Health & Wellness Blogs to Follow
When you lack good health, everything else in life suffers. It’s harder to concentrate and study. Illness can cause you to fall behind in coursework. Stress can make you feel overwhelmed. If you want to do well in all areas of your life, you must make your health a priority.
Many Americans attribute positive elements in their life to health and wellness. According to a 2018 Pew Research study, when asked to rate their quality of life and attribute that quality to a variety of factors, four were universally associated with higher levels of life satisfaction:
- A person’s good health
- Their romantic partner
- Friends
- Career
In the survey, 16% described good health as giving them a sense of meaning and satisfaction.
As we prepare to enter a new school year, you may be considering spending more time working on health and wellness. You don’t necessarily need an expensive gym membership (the Lewis Rec Center is FREE) or a diet plan to improve your health. You can get solid health and wellness tips from authoritative blogs. The following are some of the top wellness blogs in areas of fitness, nutrition, and mental health.
Fitness
- ACE Insights Blog
The American Council on Exercise’s blog has fitness articles on a variety of topics such as yoga, strength training, and exercises for beginners. Articles are backed by guidelines and recommendations from the American Council on Exercise.
- The Art of Healthy Living
The Art of Healthy Living offers fitness articles related to subjects such as exercise supplements and high-intensity interval training. It also covers food and nutrition topics and general health and wellbeing trends.
- Fitness Magazine
The Fitness Magazine site features workout tips, workout videos, an entire section dedicated to runners, cardio and ab workouts, and more. There are also healthy living tips for incorporation movement & food into a wellnewss routines.
- MyFitnessPal Blog
This is the blog of nutrition tracking app MyFitnessPal. Get healthy recipes, nutrition advice, fitness inspiration, and more.
- Shape
The website for fitness magazine Shape has tons of free articles, including step-by-step workouts, nutrition advice, and mental health insights. There are also tips for healthy lifestyle choices and overall wellness.
- Well + Good
Well + Good is a wellness blog with articles on fitness, nutrition, beauty, and more. The journalism-based fitness site features interviews with fitness experts, practical fitness tips, and videos to walk blog readers through workouts.
Nutrition
- Bites of Wellness
Bites of Wellness founder Samantha Rowland is a personal trainer, nutrition coach, and fitness chef whose site contains recipes for those with various diets, including gluten free, low carb, and dairy free. The site also contains workouts and wellness insights, and ways to incorporate movement into your lifestyle.
- Eating Bird Food
Holistic nutritionist Brittany Mullins runs this site and shares healthy recipe creations focused on whole foods, plus articles on wellness and workouts.
- Health Magazine
Health magazine’s nutrition section offers nutritionist-researched articles on foods, diets, and nutrition trends. Find the health benefits of certain ingredients, learn about the benefits and pitfalls of various diets, and get tips for eating healthy.
- Healthline Nutrition
Healthline’s nutrition blog features daily research-based articles on healthy nutrition and eating. Learn about foods you should eat more of, foods to avoid, and the scientific reasoning behind everything the site teaches you.
- Nutrition Stripped
Nutrition Stripped is a website founded by registered dietitian McKel Kooienga. She shares articles on trending nutrition topics, using science to teach readers about popular food subjects and eating habits.
- Oh She Glows
The Oh She Glows blog features vegan recipes, most of which are also free of gluten, soy, and processed food. Recipes are accompanied by founder and cookbook author Angela Liddon’s inspirations and insights.
- Time Nutrition
Time magazine’s nutrition site has journalism-based articles featuring interviews with nutrition experts on trending nutrition topics. Visit the site for food news and research.
Mental Health
- Calm
The Calm blog comes from the relaxation app of the same name. Find news regarding meditation research, plus tips on how to cultivate mindfulness and practice meditation.
- DailyOM
The Inspirations section on the DailyOM website is full of wisdom designed to boost mental and spiritual health. Bite-size articles provide daily encouragement and thought-provoking passages to embrace mindfulness and a deeper sense of interconnectedness.
- HealthyPlace
The HealthyPlace site has dozens of mental health blogs dedicated to specific mental health issues. These include ADHD, bipolar disorder, binge eating, post-traumatic stress disorder, and depression.
- Mellowed
Mellowed is a website designed to help users decrease stress in their lives. The site’s Health & Wellness section features articles on topics ranging from improving sleep to boosting brain health to naturally lowering blood pressure.
- Mindbodygreen
This website’s tagline is “Where soul meets science,” which makes sense because the articles featured are wellness-inspired and backed by research. Choose from categories like mindfulness, health, food, movement, beauty, and more.
- Sleep Junkies
High-quality sleep is essential to relieve stress and improve mental health. Sleep Junkies teaches users how to improve sleep, with research-backed articles and insights on how other wellness issues such as anxiety interact with sleep.
- Student Minds
Student Minds is a blog for and written by university students covering a variety of mental health issues, including eating disorders, depression, and substance abuse. The blog has practical tips and unique voices throughout.
- Tiny Buddha
Tiny Buddha’s mission is to provide “simple wisdom for complex lives.” The website covers mental health topics such as love and relationships, meaning and passion, and health habits.
Health News and General Wellness
- NPR Shots
This is the blog for health stories produced by the NPR Science Desk. The “Shots” section publishes the latest news on health, research, and medical treatments, as well as articles on how policy shapes our health.
- Well - The New York Times
The “Well” section of The New York Times features articles in five categories: Eat, Move, Mind, Family, and Live. You’ll also find “Ask Well,” a collection of Q&As between readers and medical experts.
- Harvard Health Blog
Harvard Health Blog publishes medical news, viewpoints, and articles across a wide variety of topics including exercise and fitness, pain management, healthy eating, mental health, mind body medicine, relationships, heart health, and children’s, men’s, and women’s health.
- Mayo Clinic Connect
Mayo Clinic Connect is an online community where you can share your experiences and find support from people experiencing the same health challenges as you. There are moderated groups in more than 50 categories. You can also read articles by Mayo Clinic health experts.
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