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.
Uber launches global assault on food delivery market
In a measure of rising ambition beyond its taxi business, Uber will begin delivering meals in Amsterdam on Thursday just as Dutch market leader Takeaway.com begins trading on the city's stock market. And according to current job listings on Uber and other recruiting sites - for about 150 Read More...
This Stanford created monster teaches your kids that effort matters more than IQ
Mojo is a monster with a problem. He used to like school, but then math got hard, and Mojo decided he was not smart enough. School became less fun, and Mojo wanted to make a run for it. But he didn’t, because Mojo was designed by Class Dojo, a Silicon Valley edtech start up, and a team of Read More...
“Food companies should shift from meat to plants to support environment and health”
A group of 40 investors managing $1.25 trillion in assets have launched a campaign to encourage 16 global food companies to change the way they source protein for their products to help to reduce environmental and health risks. The investors wrote to the food companies urging them to respond to the Read More...
The fast food industry is discovering… vegetables
The hottest trend in the fast-food industry, believe it or not, is vegetables. We’re not talking iceberg lettuce or tired tomatoes, but actually healthy vegetables. From McDonald’s to Panera, fast-food restaurants are finding that people want healthier options, and by adding vegetables, Read More...
In praise of the humble fruit fly
In a series of rooms in the Fly Facility of the Department of Genetics at Cambridge University, around 5m fruit flies are kept in test tubes at any given time. They’re stored at different temperatures to determine varying lengths of life cycle – at 25C, it’s about 10 days; at Read More...
A new study suggests that entitlement leads to chronic disappointment
Spoiling children doesn’t help them. It leads to exaggerated feelings of deservingness and superiority. Such entitlement may lead to chronic disappointment, and can throw people into a “perpetual loop of distress,” according to a new study. People with high levels of entitlement consistently Read More...
Eliminate laws that cause healthy food to go to waste
Multiple policies could be implemented to address food waste and its impacts on the environment, food security, and our climate. In particular, we should eliminate laws that cause healthy food to go to waste, incentivize food donation and, when needed, enact penalties for senseless food waste. Read More...
People who don’t like aging are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s
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Simple steps by consumers can curb food waste
Dana Gunders, the leading expert on food waste at the Natural Resources Defense Council, is the author of "Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook: A Guide to Eating Well and Saving Money by Wasting Less Food." The next time you toss out a burger, imagine taking a 90-minute shower. That’s how much water Read More...
Investigating the power of turmeric to boost your health
More and more research shows the power of turmeric, the curry spice in Indian food, to fight inflammation. Inflammation lies at the root of all degenerative diseases from cancer and heart disease to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. The BBC investigated the health claims and discovered that adding Read More...