Better Health Market & Cafe, 3344 Secor Rd. will host its Grand Opening 2.0 on Saturday, Nov. 9 from 9 am to 8 pm featuring free popcorn, Better Health homemade cookies, coffee, samples, and much more. In addition, visitors are invited to try Better Health Market’s Thanksgiving meal offerings and can enter to win gift baskets and an Apple iPad. Local and national supplement representatives will be on hand to provide information on their products. Visitors can receive personalized advice on holistic health and supplements from a naturopathic doctor along with health coach tips.
A free seminar, “Alzheimer’s Prevention Straight from the Experts!” presented by Kathleen Freydl will take place from noon to 1:30 pm during the grand opening festivities. Freydl, a Certified Health Coach and Nutritionist from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, will discuss the biggest warning signs of Alzheimer’s. She will include research on prevention and seven prevention hints from the top experts in the world. She will also talk about the five toxic foods harmful to the brain and the best nutrition and supplements to support memory, focus, clarity, and optimal brain health.
Visitors will have the opportunity to explore the new, expanded produce department featuring natural, organic, and locally grown produce. The full-service facility also has grass-fed organic antibiotic-free meats, wild game, and poultry products including Faroe Island wild caught Alaskan Sockeye salmon and Chilean salmon. Specialty diet foods including gluten-free, Keto, and vegan offerings along with juice cleanses and superfoods are available.
An enlarged café with indoor and outdoor seating features a large selection of salads, sandwich wraps, soups, cold-pressed juices, smoothies, Acia bowls, homemade cookies, and more. There are many grab-and-go items available.
Better Health Market boasts one of the area’s largest selections of top-shelf vitamins, minerals, and sport supplements including a full line of essential oils and diffusers.
Sylvania native and Northview graduate Rob Dodd is the store director. He helped launch the business, which opened last February in the former Bassett Health Food Store location.
Originally an environmental engineer, Dodd spent the first part of his career in the oil refinery business. However, for the past 11 years, he has been learning about health and wellness. He worked for Bassett’s from 2014 until the company closed. Dodd had no desire to return to the refinery industry, so he continued his path of health and wellness through Naturopathic studies. “I am passionate about this subject and take pride in knowing about all the food, the many products and brands we carry in the store,” he reported. “I know that the body is shocked by eating bad things, and I love to help people as they work toward achieving good health.”
Tedd Handelsman, Better Health Market founder and company president, opened the first market in 1998 in Walled Lake, Mich. The company has grown to include 13 stores throughout the state of Michigan. The Secor Road store is the first Ohio location.