What Is Oestrogen Dominance?
You've likely heard of the hormone oestrogen, but do you understand the powerful role it plays in a woman's entire body system, impacting her mood, energy, and weight? Oestrogen, known...
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Clean 15 and the Dirty Dozen
Buying organic food is often more expensive than conventional produce, but there are ways you can reduce the cost by growing your own produce, joining a co-op, or signing up...
The Why and the How of Going Gluten Free
For many people grains (especially gluten-containing grains) can cause problems affecting everything from digestion, mood, skin disorders (including rashes and eczema), joint pain, weight gain, migraines and thyroid disorders.The necessity...
The Basics of Eating to Nourish and Honour Your Body
Clean eating is a term that took over the wellness world a couple of years ago.The term doesn't have a strict definition, and means something different to everyone. For some,...
Recipe: Homemade Kimchi
Fermented foods are wonderful for repairing your gut and rebuilding a healthy gut lining. "Fermented foods are wonderful for repairing your gut and rebuilding a healthy gut lining." One of...
Recipe: Make Your Own Kombucha
Kombucha is a probiotic soda made from tea, sugar and a SCOBY. A SCOBY is a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast and is an organism that consumes the sugar...
How Nutrition Impacts our Mental Health
Mental health is a pressing concern in New Zealand and within the BePure clinic, we approach health with a scientific and holistic approach. Health doesnât only refer to our physical...
Not all Fish Oils are the Same
Omega 3âs are essential fatty acids which means our body cannot make them but rather they have to come from a food or supplement source. With the modern diet being...
Recipe: Gut Loving Marshmallow
As part of the 8th Pillar of HealthâGut Healthâwe've been looking into nutrient-rich foods that can help support and restore the health of our gut. Research has proven that most...
Could A Food Intolerance Drive Eczema?
One of the common symptoms or issues we see in clients at our BePure Clinic is eczema. For some, it is a mildly annoying patch of dermatitis that hints at...
7 Food Hacks to Get the Most Out of Your Food
You might have noticed we use the term âbioavailabilityâ a fair bit and in a few different ways.We use it to talk about different tricks and food combinations you canâand...
Why Zinc is Vital for Your Health
Every major metabolic pathway in our body depends on micronutrients (our vitamins and minerals). The key to good nutrition, health and abundant energy is ensuring we have enough of these...
It All Starts In Your Gut
The father of modern medicine, Hippocrates, said âall disease begins in the gutâ and âlet food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.â. These are two pillars that, here...
14 Gluten-Free School Lunch Ideas
Making your kids' lunches interesting, delicious and especially healthy can sometimes be a challenge. We often get questions from parents about healthy options for kids and how to ensure they're...
Recipe: BePure's Gut-Loving Gummies
Gummies are gelatin âlolliesâ sweetened using fruit. They are easy to make, contain only a handful of ingredients and use the gut-healing superstar, gelatin. Gelatin contains amino acids that help...
Recipe: Gut-Healthy Homemade Bone Broth
Do you experience bloating? Bloating is considered one of the signs that your gut may not be as healthy as it could be. "Leaky gut is one of the culprits...