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.
Possibility: Drones for peace
From The Intelligent Optimist Summer 2016 Imagine for a moment that a child is critically ill in a small village weeks away from any hospital. With no quick means of transportation, the child’s worried doctor picks up the phone or sends a text and, in a matter of hours, the much-needed medical Read More...
Possibility: Mars is rising—in nutrition efforts
From The Intelligent Optimist Summer 2016 The Mars food company will begin telling its customers which of its foods are healthy enough to eat every day, and which should be eaten only occasionally. Healthy eating sounds simple, but it can be tough—and time-consuming—for the health-conscious Read More...
The fight for GMO Labeling
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Summer 2016 Are GMOs safe? The debate rages on as anti-GMO activists push the United States to join more than five dozens countries around the world in ordering mandatory food package labeling. By Mary MacVean Supermarket shopping can be a dizzying Read More...
Can a plant heal cancer patients?
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Summer 2016 The research of Mirko Beljanski, the “father of environmental medicine,” is getting the respect it deserves, 18 years after his death. By Janet Rae-Dupree When French officials order troops from the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group, or Read More...
Possibility: Digesticide
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Fall/Winter 2016 Glyphosate is a ubiquitous weed-killer in modern industrial agriculture and may also be the “secret ingredient” in the current epidemic of chronic disease. You may not have heard of glyphosate, but you’ve definitely tasted it. Sold by Read More...
Nature's air filter
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Fall/Winter 2016 Air pollution is responsible for roughly 7 million deaths worldwide every year. Air-borne pollutants also cause heart disease, stroke, skin diseases, reduced fertility and miscarriage, and cancer. There’s a solution: Plants that clean the Read More...
Nature's air filter
From The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Fall/Winter 2016 Air pollution is responsible for roughly 7 million deaths worldwide every year. Air-borne pollutants also cause heart disease, stroke, skin diseases, reduced fertility and miscarriage, and cancer. There’s a solution: Plants that clean the Read More...
The dehydration myth
From The Optimist Magazine Fall/Winter 2016 If you find yourself confused about whether to drink eight glasses of water a day or twenty, chances are you’re overthinking it. There’s a perfect system that tells you when you need to drink: It’s called thirst. By KARIN KLEIN Dehydration has Read More...
The single best type of exercise for your brain, according to scientists
Want an all-natural way to lift your mood, improve your memory, and protect your brain against age-related cognitive decline? Get moving. A wealth of recent research, including two new studies published this spring, suggests that any type of exercise that raises your heart rate and gets you Read More...
Saving leftovers
Possiblity From The Optimist Magazine Summer 2014 In 2011 Ben Simon, then a student at University of Maryland, noticed that his school was wasting massive amounts of food, with one dining hall throwing out between 100 and 200 pounds of leftovers every day. Simon started taking the leftover food to Read More...