Awesome Health

The therapeutic benefits of spending time in a sauna are well known. But most of us don’t have access to a sauna on a regular basis. The SweatTent is a collapsible, wood-fired sauna that sets up in just three minutes and helps you warm up your muscles and sweat out those toxins just about anywhere with intense, dry heat.

Work out all those kinks in your neck and shoulders with this complete neck pain treatment system. It sits on your shoulders and delivers a variety of rejuvenating therapies, including TENS, EMS, and AMP electrical stimulation, along with a deep massage. Save 46% off the MSRP in The Awesomer Shop.

When it comes to watching our diet, counting calories is one of the most common methods of tracking food intake. AsapSCIENCE explains how the nutritional composition of foods, our individual metabolisms, genetics, and microbiomes affect how we process food, impacting our health far more than calories alone.

Ever since we got a standing desk, our back, neck, and overall body feel better. But our feet could use a massage at the end of the day. The Acu-Ball works out those sore feet with a vibrating massage and dozens of pressure points to stimulate blood flow, plus it goes anywhere. Save 40% off the MSRP in The Awesomer Shop.

Forget cheap drugstore first aid kits. Be prepared for anything with this military-grade pack, which comes packed with useful emergency medical items, from bandages and splints to a stethoscope, scalpel, blood pressure cuff, burn dressings, and much more.

Improve your eating habits and health with Dietmaster’s meal planning app. mDiet provides access to numerous meal plans and grocery lists created by professional nutritionists and clinical experts. It can also track your caloric intake, progress against goals, and more. Grab a deal on a 5-year subscription in The Awesomer Shop.

Power Plate Pulse is a deep-tissue massage gun that packs a punch. With six vibration intensity levels, a 6-hour battery life, and six attachments, it optimizes muscle prep, stimulates blood flow, speeds recovery, and reduces germs with an antimicrobial coating. It’s lighter than its predecessor and quieter than most.

This mid-sized pack comes loaded with dozens of useful first-aid supplies which can help save lives in the right hands. The kit includes bandages, ointments, splints, wraps, medication, gloves, shears, a digital thermometer, a survival blanket, and many more useful emergency items. Full list here. LifeStraw shown, but not included.

Warm up your muscles, work out their kinks, and stimulate blood flow with this thermal percussive massager. It includes eight massage heads to target different areas. It has cold and hot massage heads, microcurrent pads, a copper head, and an extension wand for hard-to-reach spots. Save 28% in The Awesomer Shop.

Feeling good without feeling tipsy is the aim of alcohol-free Three Spirit. Nightcap, Livener, and Social Elixir botanical drinks are designed to reduce stress, improve mood, and make imbibers feel more social. Ingredients like cacao, turmeric, ginger, black pepper, and green tea come from plants used in remedies for centuries.

Kurzgesagt provides a layperson’s explanation of human immunity, the amazing and complex system that helps keep us alive – and sometimes needs a little help to build a memory against disease. Be sure to check out Kursgesagt’s new book Immune for more on the topic, and keep your eyes peeled for episode 2.

The easy-to-use Dash Compact Cold-Press Power Juicer makes great juices without taking up a ton of space. Just feed fruit into the chute, and it separates pulp from juice to retain nutrients while oxidizing ingredients more slowly than regular juicers, so drinks (including fresh almond and cashew milk!) stay fresh longer.

Next time you get a cut and slap a bandage on it, remember this factory video in appreciation of all the engineering and operational complexity that goes into producing that little thing you stuck on your skin. There’s something incredibly satisfying about watching all of those roller machines running.

Whether you’re an athlete or just spend lots of time standing, your legs are bound to be sore at the end of the day. This therapeutic leg massager system uses a combination of air compression and heat to help relieve pain, increase blood flow, and decrease inflammation in your thighs, calves, and feet.

Few things in life are worse than suffering from severe pain. But as this clip from TED-Ed points out, our sense of pain can act in some truly mysterious ways, sometimes even triggering solely from thinking that we’ve been injured.

Those of us who suffer from migraines and other headaches are willing to try just about anything when the pain kicks in. The makers of the Zōk say their device provides relief by stimulating the tympanic membrane and various nerves, quickly relieving pressure and tension. Save 42% in The Awesomer Shop.

Wearing a face mask with eyeglasses can be a pain. They rarely sit properly, and their lenses often fog up. Oakley’s spendy but innovative mask solves these problems with an eyewear channel, and a form-fitting silicone outer gasket for a tight seal. The mask takes replaceable filters, including N95 and dust/particle versions.

An essential part of weight loss and healthy living is portion control. The wooden IGGI bowl helps you manage portion sizes in two ways: by tricking your brain into thinking there’s more food in the bowl than there is, and by dividing up items into well-balanced portions. It’s designed to make meals between 400 and 600 calories.

Ear wax is gross. And trying to clean it with cotton swabs generally pushes it further in. The SPADE ear cleaning tool scoops out the nasty stuff, and has a tiny camera and LED lights at its tip so you can safely guide it into your ear with a view on your smartphone. Save an extra $13 at checkout with code CLEAN13.

TheCrafsMan SteadyCraftin is known as much for his soothing voice as he is for his crafting skills. He also posted a short video to help you manage your anxiety through a simple and methodical breathing technique. Memorize and use it any time you’re feeling stressed. (Thanks Rob!)

Even if you have a serious sweet tooth, you can’t really subsist on sugar. What If explores what might happen to your body and mind if you tried to survive for a month, dining entirely on sugar. While sugar provides energy, the lack of protein and other nutritional essentials would almost certainly do you in.

If you think that hangnail you got pulling off your socks hurt, The Infographics Show is here to remind us of some of the more painful sensations that humans can endure. The thought that the worse the burn, the less it hurts gives us no comfort.

You would think swallowing a wooden toothpick by accident might be uncomfortable. As Brew explains, that sliver of sharpened wood can be far more devastating to your body than you might have thought. At best, it can cause chronic pain, and at worst, you’re looking at a blood infection and organ damage.