Croydon Vegetarian Health Food Shop Wins Award

An independent Croydon wholefood store and natural health centre, offering everything from nutritious health food to nutritionists and other therapists has won a Surrey Best of Health and Beauty Award.

There's been an independent health food store in Croydon's now forgotten High Street for as long as most people can remember. Certainly long before the Whitgift and Centrale shopping centres reached their present day domination of Croydon's busy shopping experience.

Retailing is tough enough these days but the independent whole food and health food business is one of the toughest of all. Whilst pharmaceutical companies, government and the EU try to outlaw food supplements, vitamins and herbal remedies used for thousands of years the supermarkets have meanwhile extended their range of organic, vegetarian and vegan products.

Croydon is lucky that is has more than just the obligatory, ubiquitous Holland & Barrett with it's 7ft effigy of Gillian McKieth (you are what you eat).

Oasis Natural Health Food Store and Yoga and Natural Health Centre can be found at 96/98 the High Street Croydon. They have survived most likely for four reasons. Their customer service is exemplary. Their product knowledge due to their staff training policy is outstanding, their diligence at sourcing products they don’t already stock is invaluable and they all seem to have a clear passion for healthier natural foods and healthy living.

They sell almost everything from dairy free live yoghurt and ethical cosmetics through to probably the world’s healthiest chocolate – sugar free with added hempseed for essential fats and amino acids. It’s a Croydon hotspot for a healthy lunch where you can grab a bottle of Goji berry juice, a wheat free sandwich or pie and a dairy free ice cream and still escape with change from a fiver.

Oasis Natural Health is run by a group of vegetarian, mainly female Buddhists, so you won’t find any butcher’s products as you do at shops such as Planet Organic and Fresh and Wild – the sausages, rashers, mince, burgers, chicken, and even Scottish haggis on sale at Croydon’s healthy Oasis are all gourmet lower fat vegan versions.

Their ethical commitment to the people of Croydon’s health and wellbeing doesn’t stop at the food however. They have a therapy centre with yoga and clinic rooms above the shop. Baby and pregnancy yoga is offered and many therapies such as acupuncture, holistic massage, aromatherapy, reflexology, homeopathy and Alexander technique.

The team at Oasis have even managed to entice London nutritionists Yvonne Bishop-Weston and Penny Crowther to offer Nutrition therapy to the people of Croydon for£30 less than their Harley street price.

Solutions for skin and digestive conditions are offered, infertility, pregnancy, hormone issues, blood sugar imbalances, stress and weight management, as well as a comprehensive range of biochemical tests. Everything from basic food intolerance and allergy testing right through to homocysteine, hormone, amino acid and essential fat profiles and thyroid function tests are offered.

Croydon shoppers are encouraged to explore further afield than the Whitgift and Centrale and discover the treasures beyond the Post Office at Surrey Street fruit and veg market and Croydon's healthiest award winning Oasis at 96 the High Street.

London Nutritionist Yvonne Bishop-Weston said today "The team at Oasis so deserve this award. They have been working so hard for so long to provide this personification of healthy living for the residents of Croydon. Recognition for their efforts and diligence is long overdue. It's a truly delightful place to work and shop"

EDITORS NOTES


Oasis Website http://www.oasisyoga.org
Contact Tel 02086886167

Yvonne Bishop-Weston Website http://www.foodsforlife.org.uk
Tel 0871 2884642

PR Leap