Trends In The World Of Wellbeing

By Connor Sullivan

Constantly new fads become popular surrounding individuals' eating habits and recently discovered edible solutions. One of the most recent fads among in the nutritional world is only eating raw food. People who choose to do a raw food diet do not eat products that are processed or cooked, and typically only eat organic. This trend is quite popular among individuals who already have decided to be vegetarian or vegan and believe it has a lot to do with personal wellness. Recently habits promoting total natural eating habits have become very trendy. Lately there has been a lot of focus on choosing natural options for chemical substitues. Most restaurants or coffee shops have cane sugar packets as an option along with the artificial sweeteners. A number of newer products have had the artificial sweeteners replaced with natural ingredients before the company releases them.

Another recent trend with in the health market is the use of certain fruits because of the craze surrounding antioxidants. Pomegranates started becoming a very common ingredient in a variety of commercial products. Consumers everywhere can now find pomegranate drinks, snacks containing pomegranate or pomegranate flavors, body wash products containing pomegranate, and candles or other home products with pomegranate scents. Another fruit that was virtually unheard of and suddenly became popular is the acai berry. Now it is being used for weight loss and became very popular quite quickly.

When looking at fads surrounding eating healthy, lately there has been a very big turn towards eating organic. Especially when discussing meats, there has been a demand to know where and how the animal was raised. Only eating free range meats has become very popular, which is to say the animal was not contained, but was able to graze freely. Choosing to purchase only organic foods, has also become quite popular as mentioned above. Because of this new organic population of shoppers, companies are creating a wide variety of organic products.

One trend that has done surprisingly well especially in regards to the issue of child obesity is technology based fitness activities. With the release of video games consoles that require the player to interact physically, fitness games have been very successful. They are finding a way to create a product for all sorts of individuals by creating fitness games that cover an array of interests including yoga, snowboarding, dancing, basketball, archery, and many others. Though it can be somewhat pricey to purchase the game system, equipment, and games, they seem to be quite popular especially, but not exclusively, among youth.

Creative fitness plans are becoming more and more popular. The aerobics tapes from the 80's and 90's are being replaced by more modern workout options, specifically involving dance. The classes and videos that promise cardio workouts to fun music with dance routines are becoming more attractive to that fitness market. Similarly to incorporating technology in fitness, creating a fun alternative to the typical cardio workouts results in more individuals are willing to invest time and money into these plans than the somewhat outdated types of fitness. - 31836

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