2025 Holiday Wellness Gift Guide: A Functional Nutritionist's Favorite Health Gadget Gifts
November 28, 2025
Rhya Pachin MS, RDN, LDN, CLT

Already feeling overwhelmed... and the holiday season has just begun?

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You’re not alone. This time of year is busy, beautiful, and—let’s be honest—a little stressful on our bodies. So I put together a holiday wellness gift guide featuring my favorite health-supporting tools (and a few things on my own wish list!) to help you step into 2025 feeling clearer, calmer, and more connected to your body.


From red light therapy and hormone tracking to infrared sauna sessions, sleep wearables, and smarter at-home testing, these are the gadgets and apps I love for supporting long-term health, energy, and overall wellbeing.


Let’s get into my picks!

🌟 The Best Wellness Gadget Gifts for 2025 🌟

(According to a Functional Nutritionist)

Red Light Therapy Panels

Best for: Skin health, joint support, energy, recovery, and deeper tissue repair.


When exploring options for red light therapy devices, look for medical grade/FDA clearance for safety reasons, and a close second in importance is wavelength! Low EMF output is also a plus. The most effective devices will offer both a shorter wavelength range (630-660nm) for surface/skin rejuvenation as well as 810-850nm for deeper tissue regeneration and pain relief.


Also keep in mind you will pay for panel size, so opt for smaller if you mainly want for the face. The brands I’ve found that meet this criteria are JoovvEMR-Tek, and the BonCharge Mini (great price point if you want to target smaller areas).


Vibration Plate

Best for: Lymphatic flow, circulation, muscle toning, and low-impact workouts.


I haven’t purchased one yet, but I’m looking at LifePro, PowerPlate, and VibePlate. These brands are FDA approved as a Class 1 medical device, and offer a frequency range (10-50 Hz) to support lymphatic and blood circulation as well as muscle toning. (A higher frequency offers a more intense “workout”).


Sauna

Best for: Detox support, relaxation, inflammation reduction, and deep stress relief.


If you follow my stories, you’ll see me in my Sunlighten. This was a purchase I splurged on several years ago, and I don’t regret it one bit! I chose this brand because it contains zero glue or contaminants in the wood meaning no toxin off-gassing while my pores are wide open. I also like the range of wavelength settings (near, mid and far infrared) which support different uses. There is also now a portable sleeping bag style to accommodate more budgets and living situations!


Mira Hormone tracker

Best for: Women navigating fertility, cycle tracking, perimenopause, or hormone shifts.


Meet your at-home hormone lab. Mira tracks four key hormones—LH, E3G, PdG, and FSH—giving you insights into fertility windows, ovulation, and overall hormone patterns.


I love this tool for early stage perimenopause, when cycles start to shorten and ovulation to period feels like an irritable eternity! See when and how much progesterone is dropping, or how you’re responding to new therapies to support optimal hormone levels.


I do have a discount code for this one: 2CFN for 30% off!



Theia CGM

Best for: Blood sugar stability, metabolic health, performance tracking.


I’ve been using Theia because unlike other companies, you don’t have to commit to a nutrition plan subscription. You can purchase a CGM a la carte and optionally share data with a practitioner.


It’s incredibly helpful for:

  • spotting glucose trends
  • personalizing meals
  • improving energy
  • reducing inflammation
  • supporting long-term metabolic health


A great gift for anyone wanting deeper biofeedback without a long-term membership.


Oura Ring

Best for: Sleep optimization, stress tracking, recovery, and early health insights.


Oura tracks:

  • Activity levels and steps
  • Sleep stages + duration
  • HR + HRV
  • Temperature
  • Respiratory rate
  • Oxygen saturation
  • Early illness or hormonal shifts


This is an excellent wearable for clients wanting a deeper understanding of their stress, sleep, and recovery patterns.


WHOOP Band

Best for: Athletes or anyone focused on performance and recovery metrics.


Think of WHOOP as Oura’s sportier cousin. It measures:

  • Cardiovascular & muscular strain
  • Recovery capacity
  • Sleep
  • Stress trends
  • Healthspan data like biological age + age pace


Best for someone who loves numbers, training data, or structured performance improvement.


Hume Body Pod

Best for: Tracking body composition, muscle gain, fat loss, and long-term trends.


An upgrade from a typical scale, the Hume Body Pod uses 8 frequency sensors to measure:

  • Weight
  • Full body composition
  • Heart-health markers


While not as precise as DEXA or InBody scans, it’s a fantastic at-home tool for tracking trends and adjusting macros, workouts, and habits. A great gift for the person who loves data—or wants a more realistic way to measure progress than a scale number alone.


🎁 Who These Gifts Are Perfect For


✔ The health-minded friend who loves a good wellness tool
✔ A mom who wants to feel more supported in her body
✔ Someone navigating hormone shifts or burnout
✔ A partner who loves biohacking and tracking data
✔ Yourself (absolutely counts!)


Ready to feel supported going into the new year? If you’re craving personalized guidance with digestion, hormone balancing, nutrition, energy regulation, mood, or metabolism-now is the perfect time to start. ✨ Book a new client consult before the year is over!


Let’s make 2026 the year you feel your absolute best.

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Rhya Pachin is a licensed dietitian nutritionist who employs an "integrative" approach to support overall health rather than addressing just one symptom. As a certified LEAP therapist, she designs and supervises custom elimination diets. Her focus areas include gastrointestinal conditions like IBS and IBD, autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and Hashimoto's, persistent weight issues, food sensitivities, and chronic inflammatory conditions in both adults and children.

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