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.
Japanese vegetable factory can produce 30,000 heads of lettuce in a single day
We’ve talked a lot lately about urban agriculture in The Optimist Daily, from rooftop gardens in New York to London’s subterranean urban farm inside a World War II bomb shelter. Now Japan is kicking it up a notch with a new state-of-the-art urban farm, set to open in 2017. The farm will be Read More...
Here’s how we can cut food waste in half by 2030
A third of the food produced in the United States is never consumed; that’s about 133 billion pounds, while at least 49 million Americans are food insecure. On September 16th, 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture(USDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Read More...
In defense of homeopathy
Homeopathy is here to stay. Despite relentless criticism from skeptics and fundamentalists, homeopathy has withstood the test of time."...and this little piggy cried, woo woo woo, all the way home." Since its inception over 200 years ago, homeopathy has been the target of almost constant antipathy Read More...
Battling obesity in the classroom with exercise
There's another burst of seat-bouncing, giggling and shouting in researcher Rebecca Hasson's simulated classroom at the University of Michigan as Hasson catches study participant Marcus Patton cheating at Sorry! Marcus isn't having it. "How do you call that cheating?" demands Patton, an 11-year-old Read More...
7 healthy hacks to beat sugar cravings
As a holistic nutritionist with cravings just like everyone else, I’ve developed an arsenal of tactics to conquer them. Controlling stress levels, getting seven to nine hours of quality uninterrupted sleep, burst training or even walking, and getting the right nutrients all do wonders to Read More...
Taco Bell now offers an AVA certified vegetarian and vegan menu
The Vegetarian Times Study reported that 7.3 million Americans are vegetarian and an additional 22.8 million Americans follow a vegetarian inclined diet.(1) The vegetarian diet has been continually growing in popularity.Vegetarians have a lower risk of developing heart disease, colorectal, ovarian Read More...
Students grow 800-year-old squash thought to be extinct
Students recently revived an ancient species of squash thought to be extinct. Using well-preserved 800-year-old seeds, students have successfully grown one squash in their school garden in Winnipeg, Canada. This will ensure that the species never goes extinct again. "This squash is representative Read More...
3 ways for improving sleep without medications
Sleeping problems are very common among humans, especially with the abundance of technology in today’s world. Natural circadian rhythms are based upon daytime and nighttime, as well as behavioral habits that signal when an organism should be awake or asleep. With the introduction of Read More...
US food industry backs government plan to aggressively cut food waste
In September, the US government announced the first ever national goal to reduce America’s food waste, giving an extra push to a movement on the part of big brands to cut down on waste. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – in Read More...
The healing power of regenerative organic agriculture
Featuring fresh takes and real-time analysis from HuffPost's signature lineup of contributors September 20, 2015 marked 25 years since my father, Robert Rodale, was killed in a car accident in Russia. If on that fateful day someone would have asked him what his legacy was to be, I know for a fact Read More...