Today’s Solutions: March 28, 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.

Study: Alzheimer’s and Parki

Study: Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s begin with inflammation in your gut

Another study links gut health to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Inflammation in the gut ultimately causes inflammation in the brain. Keeping your colon healthy is a vital investment in your Read More...

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Eating less junk food makes you healthier… and saves the environment

More about food and health: It doesn’t serve your health when you consume foods and drinks that don’t provide nutrients to your body. You know. What you may not know is that, according to new research, junk food contributes between 33 and 39 percent of the food-related use of water, land, Read More...

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The world doesn't need GMOs to feed Earth's growing population, report says

This is not the first report that debunks the claim of GMO companies like Monsanto that claim that only industrial agriculture can feed the Earth’s swelling population. But this is a message that needs to be repeated again and again: There are healthy and environmentally friendly ways to feed the Read More...

Study: People can quickly over

Study: People can quickly overcome stress and anxiety with neurofeedback

Just one or two neurofeedback sessions can change the activity in the brain and help people overcome fear, stress, and anxiety. In this test, people were able to quiet the activity that occurred in the amygdala (the brain region that deals with processing fear and similar emotions) after receiving Read More...

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Biochar improves crop growth and climate

The use of biochar in agriculture improves soil fertility, especially in tropical regions, and mitigates greenhouse gas emissions. A project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF studied the positive impact of the "fertiliser of the future" on ecosystems and nutrient cycles. In agriculture and in Read More...

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This New York restaurant takes a risk on meat alternatives

George Tenedios, the owner of Fresh&Co, a small New York chain of fast-casual restaurants, is constantly on the hunt for new ingredients. He’s experimented with all sorts of odd meat substitutes, from homemade tempeh to Silicon Valley darling Beyond Meat. But even he was stumped by a Read More...

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Fast food chains could soon offer veggie burgers that are indistinguishable from beef

McDonalds doesn't sell veggie burgers because people don't buy them. That might have something to do with the fact that most pre-made veggie burgers taste vaguely like cardboard. But now that startups like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods are coming out with plant-based burgers that Read More...

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Help for children's mental health, from apps to parenting classes

Figures show that about a quarter of a million under-18s in England are receiving help from NHS mental health services. It is the first time this data has been recorded and it follows a reports that mental illness is soaring among women aged 16-24. Children’s services are struggling to cope Read More...

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Why the sustainable food movement is unstoppable: it's the philosophy!

Fresh organic 'Heirloom' garlic from New Roots Farm in Newmarket NH, at the Portsmouth, NH farmer's market. Photo: ilovebutter via Flickr (CC BY). More articles about Good nutrition begins in healthy soils Corporate capture: Big Conservation must break out of its Stockholm syndrome Can markets in Read More...

How mini-farms can yield food

How mini-farms can yield food security

Monday, October 3, 2016 - 12:30amThis article originally appeared on Ensia. Her face shaded by a wide-brimmed straw hat, Olawumi Benedict is cheerfully tending to her "little babies" — kale seedlings growing in shallow wooden flats until they’re hardy enough for transplantation into Read More...