What Your Cravings Actually Mean and What to Eat Instead
On a very basic level, we experience hunger when we need energy and we crave certain foods when we need nutrition. Our bodies are constantly trying to maintain a level...
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How to Eat for Your Best Energy
As a society, we tend to use markers like illness or weight to judge health. At BePure we like to think of these things as symptoms of the state of...
What is mindful wellbeing?
This week we’re looking at our 7th pillar of health—mindful wellbeing. It can sound a little bit abstract, but mindful wellbeing is the key to living a healthy, holistic lifestyle...
Eat Right For You With The BePure Food Pyramids
Finding out what food your body needs for optimal health and vitality is one of the greatest things you can learn about yourself. When you get the right ratio of...
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...
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
What we eat affects more than our physical appearance and fitness. These things are important, but there are numerous benefits to eating a nutrient-dense diet with supporting products that aren’t...
Why Not All Fish Oils Are the Same: What to Look for in a High-Quality...
Omega 3’s 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 Health—Gut Health—we'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?
Eczema or some, it is a mildly annoying patch of dermatitis that hints at other health concerns, while for others, it is painful, raw, prone to infection, itchy, leads to...
7 Food Hacks to Get the Most Out of Your Food
You might have noticed we use the term ‘bioavailability’ a fair bit and in a few different ways.We use it to talk about different tricks and food combinations you can—and...
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...