The Purest Journal
Notes on everyday well-being
Clear, practical reads on skin, gut health, energy, weight and women's health, written for life in Singapore.
Sukiya-inspired Beef Udon
Craving Sukiya but too lazy to leave the house? 🍜 Sweet, savoury, umami-packed. Everything in the rice cooker. Onsen egg on top. Done.
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Energy & sleep
Tired, Gaining Weight, Losing Hair: Is It Your Thyroid?
Thyroid problems are far more common in women, and the symptoms overlap with everything else. What TSH means, when treatment is indicated, and why 'subclinical' is...
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Recipes
Viral Nori Prawn Pasta
We finally tried the viral nori pasta. 15 minutes. And honestly? Yeah, this one is worth your time🍝
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Skin & hair
Collagen and PDRN: should you pair them?
Summary PDRN signals, collagen supplies. They work on different parts of the same process. PDRN started in clinics and is now moving into everyday formats, the...
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Women's health
Caffeine, Your Cycle and Your Sleep: How Much Is Too Much?
Caffeine's half-life is 5 to 7 hours — and can roughly double on hormonal birth control. What that means for your 3pm kopi and your 11pm...
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Screens, Dry Eyes and Eye Strain: What Actually Helps After 8 Hours at a Desk
Digital eye strain is mostly about blinking, distance and air-conditioning — not blue light. What the recent lutein and zeaxanthin trials actually measured.
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Gut health
You Can Have Fatty Liver at a Normal Weight. Here's Why It Matters
Fatty liver isn't only a large-body condition. Lean MASLD accounts for a meaningful share of cases in Asian populations — and BMI hides it.
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Recipes
Garlic Fried Rice (Rice Cooker Hack)
Day 2 of lazy rice cooker hacks. The easiest garlic fried rice without adding too much oil. If you do not have time, do this 🧄🍚
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Skin & hair
Lymphatic Drainage and Face Sculpting: What's Real and What's Marketing
Facial massage really does de-puff — the mechanism is sound. But 'sculpting' and 'detoxing' claim something the evidence doesn't support. Here's the line between them.
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Women's health
Seed Cycling: Does It Actually Balance Your Hormones?
Seed cycling is everywhere on wellness feeds. The seeds are genuinely nutritious — but the timing protocol has very little evidence behind it. Here's the honest...
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Women's health
When Period Pain Isn't Normal: Endometriosis and the 2026 Guidance Shift
Endometriosis has historically taken 4 to 11 years to diagnose. New clinical guidance aims to change that — and it starts with taking pain seriously.
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Recipes
Claypot Chicken Rice, Rice Cooker Hack
Mum's claypot rice - our family favourite whenever everyone asks what's for dinner. Making it the lazy way, in the rice cooker. Not super oily but...
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Women's health
Sleep in Perimenopause: Why It Falls Apart in Your 40s and What May Help
Waking at 3am in your 40s? How swinging estrogen and falling progesterone disrupt perimenopause sleep, plus gentle, evidence-aware ways to support rest.
