Welltodo Today: The Future Of Health & Fitness Tackers, 2022 Beauty Trends, A New Frontier For Non-Alcoholic Drinks

Today’s key global wellness news articles from around the world, impacting the industry and influencing the business of wellness.

Non-alcoholic beverages seek a new frontier this year: retail doors

This month, many welcomed the new year by joining the annual Dry January craze, pushing alcoholic libations to the back of the cabinet for a month of post-holiday sober solace.

Inside the key beauty themes for 2022

Also dentist-founded is VVardis, a Swiss oral care line that includes toothpaste and mouthwash as well as a whitening concentrate called Aletsch, which retails at £118 for a seven-day course.

Beyond Meat And Impossible Foods Helped Save Nearly 1 Million Animals In The US Last Year

Just two plant-based food companies have helped spare at least 630,000 animals’ lives in 2021, and that’s just in the US. Non-profit World Animal Protection (WAP) collated the data, and stresses that the actual figure is likely significantly higher – nearing to one million.

Hussle says partnership with McDonald’s led to ‘massive rise’ in number of people looking at gyms

A marketing partnership between fitness marketplace Hussle and fast-food giant McDonald’s resulted in a significant increase in the number of people looking at gyms via the platform. The campaign saw Hussle offer fitness-based prizes as part of the fast-food chain’s annual Monopoly promotion, which took place towards the end of last year.

How Gym Culture Went From Punishing to Meditative

I used to complain, very charmingly, that my competitive spin class wasn’t competitive enough, because it divided its ranking of its fastest participants by gender. My argument was less “gender is a construct”and more “put me in, coach, I’m faster than all of them.”

How Health and Fitness Trackers Are About to Get a Lot More Granular

The Future of Everything covers the innovation and technology transforming the way we live, work and play, with monthly issues on transportation, health, education and more. This month is Well-Being, online starting Jan. 6 and in print Jan. 13.