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.
Those pigs in Westminster: inside London's most central urban farm
If you stand on a planter made from old potato boxes in London’s most central city farm, you can see the flag flying from the Houses of Parliament. As a military helicopter rumbles overhead, two lambs caper around the yard. A pregnant sow snores in the shade. The animals seem remarkably blase Read More...
Organic food fights back against 'non-gmo' rival
I did a little experiment the other day. I stood outside a Whole Foods Market in Washington, DC, with two cartons of large brown eggs. One carton had the words "Non-GMO Project Verified" on it, with a little orange butterfly. It also said cage-free. The other carton had a different label; a green Read More...
Coming soon to a doctor’s office near you: Prescriptions for vegetables
Eating well can help prevent chronic conditions including heart disease, diabetes and obesity. So why aren’t more doctors prescribing broccoli and flaxseed? Despite the wealth of research linking nutritious diets to disease prevention, the importance of food receives little attention in most Read More...
Italy adopts new law to slash food waste
Italy has passed into law a raft of new measures to try to reduce the mountain of food wasted in the country each year. The bill - backed by 181 Senators, with two against and 16 abstaining - aims to cut waste one million tonnes from the estimated five million it wastes each year. It has been Read More...
Canna-butter, astro eggs and other costly superfood trends
Farmers are turning to moon almanacs to breed healthier chickens Cannabis is being infused into coconut oil, teas, canna-butter You're down with acai, take echinacea on the reg, and consider coconut oil a mainstay in your home. But a new class of high-powered superfoods is pushing the envelope even Read More...
The sleep routine for every type of child, according to ayurveda
Is your child naturally quick or slow? Laid back or competitive? Intuitive or methodical? When it comes to children, you can't change their essential nature—but as a parent, you can learn how to understand them better and help them grow to their full potential. In Ayurveda, a traditional Read More...
Yoga, meditation are among the non-medicinal ways doctors may treat kids' anxiety
This article originally appeared on Medical Daily. Anxiety disorders plague more than one in four adolescents from the ages of 13 to 18, and many of them are treated with antidepressants and other medications to try and help them live a relatively healthy childhood. But a team of researchers Read More...
Patience is the secret to wealth and health, economists suggest in a new study
They say patience is a virtue; it’s probably also a blessing. How much would you accept in a year’s time instead of $100 today? Let’s hope, for your sake, you picked a sum not too much greater. More patient people grow richer and healthier than their more impetuous peers, Read More...
Turn nutrition labels into data visualizations you can use to make better food decisions
Only about half of Americans read nutrition labels on food, and even fewer say they fully understand them—or what unpronounceable ingredients like "polydimethylsiloxane" actually mean. A new food data platform attempts to make things clearer, using bright visualizations that explain what you're Read More...
A food truck is delivering donated produce to California farm workers
On an April afternoon in California’s lush Salinas Valley, a group of crop-pickers watched as a small, refrigerated truck approached their field. The truck parked, and out hopped six people. The workers looked on in shock as the team of mystery benefactors handed them bag after bag of fresh, Read More...