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The substance
What is shilajit?
A sticky resin that seeps out of rock faces in high mountain ranges, the Himalaya among them, over a very long time. It is plant matter broken down by soil microbes and pressed under stone, and what comes out is a mineral-dense material whose most studied component is fulvic acid. Ayurvedic medicine has used it for centuries. That is a long history rather than evidence, and the two are worth keeping apart.
What is fulvic acid, and why does it matter here?
It is the fraction of decomposed organic matter that stays soluble at any pH, and it is what makes shilajit more than a pile of trace minerals. It is studied as a carrier molecule: it binds minerals and appears to help move them across membranes. That is the mechanism the whole category rests on, and it is better established in laboratory work than in large human trials.
Where does it come from?
Collected at altitude in the Himalaya, purified and packed at GMP-certified facilities, and white-labelled to us by a specialist supplier we do not name until the contract is signed. We did not go up the mountain and we will not pretend otherwise. What we take responsibility for is which batch goes in the jar and whether its certificate of analysis is on the page.
Safety and who should not
Is unpurified shilajit dangerous?
It can be, and this is the most important answer on the page. Raw resin carries whatever the rock carried, which in some deposits means lead, arsenic, mercury and cadmium at levels that matter. Purification, shodhana in the Ayurvedic term, is what separates the resin from that. Third-party testing is how you know it worked. A jar sold without a batch report is asking you to take its heavy metal content on trust, and there is no good reason to.
Who should not take shilajit?
Shilajit is rich in iron, so anyone with haemochromatosis, another iron overload disorder, or a raised ferritin they have not explained should not take it without their doctor. There is not enough data on concentrated adaptogens in pregnancy or while breastfeeding, so the answer there is no rather than a shrug. If you take medication for hypertension, blood sugar, the thyroid or anticoagulation, ask first. This is a food supplement. It is not a medicine and it is not a substitute for one.
What is the caution on the Sea Moss and Bladderwrack capsules?
Iodine. Both seaweeds are naturally very high in it, and iodine is the input the thyroid runs on, so too much of it can push a thyroid in either direction. If you have Hashimoto's, Graves', a nodule, any diagnosed thyroid condition, or you take levothyroxine, this blend is one to take to your doctor rather than to the checkout. We would rather lose the order than have you find that out afterwards.
Dosage and the first month
How much do I take, and when?
A portion of resin about the size of a grain of rice, roughly 300 to 500mg, once a day. Dissolve it in warm water, milk or tea rather than chewing it, because it will stick to your teeth. Morning suits most people. At that dose a 30g jar is a two to three month supply, which is the honest way to read a price per gram. Capsules are the same idea measured out for you: one a day unless the label says otherwise.
How long before anything happens?
Longer than you would like. This is not a stimulant and there is nothing to feel in an afternoon. The trials that found something worth reporting ran for weeks: sixty days for the ashwagandha cortisol work, eight weeks for the shilajit strength-retention study, sixteen weeks for the Lion's Mane cognition trial, whose scores fell back after the supplement stopped. A month is the shortest honest trial you can run on yourself, and some people notice nothing at all.
How do I store it, and does it go off?
The jars are amber glass because light is the thing resin does not like. Keep it shut, at room temperature, out of the sun, and use the spatula rather than a wet spoon: water in the jar is the one reliable way to spoil it. Resin stiffens when it is cold and softens in the hand, which is the material behaving normally rather than a fault. Capsules keep the same way, dry and closed.
Ordering and delivery
What does it cost?
Prices are per jar and per capsule count, shown on each product page, with shipping calculated at checkout. Nothing is priced on this page because nothing is confirmed yet, and a placeholder price is worse than no price. EU and UK orders may attract import charges on arrival, which are not included and are not something we can collect on your behalf.
How long does delivery take?
Stock is held rather than made to order, so the working estimate is 1 to 2 working days to dispatch, plus 2 to 5 working days in transit inside Europe. You get a tracking number when it leaves. The table by destination is on the shipping page.
When does the shop open?
Not yet. The range is agreed and the site is being written, and nothing goes on sale until the batch documentation for the first order is in hand. The Newsletter list hears before the shop page changes.
Do you ship outside Europe?
The launch markets are the EU, the UK and Switzerland. Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Ireland can order at the same rates, without a localised site. Some countries restrict the import of food supplements, and that is a matter for your customs authority rather than for us.
The writing
Are the articles written by a person?
Yes, and they are edited by a person before publication. Where an article makes a factual claim it carries its source. Where we do not have a source, the claim does not appear.
The answer behind the answers
A batch report, not our word for it
Three of the answers above turn on whether the resin was purified and whether anyone checked. How that testing works, and what a certificate of analysis actually tells you, is written out in full.
Still open
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