Top five gifts for a healthy new year

December 9, 12:18 PMGadgets ExaminerDan Appleman

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Wii Fit is a fun way to work up a sweat

I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions – they never seem to stick. But get me a fun gadget that helps me get healthy, and I don’t need a resolution to take better care of myself. It just happens naturally.

So save your friends the stress and guilt of abandoned resolutions this year with one of these gadgets that can help get them off to a good healthy new year.

Wii fit – Never has exercise been so much fun or so entertaining. You’ll be surprised how effective an animated personal coach can actually be. He (or she – you can choose your coach) has an eerie way of knowing how well you actually did. And whether you’re practicing yoga, doing aerobics, some strength training, or just trying to walk a tightrope between two buildings on a balance game, you’ll find it a relatively painless way to get some exercise in.

Electric toothbrushes are more fun than a root canal

Electric toothbrush – It’s not that you can’t do a good job brushing your teeth with a manual toothbrush. It’s that it’s easier and more fun with an electric one – which means the chances you’ll do a good job are better. An electric toothbrush is a great gift: first, it shows that you care about someone’s health and second, it’s a lot cheaper than getting them a root-canal next year.

Keep track of yoru daily activity with a pedometer

Pedometer – Even the most sedentary individuals do some walking, and one of the best ways to increase physical activity is by doing just a bit more. Small, gradual increases in physical activity have known long term benefits. A pedometer can be a fun way to track your daily activity. Read more in “Battle the holiday weight gain with a bit of fun technology”

There are many cookbooks that
focus on healthy cooking

Healthy cooking cookbooks - You are what you eat, at least that’s what they say. And while many don't cook regularly, having a cookbook with simple, healthy recipes lying around increases the chances that when you do cook, it will be healthy as well as tasty. In fact, even if you never use it, just seeing that book in the kitchen might serve as a reminder and encourage you to make better choices in frozen dinners and junk food as well.

This scale mesaures more than just calories

EatSmart Nutrition scale – We’re not talking just counting calories here, this scale not only has a database of almost 1000 foods that don’t come with nutritional information, it lets you enter the nutritional information off a package. By tracking calories, carbs, fiber, sodium, fats and other nutrients you’ll know not just how much you’re eating, but how well you’re eating.