The best items to support you through New Year resolutions and Dry January

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January 2023 may have arrived amid promises to ditch the booze and renewed intentions to take better care of your bod.

For a bit of at-home pampering, having massage bars to hand may help ease the tensions built up by curling up on the sofa, or working out at the gym (of course).

And if you really want to push the boat out, perhaps a full spa treatment to knead out those knots is exactly what the doctor ordered?

We’ve also rounded up items that could help boost your energy, and that are alternative choices for chocoholics as well as those who miss a bit of fizz.

Lush massage bars and bath cubes

If you’re pushing yourself at the gym then feeling the twang the next day, Lush has you covered with its first foray into the world of fitness.

Give those sore muscles some TLC with one of its magnesium-packed massage bars or its ingenious Epsom salt cubes, which put an end to not quite knowing how much to pour in the bath.

Buy salt cubes for £5 and massage bars for £8 from Lush

Wild Nutrition Energy Support

Wild Nutrition’s new energy support supplement improves energy levels throughout the day, supporting the nervous system and boosting immunity. It’s packed with ‘food-grown’ vitamins, minerals and herbal extracts, such as vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12 and folate. There’s also pantothenic acid to reduce tiredness, as well as zinc and vitamin C.

Buy 60 capsules for £25 from Wild Nutrition

Detox And Glow treatment at Bamford Spas

Boost your immunity with the Detox And Glow therapy at Bamford Spas until the end of February. Enjoy a dry body brushing followed by a tension-relieving back massage, an abdominal massage to boost gut health and digestion, plus an express resurfacing facial.

Book for £130 from Bamford Spas

FibreOne chocolate fudge brownie bars

If you find yourself craving something sweet this January after a month of indulgence, you’re not alone. Some good news – Fibre One’s chocolate brownie bars are low in calories and sugar (compared with regular brownies) but because they’re much higher in 
fibre, they fill you up for longer, too.

Buy for £1.50 from Sainsbury’s

Whole Earth drizzler peanut butter

Upping your plant-based protein this month? Try Whole Earth’s super-convenient ‘drizzler’ bottle of squeezable super-smooth peanut butter on your porridge, in a shake or on apple or oat cakes for a healthy snack. Perfect for life on the go. 
Sticky spoons be gone.

Buy for £3.30 from Tesco

Saicho sparking tea

Off the sauce but missing that cheeky beverage to mark the end of the day? Saicho sparkling teas are steeped at low temperatures to bring out their flavour. They’re dubbed ‘an alternative to champagne or prosecco’. Served chilled in a flute whenever January demands it.

Buy three for £14.99 from Saicho

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