General Nutrition Center or GNC sells a wide variety of merchandise designed to maintain or improve health. Vitamins, supplements, sport health products, protein, super foods, herbs, healthy snacks and toiletries overflow the shelves. This branch of the national chain boasts a friendly and very capable staff.
Vitamin World is a chain, with a branch operating at the Wheaton Mall. If you want to make an effort at getting healthy, Vitamin World is there to provide you with what you need. The store specializes in brands and products like Omega, Ultra, Man, Ultra Woman, Vitamin D3 and other health products.
Potomac Adventist, located right off Cherry Hill Rd. between the Target and the Babies "R" Us, promotes healthy living through food, literature and music. It offers Adventist-based books and CDs for children and adults, and it sells natural and organic foods and produce.
Silver Spring native Charles Kim moved his health food and supplement business to this location in 1995 after 10 years on Fenton Street, and the store has been on this corner ever since. The store has a huge selection of herbal remedies and vitamins, and plenty of health food groceries, as well as a basic lunch counter, though there are no tables. There is also a wide range of teas.