Sarah’s Favorite Things 2025 | Healthy Home Economist

The ninth annual version of Sarah’s Favorite Things. New wellness concepts for 2025 for healthy dwelling, a greener house, and presents for family and friends.

My annual checklist of “Sarah’s Favorite Things” has formally turn into a convention on the Healthy Home Economist!

I steadily put this submit collectively all yr lengthy as I come throughout new and ingenious wellness merchandise which are wonderful high quality, reasonably priced, planet-friendly, and wellness-enhancing.

I hope you get pleasure from looking and get some good concepts for your loved ones’s wellness journey and the upcoming gift-giving season.

Need extra concepts? Check out my Favorite Things lists from earlier years for dozens extra evergreen merchandise I nonetheless love and use!

Safe, Nontoxic Lipstick

I ended carrying lipstick years in the past as a result of I actually couldn’t discover a single model that was utterly unhazardous.

This yr, Araza Beauty launched a line of coconut lip colour (10 shades) that I really feel protected carrying!

The substances are:

• Organic Castor Oil
• Beeswax
• Organic Coconut Oil
• Castor Wax
• Stevia Rebaudiana (Stevia) Extract
• Eugenia Stipitata (Araza Fruit) Extract*
• Non-nano mineral oxides (colour)
• Tocopherol (Vitamin E)

I additionally advocate Araza’s non-nano, coconut cream make-up which made final yr’s Favorite Things checklist!

Whole Food Zinc and Vitamin C Combo

Perfect Supplement’s new ZinCerola complement combines entire food zinc (from guava leaves) and Vitamin C (acerola cherries) for a one-two punch to spice up immunity naturally.

Just as essential, the quantity of zinc (11 mg) and Vitamin C (90 mg) per serving is within the good vary that you’d get naturally from nutrient-dense meals (not like artificial variations that compensate for lack of bioavailability with excessively high dosages).

I haven’t discovered the same product in the marketplace that comes near the standard of this one.

Micro-Hydroxyapatite (non-nano) Toothpaste

This new line of toothpaste from my good associates Will and Susan at Orawellness is one of the best I’ve come throughout.

It helps remineralize enamel with non-nano hydroxyapatite and is available in two flavors…orange vanilla and cinnamon mint.

I like to recommend giving it a attempt!

Bath Filter

I used to be delighted to come back throughout this new tub filter mannequin that could be a important improve from earlier fashions.

Tested to NSF requirements, the filter accommodates 3 kinds of filtering media to assist eradicate not solely chlorine, but in addition chloramines, dangerous microbes, odorous hydrogen sulfide, iron, and extra.

If you don’t have an entire home filter, a shower filter is a should for a protected bathing expertise.

Health and Wellness Gift Subscription

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Sourdough Cranberry Bread

This new natural sourdough cranberry bread from my favourite household bakery is sugar-free too (sweetened with date syrup). 😋

This genuine sourdough candy loaf is a healthy dish to share or when internet hosting the Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner.

It will please each sort of palate at your desk.

Organic Cotton Undergarments

More and extra analysis is popping out that artificial clothes enormously impacts our health in detrimental methods.

The finest place to start for resolving this wardrobe downside is by carrying solely 100% natural cotton undergarments.

And reviewing many corporations providing this sort of product, Cottonique was my alternative for one of the best choice and worth.

Healthy Lighting

Making the proper alternative of lightbulbs for illuminating our house is without doubt one of the most essential, and but typically ignored, choices every of us make. It impacts our circadian rhythm, sleep high quality, eye health, mitochondrial health and extra.

With incandescents fortunately out there once more, I like to recommend Healthy Lighting as one of the best I’ve come throughout as a one-stop supply for the total spectrum illumination wants in your house.

Best Multi-Strain Probiotic

It’s actually arduous to discover a probiotic that features the varied varieties wanted for intestine restoration and ongoing maintenence.

This yr, the AzureWell Next Step Advanced Probiotic got here out, and it’s the best possible multi-strain probiotic I’ve seen in years (there was others, however they sadly went to the Dark Side after an organization buyout).

Raw Cheeses

Can’t discover a high quality line of uncooked cheeses the place you reside?

I like to recommend having a look on the Petaluma Gold, grassfed raw cheeses (over a dozen choices to select from), which can be found by way of Azure Standard co-op, with a whole lot of supply factors throughout North America.

New York Natto

With natto the very best food type of Vitamin K2, it is very important have an authentic, organic natto brand to purchase if you happen to don’t make it your self (recipe right here if you happen to’d prefer to attempt!)

New York Natto is one of the best I’ve tried and the model I fall again on once we run out of my do-it-yourself natto. I personally eat 1-2 tablespoons of natto day-after-day (together with 1/2 tsp grassfed ghee) for my Vitamin K2 wants.

Safe Air Fryer

One of my children actually wished to purchase an air fryer this yr, so I helped him discover a protected model that may not leach toxins into the food.

This stainless steel air fryer is the one he selected that’s working nice! Making tallow air fryer french fries is a favourite dish to go along with grassfed burgers on the grill 🙂

Nut Butter Graham Sandwiches (gluten-free)

These organic, gluten-free graham cracker nut butter sandwiches (out there in sunflower seed or peanut butter) are a high snack that I select when touring.

Tasting and filling, they’ll preserve your tummy blissful to simply keep away from the numerous poisonous snack choices whereas on the street till you will get to your vacation spot for a Real Food meal.

A fantastic possibility for lunchboxes too.

Organic Chocolate Syrup

My husband actually enjoys a drizzle of chocolate syrup on his do-it-yourself ice cream.

While I don’t use it myself, this brand of organic chocolate syrup is one of the best I’ve come throughout.

With solely 5 substances (natural dates, natural cocoa, filtered water, vanilla, and sea salt), that is one of the best model in the marketplace by far. It’s even authorized for these on the total GAPS Diet (not Intro).

Solar Infrared Sensor Alarm (13 completely different sounds)

This solar-powered, motion activated light and noise alarm has labored rather well for me this yr conserving predators away from my rooster coop and free-range run. I haven’t seen a bobcat, fox, raccoon, or coyote since I put in them!

It would additionally work properly for conserving deer away from a yard backyard and doubtless many different makes use of I haven’t considered!

There is a sound rotator possibility too so the animals don’t get used to 1 particular noise, lowering effectiveness over time.

Magnesium Chloride Powder

This 1 or 2 pound bag of magnesium chloride powder is a really cheap strategy to reap the advantages of magnesium therapeutically.

I exploit it on this DIY magnesium lotion (and spray), however it can be used within the tub as a substitute of the costlier flakes if you happen to discover magnesium chloride works higher for you than Epsom salts.