We all like to self-diagnose… You know, suddenly it’s winter and you feel a little niggle in your throat – oh, no, is that a cold coming? – so you start packing in the vitamin C, and because it’s winter and it’s dark outside you feel a bit tired and you start with the omega, and then you’re under stress because you are tired so you take something else to relieve the stress. It’s a messy cycle, and we think that by self-medicating we will fix ourselves in no time.

What can happen, however, is that by combining the wrong supplements (of varying quality, quantity and dosage) you run the risk of cancelling the benefits of these products as they don’t work synergistically, but rather against each other, which can lead to nausea, the breakdown of other nutrients and ultimate damage to your body and internal systems.

Of course we’re not talking about the stuff your GP prescribes you (but make sure you don’t turn into a pill popper. It’s not a good look). We’re talking about all your vitamins and boosters – which you need to take correctly and with an educated decision (some products you take with meals, others without. Some you take in the morning, others are better absorbed at night).

To avoid having your bathroom cabinet resemble a pharmacy aisle, I suggest you take yourself for a Health Renewal consultation. You will be assessed in full through a medical history check and in severe cases, sent for blood tests to determine where specific nutrients are lacking (i.e. Vit D3 and K2 which are vital in the body!).

No longer will you give yourself a strange diagnosis of some nearly extinct disease because of your Google search results. Never again will you have to take the ill-advice of a talk show host, the stranger on the train, great auntie Mildred and her 400-year old solution, or the hippie who lives two doors down. You will be given only what your body really needs, and someone will always be there to answer your questions (I love this about the Renewal Clinics – someone is always with you through your journey to give advice).

Do it. It is time to stop taking vervain just because you are still pale from winter and think you might be a vampire.