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Trying to improve your health and wellness in 2026? Keep it simple
Experts warn against costly wellness fads and emphasize simple, evidence-based habits like whole foods, sunscreen, and calisthenics for long-term health benefits.
- As 2026 arrives, The Associated Press summarized expert guidance urging simpler health and wellness choices for people making New Year resolutions to cut through competing advice.
- Faced with loud social media claims, experts note social media influencers and marketing make it hard for the public to trust health advice, while doubts this year about medicine add confusion.
- Experts recommend skipping trendy treatments like IV vitamin therapy, microbiome testing kits, continuous glucose monitors for people without diabetes, and the 'fiber-maxxing' trend, while favoring whole foods, sunscreen, short showers, walking, and calisthenics.
- Adopting simple routines yields both health and financial benefits, as research findings on dementia risk show basic habits lower long-term risks and experts warn consumers considering costly skin serums or IV treatments often waste money.
- Start with your doctor and use credible sources, as experts recommend, since The Associated Press Health and Science Department disclosed support from Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Leaning Left11Leaning Right2Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution61% Left
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- 61% of the sources lean Left
61% Left
L 61%
C 28%
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