We know that many health and wellness articles can get kinda boring or stale.
Whether you’ve read a hundred articles on diet and exercise, or you’ve read 50 articles telling you to see your doctor, you may be tired of it all.
This article seeks to break up the monotony and surprise you with 5 completely random health tips, just for fun!
These 5 tips should provide some new information you may not have heard before:
1. Cold Brew Coffee – If you have acid reflux or heartburn of any kind, you may be wanting to avoid acidic foods and beverages. Coffee is on the no-no list for this type of issue, but there may be a way around it. Making your coffee cold brew can remove up to 70 percent of acid in the coffee. No, this doesn’t mean making coffee hot and then adding ice or making it cold. You brew the coffee using cold water. You can use a cold brew maker pitcher, which holds the grounds in a filter as it gets saturated with the water in the pitcher. The next day, you’ll have delicious, smooth coffee without all that bitter acid! For more information, google cold brew coffee.
2. Air purifiers – Do you or someone in your family suffer from allergies? No matter what you may have floating in the air at your home, air purifiers are great! Whether it be pet hair, smoke, dust, pollen, or other things, you may find them to make a big difference! Be sure to change the filter as often as it says on the box!
3. Ditch the razor – Do you shave with a razor? Do you get lots of cuts, irritation, pain, razor burn, ingrown hairs, cysts, or blisters? Have you done everything you can think of and it still happens? It may be time to stop using that razor and trade it in for an electric razor that doesn’t cut the hair so close to the skin. Skin doesn’t stay smooth for long anyway, so you might as well trim the hair and stop shaving down to the skin.
4. Fitness trackers – Even if you think you’re a healthy, active and fit person, you may be missing on some important elements. If you get a fitness tracking device such as a Fit Bit, Apple watch or something similar, your real fitness stats are tracked. You may find you aren’t spending enough time with your heart rate up, you aren’t moving around as much as you should, or you are sitting down too much. If you are interested in getting to the next level of fitness, get a tracker!
5. Nutrition and vitamins – Did you know that most Americans are deficient in at least a few vitamins and nutrients? 90 percent don’t have enough potassium in their bodies, 70 percent don’t get enough calcium, and 80 percent don’t get enough vitamin E. Half of Americans don’t have enough Vitamin A, C, D or magnesium, and 90 percent of people are deficient in vitamin D. That’s a scary set of numbers. Go grab some supplements, pay attention to what you are eating, get some fruits and vegetables into your diet, get out into the sun when you can, and you’ll probably be good!
There you have it, 5 completely random and hopefully useful tips for your health and wellness journey.
You never know what kind of things can make a big difference in your family’s lives.