Coco's Wealth of Health

What is shilajit, and how to buy one that is actually clean

coco 01/10/2026 0

If you had told me three years ago that the most asked about thing in the shop would be a sticky black tar that comes out of rock in the Himalayas, I would have laughed. But here we are. Shilajit went from a word only our Ayurvedic customers knew to ...

Ceremonial cacao, cacao powder and cocoa, and which one to buy

coco 01/10/2026 0

We have a whole shelf of cacao in the shop now, and the question we get most is some version of "is this not just expensive hot chocolate?" It is a fair question. The short answer is that ceremonial cacao, cacao powder and the cocoa in the baking ais...

Essential oils for beginners, the five bottles worth starting with

coco 01/10/2026 0

The essential oil wall in our shop can be a lot to take in. There are dozens of single oils, a row of blends with names like Stress Less and Deep Sleep, roller bottles, carrier oils and diffusers. When someone new to all of it stands there looking a ...

Creatine for women, and why it is not just for gym bros

coco 01/10/2026 0

For years the only people who bought creatine from us were young blokes training for something. Then, over about eighteen months, that changed completely. These days the person asking me about creatine is more likely to be a woman in her forties who ...

Natural insect repellent that actually keeps the mozzies away

coco 01/10/2026 0

Every year, around the first really warm evening in October, the same thing happens. Someone comes in scratching their ankles, having spent the previous night on the balcony, and asks what we have that works but does not smell like a chemical plant. ...

Matcha at home, and what ceremonial grade actually means

coco 08/09/2026 0

Five years ago matcha was a thing we sold about one tin of a month. Now it is the busiest corner of the tea wall, and at least twice a week someone comes in with a photo on their phone of a very green drink from a cafe in Bondi, asking how to make th...

Beef tallow for skin, and whether it lives up to the hype

coco 08/09/2026 0

Two years ago nobody walked in and asked for beef fat to put on their face. Now it happens several times a week, usually by someone who has watched a video about it and wants to know if we are going to tell them it is nonsense. We are not, but the ho...

Which cooking oil to actually use, and where the seed oil argument fits

coco 08/09/2026 0

The oil shelf has quietly become the most argued about part of the shop. Ten years ago people asked which one was cheapest. Now they arrive with a screenshot and a firm opinion about linoleic acid. Here is how we actually think about it, and what we ...

Waking up at 3am, and what actually helps you sleep

coco 08/09/2026 0

After magnesium, this is the thing we get asked about most. And the question is almost never how do I get to sleep. It is why do I fall asleep fine at ten and then find myself wide awake at ten past three, doing sums about work. If that is you, here ...

Bone broth, and whether it deserves the fuss

coco 08/09/2026 0

Bone broth sits in an odd spot. Half our customers grew up with a pot of it on the stove and think calling it a wellness product is funny. The other half found it through a podcast and want to know if it will fix their gut. Both groups are partly rig...

Hayfever season in Sydney, and what actually helps

coco 17/08/2026 0

Every year around the middle of August the same conversation starts at our counter. Someone comes in rubbing their eyes, says they thought they had a cold for a week, and then admits they get like this every spring. Sydney hayfever season is long and...

Ashwagandha and the rest of the adaptogens, in plain English

coco 17/08/2026 0

Ashwagandha has gone from a herb nobody could pronounce to something people ask for by name every week. It usually comes with a version of the same sentence. I am not sleeping properly, I am wired at night, work is a lot at the moment. So here is wha...

Low tox cleaning, and the five swaps worth making first

coco 17/08/2026 0

Nobody swaps their whole cleaning cupboard in one go. What actually happens is a bottle runs out, you buy a better one, and six months later the cupboard looks different. So rather than a list of thirty things, here are the five swaps that make the b...

Switching to natural shampoo without hating your hair for a month

coco 17/08/2026 0

More people give up on natural shampoo than on any other swap in the shop, and almost always in the same fortnight. Hair goes flat, or greasy, or feels like straw, and back to the supermarket they go. It is a real thing, it is temporary, and it is mo...

Perimenopause, and what women actually ask us for

coco 17/08/2026 0

This is one of the quieter conversations we have, usually in a low voice near the supplements wall, and it almost always starts with some version of I do not feel like myself and I do not know what is going on. So let us say the useful parts out loud...

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