Well into the first month of the New Year, people are just getting started or have already failed to keep their resolutions. For those who resolve to live healthier, there is no lack of online resources for wellness and health. Here are 10 must-read blogs on a variety of health and wellness related subjects, from fitness 101 to uncovering some healthy misconceptions we’ve all fallen for.
1.) Finding a Healthier Lifestyle- How To Find the Perfect Exercise Routine
OK, we’ll be honest, one reason this is a great blog is because it’s on a website that’s actually named DumbLittleMan.com. While this may not sound as though it would be the best website to consult for health and fitness information — or any information for that matter — this is a great, simplified blog to read if you’re just starting up an exercise routine. It easily spells out how to work toward the perfect fitness routine for you.
2.) 10 Ways To Get Energy Without Caffeine
Although this blog is geared toward college students, let’s be honest again: all of us can use some more energy. So, pay no attention to the multitude of 5 Hour Energy drink commercials, and read these 10 tips and find a better way to get a natural pick-me-up.
Simple and straight to the point, the entire site is a resourceful website, but this particular blog serves as an ‘Exercise 101′ lesson. Defining simple exercises that can almost all be done at home, it’s a good place to start when creating an exercise routine.
4.) The Eleven Most Ridiculous Diets
This blog is on DivineCaroline.com, which has become a popular website with many regular followers. However, this individual blog is an interesting read, especially if you’re trying to pick out a new diet to follow for the New Year. It fearlessly calls out the popular fad diets that don’t work, and the dieting trends that are just outright unsafe. Laced with clever humor, you’re bound to get a good chuckle. You’ll be surprised to find diets such as SlimFast and amazingly, the number one ‘ridiculous&’ diet on this blog is actually the ever-popular Atkins Diet.
5.) How Anxiety Is Wrecking Your Physical Health
It’s common to see this same title over and over again, boldly printed on the cover of every issue of Cosmopolitan or Marie Claire in one way or another. But this blog, found on BlissTree.com, puts information together in a question and answer format, covering every aspect of the mind-body connection and how stress can affect you physically. In addition to making a resolution to weigh in at a certain amount this year, vowing to take a load off your shoulders stress wise is probably a good idea too.
6.) A Guide To Your Anti-Aging Treatment Routine
For those who are in search of the fountain of youth, this blog details the finer points of aging well. This blog will help you figure out a solid plan for beating the wrinkle and wellness clock.
7.) Your Cholesterol Reading: What Does It Mean?
We all know that too much cholesterol is bad for you, and that it’s one of the leading causes of heart disease. We even know what foods are high in cholesterol and know the various tips and tricks to help keep our cholesterol levels in check, such as increasing your intake of onions (yes, you may be crying a lot and be a bit smelly, but at least your arteries will be clear of blockages.) However, many of us really know what cholesterol numbers mean, we only know if it’s high because the doctor tells us so.
Sounds impossible, right? Even though this blog is largely aimed at a female audience, it proposes an idea that many of us have never really thought a lot about. This blog will also lead you to other great blogs by the same blogger, Barbara Philips, a nurse practitioner. Reiterating the most important things we can do for heart health, just the title will get you thinking about what YOU can do to make heart disease a choice and not an inevitable fatality.
9.) How Exercise May Keep Alzheimer’s At Bay
Located on the always helpful NYTimes Well blog, this blog presents an idea that most people haven’t considered. This blog examines an interesting new study by The Archive of Neurology which tells us that something as simple as a daily walk or jog can help prevent Alzheimer’s disease. It also briefly touches on the historical timeline of Alzheimer studies and will give you one more reason to exercise regularly.
10.) Top 10 Deceptively Unhealthy Foods
Who knew that granola cereal was actually a devil in disguise? This blog, from the website ThatsFit.com, lists 10 common foods that we’ve been told are healthy for years. This blog will certainly surprise you and is good to keep in mind when writing out your grocery list.
-Desiree Baughman, InsuranceQuotes.org
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