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.
Growing food security in Argentina, one school garden at the time
Up to 35 percent of children in Argentina live in households with “unmet basic needs.” Only 53 percent receive of those receive food assistance. Here is the inspiring story of the Huerta Niño Foundation, an organization founded in 1999 to build agroecological school gardens in low-income areas Read More...
Wal-Mart pressures its suppliers to ban antibiotics from animal feed
Consumers just scored an important victory over the food industry. Citing an internal study that showed 66 percent of its customers were more likely to shop from a retailer that ensures humane treatment of livestock, Wal-Mart made a historic announcement last Friday. The giant retailer, who Read More...
France to penalize supermarkets for food waste
Reducing food waste has been a top priority of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization since its Director-General José Graziano da Silva arrived at the helm in 2011. While the European Union has suggested its member states reduce their food waste by at least 30 percent by 2025, France's lower Read More...
Mindful consumers bring Big Food to the tipping point
People across the globe are getting more conscious about what they eat. They want food that they understand—real food that supports their health, not weird concoctions that can potentially wreak havoc on their bodies. Consumers’ changing habits are consequently eating into the profits of big Read More...
Urban agriculture is sprouting in Africa
The recent development of urban agriculture is not limited to the rooftops of Brooklyn and the community gardens in San Francisco. The phenomenon is surging is African cities, as rural populations are flooding to urban centers in search of better opportunities. In some places, it was sowed by Read More...
Grip strength better than blood pressure at predicting fatal heart disease
The human body in a never-ending source of discoveries. So is the exploration of human health. Consider this: grip strength is better than blood pressure at predicting fatal cardiovascular disease and stroke risk, according to a study of nearly 140,000 people in 14 countries published in the Read More...
Sexying up ugly produce to reduce food waste
As we discussed before, 40 percent of food in America gets wasted. To put things in perspective, a third of the food produced globally gets spoiled or squandered before it even reaches consumers, according to the FAO’s conservative estimates. It is a shocking fact that eliminating food waste Read More...
Organic food diet linked to dramatic drop in level of pesticides in the body
The health benefits of organic foods have been recently put into question in the United States by various studies with scientific credentials. This is a rather interesting development given the steady growth of the American organic foods segment in an otherwise stagnant food market. It turns out Read More...
Food prices to come down over coming year, says United Nations
Good news with regard to food reserves comes around too rarely these days to keep silent. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization just informed the world that a plentiful wheat and meat production, together with a strong dollar, will drive down food prices over the coming year. At the Read More...
Lyft-style apps for doctors' home visits take off in America's big cities
Doctors’ home visits are a thing of the past. And they are making a resurgence in US big cities thanks to a host of new mobile apps. In San Francisco, Los Angeles or New York City, patients can hail a doctor as they would a Lyft driver. Typically, doctor and patient have never met before—owing Read More...