Have you ever heard the term “functional food”? What does it mean and why our usual meal plans can’t be really called functional? In fact, any food can be functional, as it contains certain healthy elements including useful vitamins and nutrients. In the past people used to eat more, as they moved much more actively, while today the situation is opposite – we are less active and often eat on the go (which is not too healthy). However, we need much less food. This is due to the fact that an average person often spends much fewer calories than he consumes during the day, which can cause certain health issues if the consumed food is not healthy at all. That is when functional food comes in handy. If planned correctly, such meals help us to get necessary nutrients and enough energy for the whole day, meanwhile helping us keep our bodies healthy and fit as long as possible to prevent health issues in the future.

Due to the growing demand for healthy and organic products, the market provides more and more useful alternatives to some of the most popular foods that we all are used to. Here are some of the main trends in functional nutrition for 2019:

• Reduction of sugar content in foods. It’s getting smaller and smaller. An important reason that make such foods healthy is that sugar definitely has some benefits (for example, it is a great source of energy), but in high doses it promotes inflammatory processes in human’s body (according to the latest scientific data, all, for example, oncological diseases appear in the result of inflammatory processes).
• More turmeric. The popularity of this spice is growing rapidly. More and more companies include it in their products as today it is an irreplaceable component of “anti-inflammatory diet” and good tool of immunity protection. Already now, you can find latte with almond milk and turmeric in some good coffee shops.
• Less milk. It is replaced with soy, almond, and coconut milk.
• More beans and cereals that are rich in protein. In order to get enough proteins but reduce meat consumption, some of the leaders of functional nutrition movement recommend including more beans and cereals in the diet.
• Probiotics and Kombucha. Products that improve digestion (gluten and lactose-free, and containing probiotics) are also highly popular today. One of the biggest healthy trends in 2019 is Kombucha – an organic drink that contains natural probiotics. Today, nutritionists recommend drinking Kombucha every day instead of fresh juices (especially instead of the fruit mixes that contain lots of sugar). B-Tea Kombucha is one of the best products in this niche, it is absolutely organic and raw, doesn’t contain sugars, is low in calories, and has numerous benefits for your health!

Join these trends in 2019 and stay healthy!