Looking Forward To Health & Fitness Trend This 2018
Every year, new trends are discovered inevitably, especially those which can bring something positive for your overall wellness.
Here they are:
- Intermittent Fasting
You’ve read about this type of meal plan on the previous article. For a short glimpse, this is a restrictive eating plan to achieve specifically, weight loss.
If done right, this can do more good to your health rather than just fat loss.
- Fancy Sleeping Stuff
The demand to acquire a quality snoozing has prompted some company to create smart pillows, beds and even PJs.
Smart pillows and beds are equipped with sensors which can track your sleep and changes in position throughout the night, to check if you had quality sleep.
These comfy pillows are anti-snoring, play music and prevent sleep apnea.
The temperature-regulated fabrics for PJ’s were designed to make you feel cool and comfortable all night long.
- Moringa
Ever heard of moringa? The green plant with a little bitter taste and will continue to make its mark in the year 2018.
This plant holds the superfood title because it is full of nutrients like iron, Vitamin A and is a complete protein plant. It is being pushed as an even more powerful inflammation fighter.
In 2018, expect beauty products featuring super-nourishing moringa oil and food companies adding moringa into every food products – nutrition bars, protein powders, juices and even in chips.
- High-Tech Food Devices
Hight tech devices are being launched left and right, even in food technologies.
One popular device is called a spectrometer. This machine is usually used in the lab. It splits light into a range of different colors (known as spectrum) to give the characteristic of a particular substance.
It can be used to detect gluten or as a detection device to know whether a fruit is ripe or otherwise.
- Wearable Gear for Fitness
The fitness industry is never tired of creating and customizing different health and fitness trackers to achieve that extra oomph in fitness improvement.
High-tech running shoes, trackers and headphones modified for hitting the road are still popular and will continue to be trending this year.
In fact, there are some companies which are able to release running shoes which can detect the wearer’s biomechanics based on 3-dimensional scans of their foot movements.
A sleek ring was recently released which can track your activity just by wearing it. Another one is a type of yoga pants that can deliver vibrational feedback to the wearer to encourage good form and alignment.
- Jackfruit
Also a superfood which can be swapped with wheat, flour, meat and sugar as sweetener.
- Digital Detox Bath
This year, another product has been getting massive popularity. It’s calle the digital detox bath.
This is basically harvested sea salt which helps drawing out toxins from the body. At the same time, it replenishes electrolytes, and is rich in active ionic trace elements.
It promotes quality of sleep, stress and tension resulting from long-hour exposure to digital devices everyday.