I love Natural Balance! It's a fantastic wee shop. The main man, known to me and my friends as The Oracle, seems to know just about everything there is to know about health foods and supplements. The other staff are really helpful too.
For a small shop, they have an extensive range of products, and often stock items that you can't otherwise get in Glasgow. Sometimes, if they don't have what I'm looking for, I'll go in the next week and will find it has magically appeared, as the good man himself has ordered it in.
For example, during the 'great buckwheat shortages' of summer 2012, when no other shop in Glasgow had buckwheat flour, Natural Balance had it - from a different supplier. Which made me very happy as I could continue making my buckwheat pancakes. They also sell the best digestive enzymes I've found (Viridian for those who might want to know), and have recently started selling CoYo, which is the most amazing coconut based yoghurt and my new favourite thing. They stock lots of the Biona brand - the breads, beans, coconut products etc, and they have useful gadgets like sprouters. AND they sell raw chocolate, including Pacari. It's almost as though this shop is tailor made just for me and my strange and very specific requirements :-)
They also tend to stock only the best quality items - unlike other health food shops that could be mentioned. And it's not just for food and supplements either - they have Epsom Salts, and lots of skin lotions and potions and such like too.
It's definitely worth supporting The Oracle and his wee magic shop, they are providing a great service. read more