A High Street Health employee prepares a nutritional smoothie for customers. The store, located where Figleaf stood, opened Sept. 23.
The small uptown storefront once known as Figleaf has been transformed into nutrition club High Street Health.
The store opened Sept. 23 and hosted its official ribbon cutting Oct. 1.
Owner Justine Kammer is a 2008 Miami University graduate.
"High Street Health is a nutrition club," Kammer said. "It's like a GNC meets coffee shop meets Smoothie King with an important motto of 'hang out, have fun and be healthy.'"
High Street Health offers a number of products and programs, such as Herbalife weight management products, a weight loss challenge and a muscle mass gain and body fat loss challenge.
Kammer said she had not planned on opening a store in Oxford until she began using products similar to those she sells at High Street Health.
"I started with the weight loss challenge and I never stopped," Kammer said. "I lost 45 pounds in five months and I dropped from a size 14 to a size six. That's why I opened High Street Health - to help people with nutrition. This includes people who want to gain weight, lose weight or just maintain energy."
The store offers a daily membership that includes herbal tea - also known as "rocket fuel" for humans - a shot of aloe and a shake that includes a full mean worth of nutrients with only 200 calories.
Some Miami students said they are excited about the healthy alternatives High Street Health has to offer.
"It is just really convenient," senior and Miami diving team athlete Rachel Smith said. "I can grab fast food between classes or practice and not feel guilty about it later."
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Although Kammer is a Miami alumna, she said she is not only targeting Miami students.
"Everyone can use good nutrition," Kammer said. "Everyone on God's green earth can come in, be healthy and enjoy the dynamic energy High Street Health has to offer, and with the flu going around, it is so important to focus on maintaining a healthy lifestyle and keeping hydrated."
While High Street Health has been open for less than three weeks, it has already cultivated a small following.
"I feel like Miami is a very health conscious campus and a place where a store like High Street Health could prosper," sophomore Melissa Hendler said.
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