Today’s Solutions: March 29, 2024

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.

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Pregnancy causes lasting changes in a woman's brain

Growing a human being is no small feat—just ask any newly pregnant woman. Her hormones surge as her body undergoes a massive physical transformation, and the changes don’t end there. A study published Monday in Nature Neuroscience reveals that during pregnancy women undergo significant Read More...

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Raise your levels of the ‘sunshine vitamin’ and beat the blues

Being in the sun makes people happy. And that makes sense, according to science. The higher your vitamin D level is, the better you feel. Vitamin D not only helps build strong bones, promotes calcium absorption and reduces inflammation, new research adds to the vitamin’s myriad benefits: a Read More...

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Plant proteins, healthy fats and more 2017 food trends

If the food trends of 2016 could be summed up in three words, they would be: protein, paleo and local. What food trends will we be seeing in 2017? At the Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo in Boston in October, I was among more than 10,000 nutrition professionals who got an inside scoop on the Read More...

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Fighting food waste with second skin for fragile fruit made from… food waste

Fresh fruit and vegetables are healthy. Yet, the fresh produce is enormously expensive and wasteful. An estimated 40 percent of all fruits and vegetables grown in the U.S. ends up in the trash. What makes it to your local grocery store is often coated in layers of wax to keep it as fresh—or, Read More...

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Rooftop hydroponic systems produce cheaper, healthier greens than rural farms

Rooftop farming is a promising new trend to bring healthy and cheap food to urban areas. This type of farming all but removes soil from the equation, with each plant housed in plastic containers hovering above a tank, their stringy roots dangling into a circulating pool of nutrient-boosted tap Read More...

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After the vegan burger this fast food chain is conquering the U.S.

Vegan burgers are rising in the U.S. New York chefs are competing for the veggie burger that tastes as good—or even better—than the regular one. So, it makes sense that a vegan fast food chain is jumping on the healthy trend. Veggie Grill launched ten years ago, and it now has 28 locations on Read More...

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Nuts in your diet may help you live longer, study finds

We’re nuts for nuts. Why? Because just a small portion of nuts each day protects against health issues like heart disease, diabetes, and even cancer. A study published earlier this month confirmed this, finding that nuts have a wider-range of health benefits than previously thought. All it takes Read More...

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The meatless burger is conquering America through a high-tech battle

After many years of experimentation, two U.S companies produced the world’s first high-tech, meatless burgers. They were made to help America stop its meat-eating habits, and are said to look and taste like the real thing. The only issue is, how do you convince people to give up meat and start Read More...

Study: Exercise relieves work

Study: Exercise relieves work stress

Stress is bad for our health. And our jobs are one of the biggest sources of stress. A new study suggests that exercise may be an effective way to ease the health problems related to work Read More...

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This refugee-run store is replenishing a "food desert" with healthy food

The term “food desert” is used today to describe low-income areas without access to nutritious foods. Erie, Pennsylvania was one of those places until a refugee from Nepal came to the city and opened a supermarket that sells affordable foods from all around the world. His store is not only Read More...