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.
To lower your risk of heart disease, make these foods a part of your diet
With state-sponsored food guidelines seemingly changing all the time and food trends coming and going, it can be challenging to know what foods we should really be eating in order to stay healthy. Should we have a low fat diet or a high fat diet? Should we put oils on our food or avoid them all Read More...
From Syria to Kansas: How smuggled seeds could revitalize wheat in America
As temperatures rise, pests and diseases are moving north into the US heartland, killing crops and diminishing yields. To combat this, researchers are turning to a wild grass variety whose seeds were smuggled out of Syria as the bombs fell. Take a look here at the incredible journey these seeds Read More...
A new theory linking sleep and creativity
The two main phases of sleep might work together to boost creative Read More...
This new study shows why you should avoid taking unnecessary antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance isn’t the only reason why you shouldn't take unnecessary antibiotics. A recent study found that taking any five types of oral antibiotics was associated with a significantly higher risk of developing kidney stones—mineral and salt deposits that form in the kidney and must Read More...
Black gold: can homegrown caviar catch on?
Can caviar from North Carolina stand up to the cheaper Chinese product? A local farm tries to get Americans to Read More...
Broccoli is the only vegetable you actually need to eat, according to a doctor
The next time you go to make a green smoothie, you can put down the spinach and other vegetables and pick up something a little different instead. According to Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, the author of "The Four Pillar Plan", there is only one vegetable people really need to eat — Read More...
Should we sleep and wake early to boost our health?
When a recent study looked at health differences between late and early risers, it appeared to make grim reading for night owls. Increased risk of early death, psychological disorders, and respiratory illness were the stark findings from the paper, which backed up other research suggesting Read More...
Seaweed diet reveals potential for precision manipulation of gut bacteria
Seaweed-eating gut bacteria could be the first step towards a future of new precision medicine where diet can turn on or off different engineered parts of our microbiome. And seaweed has much more to offer. See Read More...
Scientists invented a portable 3D printer that prints skin
Scientists have developed a new device that could potentially be used to print new skin directly onto a patient in the future. The device looks a bit like a dispenser for packing tape—but instead of tape, it lays down thin, squishy strips of 3D-printed skin that forms tissue right above the Read More...
Does Parkinson’s begin in the gut?
A growing body of evidence links the neurodegenerative disease to the gastrointestinal tract, opening new possibilities for Read More...