Health
Finding good health news amidst a pandemic can be quite daunting. That’s not the case with The Optimist Daily, where positive news is in high supply. Our Health section covers the latest good news from the health sector, featuring solutions ranging from mental and physical health to immunity, nutrition, and cutting edge medical research.
Fiber is the ultimate superfood. Here’s how to add more of it to your diet
This week we’re talking a lot about food, and for good reason: an overwhelming number of health conditions these days are linked to poor diets that lack diversity and good nutrition. One of the main things that people are missing in the fiber, which is the closest thing we have to a true Read More...
How diversifying the foods we will eat is a must if we want to spare the planet
Why would a wildlife conservation organization be involved in a campaign to push people to diversify their diets? As it turns out, the way we humans eat is very much linked to preserving wildlife — and many other issues. This was the topic at a recent conference in Paris where the World Wildlife Read More...
Could a high-tech toilet help save people from heart failure?
It may sound extremely odd, but in the future, your toilet could help save your life. At least, that could be the case if a team of researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology get their way. They have created a “toilet seat-based monitoring system” that could help hospitals monitor Read More...
Add these metabolism-boosting foods to your diet to lose weight more easily
While good fitness can help cue your body to burn fats and lose weights, eating the right foods can get your body to do the same. Take seaweed, for example. This salad of the sea is rich in iodine, which is the master nutrient of our thyroid gland, which plays a central role in our metabolism. Read More...
Including nuts in your daily diet can do wonders for your brain health
Yesterday we wrote about nuts, and how feeding them to your children when they're above 6 months of age can help them avoid lifelong allergies to nuts. Making sure they avoid nut allergies is pretty important, especially after new research found that including nuts within our diets could be key to Read More...
Want to look a bit younger? Try adding these foods to your diet
There’s no magical pill you can take to keep yourself from aging, but there are some foods you can eat that will delay the aging process. These foods are typically full of powerful antioxidants that keep your skin healthy and your body young at the cellular level. Take coconut oil, for Read More...
The amount of people dying from heart attacks sharply declined since 1995
In the 1990s, having a heart attack was basically a death sentence for some 20 percent of the people who suffered one. By 2014, that number fell to just 12 percent. So what led to these significant declines in fatality rates for heart-attack patients? Much of it has to do with a concerted effort on Read More...
Feeding your baby peanuts early on may help prevent lifelong allergies
Parents, listen up! For years, doctors thought that delaying the age at which kids first eat common allergens like peanuts, eggs, and milk could help them avoid allergies later in life. According to new guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), it’s the other way around; introducing Read More...
Cut down on food waste with this useful app
Did you know that 40 percent of food sold in the United States for human consumption never gets eaten? This translates to $218 billion lost, which includes the cost of food wasted on the consumer and retail levels, wasted water, energy, fertilizers, cropland and production costs. It works out to a Read More...
Napping could reduce your risks of suffering from cardiovascular disease
It’s commonly known among sleep enthusiasts that napping during the day can restore alertness, enhance performance, and boost your overall mood. More recently, a new study has found that midday naps are good for more than just that. Researchers found that people who nap during the day are more Read More...