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.
This is the best natural painkiller plant that you can find in your backyard!
Regardless of its causes, physical pain can be excruciating sometimes. Most of us rely on painkillers for a quick relief from acute or chronic pain. What we should have in mind, however, is that the commonly used over-the-counter pain medications can have very serious side Read More...
Saunas deliver many health benefits beyond relaxation
When it comes to saunas, Finland is the holy land. The Fins go for a sauna several times a week, and many people have them in their homes. Beyond the relaxing feelings that saunas give, research shows that using them on a frequent basis can cut your risk of stroke by 60 percent. The study isn’t Read More...
This app delivers leftover food to the hungry, instead of to the trash
Jasmine Crowe had been hosting formal pop-up dinners for the homeless in Atlanta for about two and a half years when a video about her efforts went viral in January 2016. The most common question among viewers surprised her. “Which restaurants donated the food?” she says they asked. “And the Read More...
Why you should do some Japanese ‘forest bathing’
In Japan, people practice something called forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku. Shinrin in Japanese means “forest,” and yoku means “bath.” So shinrin-yoku means bathing in the forest atmosphere, or taking in the forest through your senses. This is not exercise, or hiking, or jogging. It is Read More...
Why farm-raised kids are healthier than kids raised in the city
The hygiene hypothesis, as it’s called, says that our immune system needs to spar with relatively harmless germs and foreign substances in its earliest years so it can calibrate itself. Or in other words, growing up in a “dirtier” environment such as a farm actually boosts our immune system Read More...
Intermittent fasting may have 'profound health benefits'
Intermittent fasting has been gaining popularity among people looking to shed extra kilograms and maintain a healthy weight. Researchers argue that this type of diet may also slow down aging and Read More...
The key to staying healthy is a well-functioning intestinal flora
The bacteria within our bodies is wildly complex, but what we do know for sure is that your intestinal flora is incredibly important for your health. In a nutshell, intestinal flora is the bacteria and microorganisms that exist naturally in the intestine. When your intestinal flora function Read More...
Music may help restore cognitive functions in dementia patients
Plato said music "gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and life to everything." Two and a half millennia later, a study by researchers at the University of Utah is suggesting that music-based treatments may indeed provide significant help in Read More...
Harvard scientists say doing this can lower your blood pressure
You know that fight-or-flight feeling: tense muscles, pounding heart, rapid breathing and sky-high blood pressure. We're a nation of stressed-out workers tackling too many tasks, and an endless supply of office scenarios can trigger that Read More...
Natural antibiotics can help us beat drug-resistant viruses
Superbugs is the name given to the strains of bacteria that are nowadays resistant or immune to most of the antibiotics. They can fight back the effects of the antibiotics, making their use equal to useless. However, there is a solution: natural antibiotics. Take a look here to see everything you Read More...