Wellness Must-Haves from Heinen’s Chief Dietitian
The following article was written by Heinen’s Chief Dietitian, Melanie Jatsek RD, LD. Please consult with your primary healthcare provider before adding new supplements to your wellness routine.
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Occasionally, a sale comes along that makes me want to break out the bullhorn and tell the world about it. For me, this sale is none other than Heinen’s third annual Food for Health Celebration, launching January 2nd and running through January 13th.
The Food for Health Celebration is the best kind of overwhelming—so many supplements, all on sale, it’s hard to know where to start!
In eager anticipation of the sale, I made my shopping list early so that I could share it especially with you. These staple vitamins, superfoods, and homeopathy products served me without fail in 2025, and I am confident they will continue to support my health journey in 2026. Perhaps you can benefit from them too!
Vitamin and Mineral Supplements
Energy, immune health, and peaceful sleep are the benefits I enjoy from these six supplements.
- Trace Minerals ConcenTrace: Forty drops go into the glass of water I guzzle when I get out of bed each morning. ConcenTrace delivers the essential minerals your body may be missing to support optimal energy, a calm mood, healthy metabolism, and balanced nerve and muscle function.
- Garden of Life Vitamin Code Raw B-Complex: B Vitamins are essential to supply energy and help form red blood cells. It’s especially important to get enough Vitamin B12 as we age, since our ability to absorb it decreases due to less stomach acid. That’s why I chase two B-Complex capsules with my morning ConcenTrace-infused water.
- Nutritional Roots Vitamin D3 + K2: Vitamin D3 helps with calcium absorption and brings balance to your immune system by protecting your cells from chronic inflammation and invaders like viruses (the cause of colds and flu). Vitamin K2 works synergistically with D3 to direct calcium to the bones and away from the arteries. This supplement is best absorbed when taken with a meal.
- Heinen’s Zinc and Heinen’s Quercetin: Zinc acts as a guard to inhibit viruses from replicating, and quercetin is the natural pigment found in apples and onions that serves as a zinc booster. I take both with my dinner every night. History has proven this combination works in my body to lessen the severity of colds. Sometimes it prevents them altogether!
- Heinen’s Magnesium Glycinate: Known as the “relaxation” mineral, magnesium can help support healthy blood pressure, restorative sleep, bone health, and overall mood. For these reasons, I take two capsules about an hour before bed. The glycinate form of magnesium is highly absorbable and well-tolerated by most people.
Oatmeal Enhancers
I really look forward to my daily bowl of oatmeal! It’s fun dressing it up with all sorts of Fx™-approved superstars like fresh berries, nuts, and seeds. Some of the more functional ingredients I mix into my oats, which are also part of the Food for Health Celebration sale, include:
- Navitas Goji Berries: An ancient superfood, Goji Berries have been used for over 2,000 years to promote vitality and longevity thanks to their high levels of antioxidants.
- Heinen’s Flaxseed and Heinen’s Chia Seeds: These two seeds are worth eating daily because of their high omega-3 fat content—an essential fat known for its anti-inflammatory properties. If you struggle with high cholesterol, blood sugar imbalance, constipation, or menopausal symptoms, be sure to add a tablespoon or two of ground flax to your oats or smoothie. It can help support your body through all of these challenges.
- Truvani Plant-Based Vanilla, Chocolate, or Unflavored Protein Powder: To bump up the protein in my oats, I whisk in a scoop of protein powder. Truvani is a true winner with its minimal ingredient list and plant sources of protein (pea, pumpkin seed, and chia).
Smoothie Boosters
I consider my daily smoothie to be the most powerful display of “food as medicine” thanks to these functional food powders.
- Host Defense Reishi Mushroom Powder: Called the “Mushroom of Immortality”, reishi is well known for supporting overall wellness and vitality, including cardiovascular health, stress and immune support, and stamina.
- Heinen’s Beet Powder: Beets are rich in natural nitrates that the body uses to make nitric oxide, a compound known to lower blood pressure and support energy.
- Heinen’s Cacao Powder: Cacao is made from the fermented, dried seeds of the Theobroma cacao tree. It’s one of the highest sources of magnesium and contains tryptophan to support a healthy and balanced mood.
- Bare Organics Turmeric Root Powder: This inflammation-buster is responsible for boosting joint and brain health.
Therapeutic Teas
After my morning coffee, I enjoy sipping on tea throughout the day for its medicinal and hydration properties.
- Navitas Organic Matcha Powder: A finely ground, whole leaf green tea that contains L-theanine, an amino acid that promotes relaxation and helps relieve stress.
- Traditional Medicinals Ginger and Chamomile Tea: These herbs and spices help relieve occasional indigestion or nausea. It’s a great tea to turn to when your eyes are bigger than your stomach!
- Traditional Medicinals Herbal Cold Care or Traditional Medicinals Echinacea + Elderberry: You never know when a cold will strike, so be prepared with one of these teas.
Holistic Immune Support
My medicine cabinet is never without these homeopathic remedies to help support my immune system during cold and flu season or whenever I’m feeling rundown.
- Beekeeper’s Propolis Immune Support Throat Spray: Bees create propolis by combining plant and tree resins with their own enzymes. It combines the immune system of the plant with powerful antioxidant and antimicrobial properties, making it an effective immune-supporting compound for us! Do not use if allergic to bees.
- Boiron ColdCalm: Take at the first sign to relieve sneezing, runny nose, nasal congestion, and minor sore throat pain
- Boiron Oscillococcinum: Trusted as Nature’s #1 flu medicine, it has been shown in clinical studies to reduce the duration and severity of flu-like symptoms such as body aches, headache, fever, chills, and fatigue. Easy to take, the meltaway pellets dissolve in the mouth and are recommended for everyone ages 2 and up.
- Gaia Herbs Cough Syrup: Formulated with high-quality honey, South African geranium, black elderberry, and ivy leaf for a plant-based approach to respiratory support, this cough syrup works holistically within the body to support respiratory and immune health when you’re not feeling like yourself.
Key Takeaway
My supplement routine fits my needs, just as yours should fit yours. For one-on-one guidance in selecting supplements that support your health goals, Heinen’s certified Wellness Consultants are standing by to help.
