cough and for its ability to prevent viral replication; on top of that elderberries are highly nutritious so this will be of help.

Terra Nova Life Drink /£28.65 for 227g – a deeply nourishing drink to supply vitamins, protein, digestive enzymes, greens and more.

BetterYou DLux 3000 Spray /£7.95 for 15ml (100 daily doses) – to support her immune system – many people have sub optimal levels of this important nutrient, particularly in the winter; there is now ongoing research ordered by the Department of Health to research the use of vitamin D3 in the pandemic.

NO-ADDED-SUGAR SNACKS FROM THE WONDERFUL SQUIRREL SISTERS

If you love an at home movie night with some scrumptious munchies but want to avoid sugary, starchy snacks, the Squirrel Sisters range of sweet and savoury goodies is irresistible, we’ve found. Great to stuff in your pocket for a walk too.

Sisters Gracie and Sophie Tyrrell launched the award-winning brand in 2015 after Sophie was diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening heart condition, which led to her giving up sugar. Gracie started making snack bars at her kitchen table so Sophie could have some yummy treats that didn't contain added sugars. They’re all vegan and gluten-free too.

Try the Taster Bundle Box /£15 – with 1 of everything from the range:

Snack Bars from £1.50 – Cacao Brownie, Cacao Orange, Peanut Caramel, Peanut Raspberry

Share Bags from £2.60 – Cacao Brownie  & Cacao Orange

Nuts from £1.10 – Fiery Chilli Roasted Cashews, Sea Salt & Cracked Black Pepper Roasted Cashews, Sea Salt & Apple Cider Vinegar Almonds, & Smoked Almonds

BOOST YOUR VITAMINS WITH SUPER DC from GUSTO

We’re dyed-in-the-wool Gusto fans, have been for decades since it launched, which is handy as it was Jo’s husband Craig Sams who came up with the original caffeine-free, guarana-rich energy drink in the late 1980s.  Come the mid nineties, when we were whizzing round Britain on publicity tours for our first two Beauty Bibles, we packed Gusto Original Energy in our handbags to keep us sparkling.

Since then, a bevy of options has swelled the Gusto offering and now there’s a new kid on the Gusto block: Super DC is positively packed with high strength vitamins (yes, the D and C refer to those vits) to support a healthy immune function.

Two truly delicious flavours in these lightly carbonated drinks: Blood Orange and Blackcurrant & Elderberry, with over 40% natural fruit juice, and no artificial sweeteners (they use white grape to sweeten) or preservatives.

You can buy the whole range online at drinkgusto.uk – 12 x 250ml Super DC comes in at £25. Bit of a snip really, all things considered. And the price goes down the more you order – simple as that.

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