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.
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...
The 'bleeding' vegan burger is now on the menu in America
Meet the most convincing meatless burger yet, the product of more than $180 million in funding and years of research. The magic of this plant-based burger is that it has a pinkish hue, and actually ‘bleeds’ like a real burger does thanks to an ingredient called heme, an iron-rich molecule that Read More...
1 hour of activity offsets 8 hours of sitting
A study found that one hour of daily physical activity can offset prolonged periods of sitting Physical inactivity is linked to increased risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer (CNN)It's well-known that sitting down all day, be it at your desk, on the couch or in a car, is bad for your Read More...
How Hampton Creek's plant-based foods have scrambled the grocery aisle
From Silicon Valley to SoMa, the Bay Area is packed with blockbuster companies that were built on little more than a good idea. But there’s only one that was built on a condiment. Three years ago, Hampton Creek’s Just Mayo, which swaps a protein derived from Canadian yellow peas for the eggs Read More...