I found this article by Sara Lovelady and wanted to share! With 2019 here, we (as a country) need to start eating healthier and giving our bodies the natural resources it needs to heal itself from the inside out! To do that, we need to up our fruit and veggie intake! Drink lots of water and get a good night’s sleep! Here are some more tips that I thought you would enjoy too!
5 Health and Wellness Trends for 2019
The holidays are over, and New Year’s resolutions are already being broken! Now is the perfect time to start planning the changes you want to make to achieve your healthiest life. Need a little inspiration? Here are 5 health and wellness trends you can expect to surge in 2019.
Plant-Based Diet
Diets come, and diets go. The low-fat craze of the 1990s gave way to low-carb diets in the 2000s. Then came Paleo, followed by the current diet darling, Keto. One piece of nutritional advice that stays pretty constant (no surprise here) is that fruits and vegetables are good for you. And plant-based diets are becoming increasingly popular, whether that means going vegan (i.e. eating no animal products at all), or just making plant-based foods the centerpiece of your diet.
Mushrooms
Mushrooms are more than a tasty addition to a vegetable stir-fry. These fantastic fungi have been shown to boost the immune system, tamp down inflammation, maintain healthy blood sugar, and help the body adapt to stress. Medicinal mushrooms are increasingly used as ingredients in functional foods. But you can also cook with many of them whole. Most grocery stores carry fresh shiitake mushrooms in the produce section, and many stock dried medicinal mushrooms — such as shiitake, cordyceps, maitake and lion’s mane — in the Asian food aisle.
Sound Therapy
The old saying that “music hath charms to soothe the savage breast” makes intuitive sense. We all have sounds that relax us, whether it’s birdsong in the morning or water rushing over the stones of a creek. Sound healers claim that when we listen to different frequencies, our brainwaves sync up with them. By changing our brainwaves, they say, we can positively influence our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Tibetan singing bowls, tuning forks, and gongs are becoming popular as ways to tap into the healing nature of sound.
Breathing Clean Air
According to the Global Wellness Summit, over 90 percent of the people on Earth breathe polluted air. This is personal for me. I live in Southern Oregon, and in the late summer and early autumn, wildfire smoke chokes our little valley for weeks at a time. If you live somewhere with seasonal pollution, wearing an N95 face mask when outdoors is a necessity. It also makes sense to invest in an air purifier for your home. But it’s not just wildfire smoke you need to be concerned about. According to the EPA, indoor air can be two to five times more polluted than outdoor air! Avoiding the use of insecticides (like ant or roach spray) indoors, choosing non-toxic cleaning products, and filling your home with plants (peace lilies and spider plants are two great choices) can help keep your air clean.
Sleeping Well
Okay, sleeping isn’t exactly a trend. People have been doing it for hundreds of thousands of years. But health experts are increasingly recognizing that sleep supports health in multiple ways, including your weight, blood sugar, immunity, heart health, memory and learning, breast cancer risk, and even lifespan. How well you sleep is as important as how long. To maximize the benefit of the time you spend in the sack, be sure to avoid screens and caffeine before bedtime, keep your room dark and at a comfortable temperature (cooler is better), use a source of white noise if you need it, and buy supportive pillows.
Want to know more on how I have kept my family healthy for over 15 years? Email me at kelly@coloradokelly.com and I can tell you how I got started, and never stopped staying healthy with fruits and veggies!
Learn more about how to keep your family healthy with fruits and veggies! Here is my 2020 Health Trends post too! Another great article is 6 Stretches to Relieve Stress!
Here is another resource from Babbling with Brooke! She did a review on the book Body Love! Take a look, I think you will love it!
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Here is the original article from Sara Lovelady.
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Brooke
This is a great article! Having sleep is so important in supporting your overall health. It is unfortunate that there are not more people getting enough sleep. I am interested to read more into mushrooms. I am not a huge fan of mushrooms, however if they are healthy and good for me, I will gladly eat some! Thanks for sharing!
ShootingStarsMag
I definitely need to find ways to eat more veggies. I have a tough time because I really don’t like a lot of them. LOL I’m all about trying to get enough sleep though!
-Lauren
Kelly
A plant based diet helps disease prevention! It is proven, so do whatever you need to get more veggies and fruits into your body!
Karen
Sleeping well is key! I think poor sleep is the missing link for most people’s health and wellness. Seems so simple, but it’s hard to make sleep a priority.
Kelly
You’re right, sleep seems like a simple thing, but for so many it is difficult to get a solid 7-8 hours!
Crystal // Dreams, etc.
I’ve heard a lot about sound therapy. I should look into sometime! There’s a yoga studio nearby that frequently has sound therapy opportunities.
Kelly
If you try it, let me know! I have never done it either, but have been told it is great!!!
Sara Ross
This list seems really simple to apply to your daily life. However, if a dumped a whole bunch of veggies on my kids’ plate they wouldn’t eat them but if I can mix them in with a soup or casserole then my chances are higher. So I try to sneak them in whenever I can. Haha.