Welcome – November/December 2026

There is no doubt that wellness has become a bit of a buzzword in recent years, with social media increasingly awash with what appears to be the latest wonder ingredient that is going to supercharge your health.

As a magazine dedicated to natural health, and to supporting wellbeing through healthy, sensible nutritional choices, a consistent lifestyle, and, where needed, adding in supplements, we love to see awareness growing of how we can all do a little bit more to keep our health in check. However, we also emphasise that there is no magic bullet to health and wellness; there is little point taking countless supplements when you may follow a less than healthy diet or – and we see this a lot – you do not even need those particular supplements.

And that is the difference between the advice you see online – especially on social media – and the kind of guidance you obtain in your local health food store. In many cases, influencers simply do not have the nutritional knowledge to be encouraging people to buy any given supplement, unlike those working in a health food store. But more than that, such influencers can have little knowledge about what has gone into a supplement they are recommending, what you should need in terms of the actives in the supplement, what ingredients should be avoided in their mnaufacture, and, importantly, they are unlikely to offer advice around contraindications between supplements as they simply do not have the training to advise that. And that is why we, as a magazine, champion health stores for the wonderfully supportive and responsible role they play in your health. And we also love to champion the products they stock, which is why we run the Natural Lifestyle Product Awards.

Designed to recognise and honour those brands making excellent products that genuinely make a difference to your health, we are excited to be launching our annual search in this issue. From page 27, you can discover what is in the running for an award, and then it’s over to you to tell us what gets your vote. You can head to www.mynaturallifestyle.co.uk/awards to cast your vote.

Rachel Symonds

Editor

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