We are presenting the top 5 healthy food trends for 2016. These are the best wellness predictions for the year ahead.
1. Start Eating Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Out of a Bowl
It has all started with smoothie bowls for breakfast, but now bowls are branching out to claim lunch and dinner, too, and they’re making a savory appearance on healthy-leaning restaurant menus. You can find grain bowls, macro bowls, veggie bowls, poke (sushi-style) bowls, and more.
The portion control behind the bowl is a great way to get your protein, grains, and veggies, in perfect proportions.
Read more: Acai Bowls – The Healthiest Breakfast
2. Seaweed Replaces the Last Year Kale
Seaweed is the new underwater plant, famous for its nutrient profile, skincare benefits, and incredible potential for combatting climate change. It is also called the “miracle food”.
“Seaweeds are amongst the most nutrient-dense plants on the planet, and as they have access to all the nutrients in the sea, they are an extremely rich source of minerals,” explains Scotland’s Mara Seaweed CEO and co-founder Fiona Houston.
Seaweed is rich in bioactive substances which have great skin care benefits including healthy looking skin, hair, strong nail, etc.
3. Matcha Green Tea
Matcha is a Japanese green tea that’s in powder form and can be whisked into hot water or milk.
Besides drinking Matcha green tea, you can also add Matcha green powder into desserts. This green tea is full with powerful antioxidants.
Read more: The Anti Aging Health Benefits of Matcha Green Tea
4. Meet the New Stress-Fighting Superherbs
Some plants have superpowers that can help the body adapt to stress and handle it in a healthy way These wonders are called adaptogens,which are the new stress-fighting superherbs to improve all kinds of issues related to health and beauty.
“They help your body adapt to its specific needs,” says Frank Lipman, a physician, who has long been prescribing adaptogenic herbs to his patients. “No food can do that, [and] I don’t know any other herbs that work that way.”
So, this year start using adaptogenic ingredients such as moringa, Ashwagandha, maca, and Ginseng in your juices, healthy food items (including chocolate), homemade beauty products, and more. Once you experience the effects, you will never go back.
5. Nut Milk is The New Milk Alternative
Nut milks are now getting the attention that cold-pressed juices were getting seven years ago. Start drinking nut and seed milks for better health.
Make your own nut milk or try inventive flavor combos and milks made with cashew, walnut, macadamia nut, Brazil nut, even pistachio.