Very good prices and really nice staff, I only wish the store was bigger so they could carry more…read moreproducts!

From the owner: Nutrition House - Market Mall specializes in vitamins, supplements and health conscious grocery…read moreitems. We stock top quality brands, and an array of categories including sports nutrition, digestion, heart health, diabetic friendly, probiotics, teas and more.

I went into Nutrition House in search of some oil of oregano. After I was searching the store for…read morea bit one woman asked if I needed help, I told her what I was after and she just pointed to a section near the front of the store. They had about 4 different brands of oil, in varying prices, I decided on a New Roots one at $31 for one of the larger bottles. I browsed around the store a bit more. A different woman asked if I needed any help, I said no, she seemed a bit nicer. There was a great selection of teas, some for specific purposes like PMS, Thyroid, stress support. They also had a whole isle of supplement bars. I found a smoothie mix in the Greens + brand that I hadn't seen before, so I thought I would try it. This place has a great variety of supplements and whole foods. Their prices seem pretty standard. I would recommend this store for any vitamin and supplement needs you might have!

We stopped by this grocery store to pick up some foods and snacks on our way from Calgary to Banff…read morefor multi-day hikes. They had a good variety of organic fruit, yogurts, health bars, and even some interesting packaged meals. My favorite items were their locally sourced items, such as the Cosmic Power oatmeal-nuts-and-seeds cookies available in their deli and Hardbite potato chips in the snacks aisle. The honey Dijon flavor of potato chips was very good, and so was the Black Truffle Sea Salt flavor. I also grabbed a shrimp katsu sandwich and a BBQ pork sandwich. The shrimp katsu sandwich had a good amount of veggies, but a tad too much mayonnaise. The BBQ pork sandwich had good BBQ pork filling, but the bun was kind of bland. Both sandwiches were pretty gourmet for a hiking trip though. For small meals, we grabbed a tandoori cauliflower bowl and a chicken shawarma bowl -- both had great flavors. I liked the prepared dressings that came with them. We were the envy of other hikers who just had peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches.

The associates in the vitamins department were too busy engaging with each other rather than offer…read moreto help.

GNC or "General Nutrition Store" as the store name implies is a health food store; it's a great…read morebrick and mortar store for getting your supplements in person. They have a great selection in all categories of nutrition and supplementation including some actual food/drink items, beauty care, exercise accessories and even pet supplements lol. The selection is solid and the prices are fair... kind of... read on! To get the best prices you must have a membership. To elaborate they have membership card that saves you up to 50% on some items, although you won't get this high of a discount on most items you will always save a few bucks here and there making it a must for most shoppers. Non-membership prices would make this store overpriced compared to the competition and this is what I don't like. It's a bit of a gimmick because unless you're buying one small item and never coming back then you should absolutely purchase the membership. It's like when Safeway used to have their "Club Card" that was free but saved you all this money, whereas in reality it was just bringing your costs down to competitor levels and creating the illusion of savings. The GNC Membership is basically the same thing, but it's not free! It costs $15/year or $20 for a 2-year membership. Their regular prices are marked up compared to competitors and the membership you pay for brings it down to fair level, but it's deceptive in creating the illusion of big savings. I will admit that some of their sales are great and definitely priced better than some of the competitors, but in general non-sale items are the same as the competitor after you add in the membership discount. Some good alternatives are Popeye's and Reflex Supplements. Popeye's is generally cheaper and have better sales; Reflex Supplements has a price match policy and will match "membership prices". Furthermore Popeye's does VIP and Anniversary sales events that include a bunch of free samples and swag, they also throw in free stuff with most purchases and give a "Popeye's Buck" for every $25 spent. Reflex has a free membership program that saves you 10% and for every $100 you spent you get a $20 VIP Coupon for next time, basically you get 20% back! I consider both these supplement stores better for this reason, plus there's no deception and no gimmicks. Yet I still come back to GNC... Why?!? Hate to say it, but their locations are often convenient. This one is located in Chinook and sometimes paying a little extra cancels out having to drive somewhere else. Time is money right? Also as I mentioned in the first paragraph, great stock! Lots of items at GNC stores, some that the competitors don't carry! I still think online is the best combo of value + convenience, but when you need something ASAP or if you lack the knowledge to make a purchase on your own then brick and mortar is still the way to go. In speaking to the service I've traditionally gotten at GNC, the staff is nice enough and make a good effort to try and help, but a lot of them are just not that educated when it comes to supplements. I also find some will try to push certain products that aren't necessarily better, a lot of times they're GNC products as well. So either there's a better profit margin with certain items or they just lack the knowledge to suggest the right choice. Either way the advice I get at GNC is typically worse than the competitor stores where staff is less bias and more experienced.

I went into Bowness Health looking for some lecithin. The store is huge. I browsed around looking…read moreat the vitamins and supplements they carry, which are all pretty standard. They don't carry my favorite brands though. After a while of me searching around, a woman asked me if I needed help and I told her what I was looking for. I was saying it wrong, so she just stared at me. So I spelt it and the light came on. She pointed at the fridges and said it was in there. Sure enough it was and they had two different strengths. It cost me $6 for 400 grams. They have a small selection of whole foods and bulk foods. They also carry homeopathic remedies. I didn't feel the service here was the most helpful ever and since they don't carry my favorite vitamins, there are other health food stores I would rather go to.

This vast warehouse space in Bowness houses a ton of healthy and organic products to assist you…read morewith living the good life. They have a huge selection of vitamins and minerals near the front of the store of various brands and prices. In the back are tons of prepackaged bulk items, including spices, cereals and grains, flours, as well as products for you aspiring molecular gastronomists. The store isn't a joy to shop in, as it's rather stark and cold, but it does carry many different foods and supplements that are hard to find elsewhere. I found their prices to be reasonable, so I picked up some organic fresh dried thyme and garlic sea salt for my future culinary adventures.

Poor customer service at the Morning Sun Health Foods in Sunridge Mall, I wonder how they stay in…read morebusiness.

I have always found this business to be friendly, knowledgeable and very helpful on the products…read morethey sell. As well their prices are very reasonable and often have sales on the products I need.