Key To Health

I’m surprised that there aren’t more reviews for this lovely shop. We were about to walk into Ayesha for dinner when Key to Health’s window caught our eye. I’m a sucker for a shop offering healthier options of food/​goods. The store was stocked with lots of great looking items and had a nice array of good for you bath products. To my delight there was a lone bottle of Skin Trip, a childhood fave. Bought that and a DELISH healthy low cal cookie. Finally the couple that were there (owners I presume) were as warm and friendly as can be. I’ll be making it my business to visit this store again! Worth leaving the beach for this gem!

Key to Health has amazing smoothies. I’ve been trying to stay away from soy lately (their protein powder contains soy) so I often bring in Vega or hemp protein and they oblige me to make a smoothie with it. I would make it at home but it always tastes better there because of the temperature they keep the fruit at.
They offer a selection of raw foods and raw food platters.
They have a great selection of cookies, food bars and chips. I often wander in and always find something I haven’t tried before. Ask them what’s new that they like and they’ll give you an honest opinion, or refer to a product you like and ask for a similar recommendation and they always have one to throw at you.
They have a good selection of vitamins and are very knowledgeable about what you should be looking for and what’s good for you specifically, which always makes me really happy. I really enjoy when you go into a health food store and they not only know what they are talking about but have enough knowledge to help you with your individual needs in a non-​promotional way (i.e. whatever is the current hip company/​product they’re pushing or what they need to move off the shelf the most– I hate places that do that). When they don’t have an answer, or even when they do, they often double check it online. They also do that for me with random questions about products they offer.
There’s a good selection of actual food products such as flower, soy/​rice milk and other staples, and they have a decent drink and frozen food section with several things you can’t find at Whole Foods or other similar establishments in Miami.
They also have a little book shelf that I’ve occassionally picked up a good read from.
It’s a pleasant looking shop that makes you feel comfortable and at ease, a true small business, a place that I can honestly enjoy supporting.