An Update from Jo

Having 3 public holidays in April seemed to make the month feel pretty short and here we are in May already. Mother's Day is coming up on Sunday 11th and as we know that many of our customers are the ones who will be receiving gifts rather than buying them, we have included some photos of some ideas you can pass on to your kids or husbands! We do also have gift vouchers available which makes it easy to select exactly what you might need or want. These can also be posted or couriered out. We have just received a new order of Boody Sleepwear, Loungewear and Underwear and have a delicious new tea range from Sri Lanka which is fast becoming a staff favourite. We would love to hear from you also about any favourite ranges you have that we may not stock as we are always looking for new and exciting products to add to our offerings. Have a wonderful May and we look forward to seeing you soon.

Our Vision

At Bethlehem Health Shop, we support ethical suppliers and sell quality, researched products. We offer sincere advice from our team of caring, trained staff.

Thank you so much for supporting your locally owned Community Health Store.

• Nuzest - purchase the Good Green Stuff 300g tub and get a free 300g pouch of Protein Greens and Berries (in cocoa or vanilla caramel)
• Buy a 1kg Nuzest Clean Lean Protein Powder and get a FREE Nuzest Shaker, with a single serve sachet of Good Green Vitality, and Clean Lean Protein Vanilla - and at a great price of $99
• Buy any TWO Hanami Nail products and get a FREE 9ml Rescue Me Nail Oil
• Spend $69 or more on Living Nature and get a FREE Nourishing Day Cream or a FREE Aqua Gel Mask 
• Buy a Harker Herbals Kids Gut Biome and get a FREE star gummy mold
• Buy any Harker Herbals Cough/Cold/Immune product and get a FREE Night Chest Relief or a 30ml Chest Rub
• Giovanni Hair Care - 20% off the whole range AND
• Buy any TWO full size Giovanni products and get a FREE Smooth as Silk Deep Moisture 60ml Shampoo, 60ml Conditioner and a 60ml Styling Gel - valued at over $21​​​​​​​
• Rainbow Henna - 20% off 
• Weleda Blue Gentian and Edelweiss Day Cream, Night Cream, Face Serum, and Eye & Lip Cream Introductory Offer - 20% off
• Weleda Cold and Flu products - 20% off
• The Herb Farm Men's Gel Cleanser and Mens Regenerating Moisturiser - 30% off 
• Natroceutics Liposomal Vitamin C 30 caps - 30% off
• Life Season Vegie Boost 90 Capsules - 30% off
• Nutra Organics Kids Superfood Powders - 20% off - Berry Immune, Brekkie Hero, Captain Calm, Choc Whiz, Super Tummy and Vegie Hero
• Sacred Moon Journal - save 20% usually $47.90 now $33.50
• Moonology Oracle Cards by Yasmin Boland - 20% off

All of the above specials and offers are only valid while stocks last.

• Native Neem Classic Soap Bar 100g
• Swanson Niacinamide Skin Cream 59ml
• Zylanica Range of Tea Bags - Chamomile, Cinnamon, Peppermint, Rooibos, Calming, Detox, Herbal Masala, Immune Booster, Slimming and Stress Release. Also Oceania Breaze Loose Tea - Black Earl Grey
• Shungite Massage Wands
• Viberi Organic Blackcurrant Powder in a smaller 180g bag
• The Wild Fermentary 750ml Kefir Soda in Lime Cola Flavour
• Mitchells Daily Green's Powder in single serve sachets
• Creative Cooking Superseed Crackers 130g in Manuka BBQ flavour
• Green Trading Ashwaghanda 250g Powder and Moringa 250g Powder
• Nutra Organics Beef Broth Concentrates in a smaller 250g jar
• Pukka Tea - Chamomile, Vanilla and Manuka Honey 20 tea bags
• Be Pure Sleep and Mood 120 caps
• Be Pure Skin Rescue 120 caps
• Ancient Stones Oracle Cards by Rebecca Campbell
• Pana Toasted Coconut and Dark Chocolate 40g bar 

New products will be added to our website as soon as we can. If you want to purchase these online before we get a chance to do this, please call us to order over the phone instead on 07 576 9442

The Keepers Apothecary 

We are now stocking The Keepers Apothecary Honey Blends. Take a generous spoonful and blend into hot water or your choice of milk. Add to smoothies, raw treats and baking OR enjoy by the spoonful! Ask us instore about tastings, we have the Masala Chai, the Sweet Dreams and the Immunitea available

MASALA CHAI combines traditional Indian spices with Pure NZ Honey for a spicy sweet blend. The perfect caffeine free way to start your day.  

