Using gadgets and apps can be a great way to take the stress out of managing our health. Whatever your health goal, there is likely an app for it. Meaning that measuring, tracking, and analyzing your health has never been easier.
But where do you start? Below are some of the best apps and tech that can help…
If your goal is to exercise more…
- Fitness bands – A fitness band that can connect to your phone is a great way to monitor how much you are actually moving and can give you the motivation to increase it, especially if you join a group challenge, where you and your friends can see who can fit in the most steps in a week.
- Daily Workouts Fitness Trainer – This app has hundreds of free, five- thirty-minute workout videos that you can do in the gym or at home.
If your goal is to eat a more balanced diet…
- Fooducate – From beginners to experts, Fooducate aims to make healthy eating easier for everyone. The app’s wide range of articles and tips on nutrition and exercise makes it less overwhelming to bring new healthy habits into your lifestyle. But aside from the academic help, this app also allows you to track meals and recipes, sleep, exercise, sleep, mood, and hunger.
If your goal is to drink more water…
- Hidrate Spark 3 Smart Water Bottle – This smart water bottle tracks your water intake, lights up to remind you to drink through the free Hidrate App, and is powered by Bluetooth.
- Infusion bottle – If you’re more into soda than water but want to ditch the fizzy drinks, try an infusion bottle. Pick your favorite fruits or some cucumber, and infuse your water to make it more flavourful.
If you’re trying to reduce stress…
- Calm – is the number one app for stress and sleep. It features meditations, courses, and bedtime stories. Helping you to sleep more, stress less, and live better.
- Hold – Our phones can be excellent tools but also incredibly distracting. Hold encourages you to NOT look at your phone with incentives like exclusive deals.
- Weighted blankets – Weighted blankets are therapeutic blankets that mimic a therapeutic technique called deep pressure stimulation. They tend to weigh between 5 to 30 pounds and help relieve pain, lessen anxiety and improve mood.
If you’re looking to improve your sleep…
- Dodow – a helpful device that projects a small blue light onto the ceiling and invites you to breathe in time as it expands and contracts, slowing your breathing down and centering your concentration to help you drift off.
- Sleep Cycle – This app monitors your sleep patterns and offers detailed statistics and daily sleep graphs. It also features an intelligent alarm clock designed to gently wake you up when you’re in the lightest sleep phase.
Got some great gadgets or helpful health apps that aren’t listed above? Drop us a line and let us know what’s worked for you.