Ecosh is on this journey of navigating modern, holistic health alongside you. Our journal is a place to share what we’ve learned and inspire your wellness journey. Written by a mix of health experts and internal team members, we invite you to dive deeper into the Ecosh way of wellness.
A simple but effective foundation A home herbal apothecary does not need to be complicated. In fact, it can be quite simple. According to Angelika, about 8 to 10...
Zinc often appears in conversations about skin nutrition, but a useful food guide should leave you with lunch ideas, not a promise of perfect skin. Zinc participates in normal protein...
“Liposomal” sounds like a magnesium form, but it answers a different question. Citrate or glycinate tells you which compound a supplement contains. Liposomal describes a formulation approach. Liposomes are small...
A red pepper in the refrigerator can be easy to overlook when the conversation turns to collagen. Yet ordinary foods are a useful place to begin. Vitamin C is needed...
The appeal of meal prep is often one less decision at lunchtime. The problem is that three identical boxes can stop looking appealing by the third day. Prepare one adaptable...
A bag of seeds in the cupboard is only useful if you remember to open it. The same goes for the spinach waiting in the refrigerator. Eating a wider range...
Magnesium malate often appears next to words such as energy, performance and recovery. Before deciding what those words mean for a purchase, separate the ingredient's name from the evidence for...
You have narrowed the shelf down to two bottles. One says glycinate; the other says citrate. The names are different, but both advertise magnesium. What actually deserves your attention? Glycinate...
The largest package is not always the best purchase. Neither is the cheapest item if half of it ends up uneaten. A useful food budget has to work with the...
One part of a supplement label says 644 mg. Another says 100 mg. Both numbers can be correct, and adding them together can be a mistake. Elemental magnesium is the...
Two products can sit on the same beauty shelf and contain quite different things. Collagen is a protein; hyaluronic acid is a polysaccharide, a long chain of sugar units. Neither...
Lists of collagen-rich foods often place bone broth, berries and beans beside one another. They can all fit into meals, but they do not belong to the same category. Animal...
Breakfast preparation does not need to fill the refrigerator with matching jars. It can mean making tomorrow's oats, cooking a few eggs, and leaving the ingredients for the following morning...
“Biotin or collagen?” sounds like a choice between two versions of the same thing. It is not. Biotin is vitamin B7, an essential micronutrient. Collagen is a structural protein, and...
Before a blood test, you may be asked about medicines. Mention supplements too, especially anything containing biotin. It can appear in a multivitamin or a hair, skin and nails formula...
“Energy” can mean the calories in lunch, the chemical reactions in a cell, or how awake you feel at three in the afternoon. Supplement labels sometimes put these different ideas...
A capsule has two ingredient stories: the shell you can see and the formula inside it. “Vegetarian capsule” answers a question about the first. It does not, by itself, answer...
Travel changes the little things first: breakfast time, the temperature of a bag, where a bottle is stored overnight. A useful supplement packing plan starts with those details, before anything...
Breakfast seems like a convenient place to put a supplement routine. Whether it is the right place depends on the product. “Take with food” is not a rule that can...
A multivitamin, a skin formula, an occasional drink mix: they may sit in different parts of the cupboard, yet contain some of the same ingredients. The useful question is not...
A certificate of analysis can look reassuring before you have read a single result. The title, a laboratory name, a row of “Pass” entries: all suggest that someone checked something....
A label lists three ingredients beneath one bold number. Is that the amount of each ingredient, or the amount of all three together? With a proprietary blend, that distinction can...
You do not need a new breakfast, lunch, and dinner to make room for more plant foods. Often the easiest change is smaller: an ingredient added to a meal you...
Two bottles sit in the digestion section. One contains enzymes. The other lists bacteria. Both use familiar language about digestion, so it is easy to assume they are different versions...
There is a jar of sauerkraut in the refrigerator and sourdough on the counter. Both foods involve fermentation. That does not mean they provide the same microorganisms—or that either should...
A probiotic arrives on a warm afternoon. The box feels warmer than the cupboard where you planned to keep it. Should it go straight into the refrigerator? Is the product...
The front of a bottle can make gut health sound like a vocabulary test. Prebiotic. Probiotic. Synbiotic. The words are related, but they do not describe three strengths of the...
“Third-party tested” can be a useful detail when comparing supplements. But the phrase leaves important questions unanswered: who did the testing, which product was examined, and what did the tests...
Four bottles. Four different names. One mineral. Shopping for magnesium can quickly turn into a choice between words that look more like a chemistry lesson than useful buying information. Glycinate,...
The Story Behind This Recipe A few years ago, while living in Thailand, I was chatting with my yoga teacher George about his vegan diet. George was a young,...
The Real Secret to Consistency Over the years, I’ve realized that healthy eating is less about motivation and more about simple systems and habits. There are two simple principles that...
In the forests In the forests of the Estonian countryside, there lives an old woman by the name of Tuulele (too-leh-leh), which translates to *into the wind* in the Estonian...
A season you usually enjoy can feel different when it brings sneezing, itchy eyes, or a stuffy nose. It is understandable to look for a simple explanation and something that...
I Knew This Feeling For months, I’d been waking up at night with work thoughts. It was almost constant, I couldn’t switch it off. My heart was racing, I felt...
The Chaos Years From my early teens to my late 20s, I lived very disconnected from myself. Right after high school, I left home and moved to London (UK)...
There is something appealing about a single secret to good skin. It sounds simpler than navigating changing seasons, skin care shelves, family routines, and food choices. In practice, caring for...
We’ve Landed in the USA We are coming to the United States as a group of open-hearted and imperfect people, with the intention to navigate this foreign land with love...
Before we Begin… Within any healthy relationship, it’s your intention(s) - whether it be love, friendship, mentorship, health, support, co-creation, etc. - that creates the underlying current for your...
A craving for something sweet can feel urgent, especially late in the afternoon or after dinner. It can also be ordinary: enjoying a favorite flavor, following a familiar routine, or...
Winter has its own rhythm: warmer layers, earlier evenings, and more time indoors. Your skin care routine may need a seasonal adjustment, too. If your skin feels tighter or rougher...
A bottle in the cupboard can be easy to forget. A daily supplement routine works better when its place in your day is clear: you know why you are taking...
Choosing probiotics for women can feel like comparing numbers instead of understanding products. One bottle highlights billions of bacteria. Another emphasizes a long ingredient list. A third promises an all-in-one...
You may already recognize hyaluronic acid from a face serum. Seeing the same name on a supplement bottle raises a different question: does taking it by mouth offer the same...
A supplement bottle can make a strong first impression. The more useful question comes next: can you tell what you are buying, how much a serving provides, and whether it...
If you are comparing probiotics, Bacillus subtilis introduces a different word to the conversation: spores. What are they, and what should you look for when choosing a supplement that contains...