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.
Hypnosis is not a scary practice but an effective treatment for various symptoms
Many people consider hypnosis a scary practice that puts you under the hypnotist’s control or makes you unaware of what’s happening around you. But that's not what it is. In fact, hypnosis is a state of hyperfocus in which you are aware and in control and that allows you to carefully cope Read More...
Five yoga strategies to stress less
Yoga's mind-body approach can be effective at reducing stress When you notice yourself reacting to a stressor, try yoga breathing or mindfulness (CNN)After dealing with months of stress-inducing election drama, many of us are feeling understandably tense and anxious -- myself included. That's why Read More...
Taco Bell makes it easy to eat plant-based with new vegan-friendly guide
In case you haven’t heard, there is a growing movement happening in the world of food. People are looking to cut out milk and cheese from their everyday lives, and reduce their overall meat consumption. For some, this means going meatless on Mondays. Others are opting for dairy-free milk Read More...
Amid climate change, small-scale farmers find merit in traditional techniques
She has found ways of adapting such as collecting and storing rainfall underground, and using mulch to lock moisture in the soil, which have kept her family comfortable despite living in southern Zimbabwe's Masvingo province, one of the country's driest regions. Techniques like hers can feed the Read More...
2 billion children need clean, renewable energy now
In the dire climate change scenarios, millions of people may die in decades to come. But here’s a major reason to implement clean energy now: According to a new report from Unicef two billion children—more than a quarter of the world's population—are exposed to air pollution at levels the Read More...
What it's like to meditate with Deepak Chopra
I’m not one for meditating. It’s not that I don’t believe in the virtues and benefits of the practice, but my mind tends to wander and instead of coming out of a session feeling zen, I instead emerge worried about my next deadline or the mysterious cough my 4-year-old daughter might have. Oh, Read More...
Project aims to end 'ambiguity' of plant-based medicine
A team of scientists at Royal Botanical Gardens Kew has embarked on the mammoth task of creating a single database of the world's medicinal plant species. Our knowledge of beneficial botany is dispersed across many sources, and is complicated with most species having a variety of different names. Read More...
A popular Japanese chain where diners eat in silent meditation comes to U.S.
If you were eating at an Ichiran restaurant right now, you wouldn’t be reading this article. You also wouldn’t be chatting with a companion or multitasking. What you’d do is slurp noodles in solitude at a solo booth. The chain of minimalist ramen shops that impose a Zen approach on diners is Read More...
Acupuncture lowers hypertension by activating opioids, study finds
Science News from research organizations Date: Source: University of California, Irvine Summary: Regular electroacupunture treatment can lower hypertension by increasing the release of a kind of opioid in the brainstem region that controls blood pressure, investigators have found. Share: FULL STORY Read More...
Five reasons why you should stop worrying and go vegan
With the news that more than 540,000 people – more than 1 per cent of the population – now follow a vegan diet, 2016 has become the Year of the Vegan. But if you’re yet to be convinced, here are five compelling reasons to ditch animal products for good. There’s nothing like Read More...