SWEET DREAMS is an infusion of Pure NZ Honey, lavender and chamomile with tulsi, an Ayurvedic remedy known as the elixir of life. The perfect way to wind down. 

MACA MIEL combines Organic Peruvian Maca, Himalayan Salt and Pure NZ Honey to create a creamy, salted caramel flavour blend. 

MINDFUL combines Organic Cacao with Organic Peruvian Maca and Pure NZ Honey to create a creamy, uplifting, chocolate blend. 

SOUL SOOTHER brings turmeric, used in Ayurvedic remedies for centuries, together with Pure NZ Honey and organic coconut oil to create a delicious elixir. 

IMMUNITEA brings together Manuka Honey with NZ grown Ginseng, Astragalus and Lemon. Add a generous spoon to hot water for a soothing a delicious elixir. 

We also have a beautiful selection of their beeswax candles. 

Can Collagen Powder be used as Protein Powder? 

This is a question we are often asked.  

Proteins are made up of long chains of amino acids. There are 20 amino acids that combine in different ways to make proteins in your body. Eleven of these amino acids the body can make. The other nine are called essential amino acids because the body cannot make them, and they must come from our diets.  Foods that contain all twenty essential amino acids are called complete proteins. These foods include beef, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, soy, quinoa and buckwheat. 

Foods that contain some, but not all the essential amino acids are called incomplete proteins. These foods include nuts, seeds, beans and some grains. If you follow a vegetarian or vegan diet, you need to include several types of incomplete proteins in order to ensure you’re consuming all nine essential amino acids. 

Collagen on its own is not a complete protein as it is missing one amino acid – Tryptophan.  Tryptophan is one of the nine essential amino acids the body cannot make so it must come from your diet.  Food sources of tryptophan include yoghurt, oats, seeds such as hemp, pumpkin and sunflower, almonds and dairy milk.  If you eat some of the above food sources with collagen it can become a complete protein.  

If you want to use Collagen powder as an equivalent protein powder, you need to work out the dosage from the label and possibly double or triple it and then take it with tryptophan foods.  So, if your collagen powder is 9g protein with 8g of collagen per 10g serve you would need to triple it (and take tryptophan foods) to get 27g protein in a 30 gram serve.  

Congratulations to Carol Spooner and Niki Smith who both won the Harker Herbals Gut Biome Balance for Adults and Neve Shearman who won the Gut Biome Builder for Children, featured in last month's newsletter.

Sujon Blackcurrant Salad Dressing 

Add a burst of flavour and transform your salad dressings. You can use a combination of boysenberry and blackcurrant powder; which goes well with a basic Chicken Spinach salad, or a simple greens & feta salad.

Instructions: 

In a small mixing bowl, combine the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, honey or maple syrup, and Dijon mustard. 

Whisk the ingredients together until well combined. 

Add the fruit powder to the dressing and continue to whisk until the powder is fully incorporated and the dressing is smooth. 

Taste the dressing and adjust the sweetness, salt, and pepper to your preference. If the dressing seems too thick, you can add a splash of water to reach your desired consistency. Once the dressing is to your liking, it's ready to use! 

Drizzle the fruit powder salad dressing over your favourite salad ingredients. It works well with mixed greens and spinach.  

Toss the salad to coat the ingredients evenly with the dressing & serve the salad immediately and enjoy! 

Recipe Credit: Michelle Manson –Sujon www.sujon.co.nz/post/10-ways-to-use-fruit-powders