The Problem With “Healthy” Products, and Why Prevention Matters More Than Cure

Hi, I’m Rachel Beck, founder of Vigor Vitamins, a women-owned health and supplement business based in Skipton. And I want to talk honestly about something that has frustrated me for years, the way the health and food industry is being run.

So many products marketed as healthy are full of everything but.
Fillers to bulk them out.
Additives to make them last longer.
Artificial flavours to make them taste more appealing.
Nutritionally weak formulas that look good on a label, but do very little in the body.

And the worst part? People buy them in good faith. They buy them because they want to look after themselves. Because they’re trying. Because they care. And brands are taking advantage of that.

I strongly believe health should never be profit-first.

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Our Cultural Approach to Health Is Backwards

In the UK, we are incredible at emergency care. Our NHS workers are world class, compassionate, and dedicated. I love and respect them endlessly.

But the system itself is built around treating illness once it has already happened. It is reactive.

We wait for symptoms.
We wait for pain.
We wait for burnout, imbalances, deficiency, inflammation.

Then we try to patch over it.

It’s a sticking-plaster approach.

But what would happen if we didn’t wait?

What if we supported the body before it became overwhelmed?
What if nutrition, hormone balance, gut function and stress management were seen as first-line healthcare?

That is what prevention looks like.
That is what true wellbeing looks like.

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Why I Started Vigor Vitamins

I started Vigor because I was tired of confusion, marketing spin, and poor-quality supplements pretending to be something they weren’t.

I wanted to create something real.
Something women could trust.
Something that actually supports the body the way it needs.

No fillers
No synthetic flavours
No pointless ingredients just to look good on a label

Just high-quality, research-backed nutrients that your body can absorb and use every single day.

My mission has always been simple:

Your health comes first.
Your wellbeing comes first.
Your trust comes first.

Prevention over damage control.
Support over shortcuts.
Honesty over profit.

I’m here to help change the health industry, from right here in Skipton, one woman at a time. 💗