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Myths, facts, and hype: Detox diets, colonics and cleanses

Myths, facts, and hype: Detox diets, colonics and cleanses

According to MayoClinic.org, detoxification (detox) diets are popular, but there is little evidence that they eliminate toxins from your body. But, evidence never stopped hoaxers from marketing products as “amazing”, and “miraculous,” and it appears there is a growing...

Make yourself a hard target for criminals

By Jeff Van Pelt People love to debate how much crime there is in their town, whether it is getting worse, and where it is the worst. A more profitable enterprise is to look at how to avoid being the target of crime wherever you are. The information in this article...

Facing bankruptcy, the Cuenca football club turns to the public for help

Facing bankruptcy, the Cuenca football club turns to the public for help

Cuenca’s professional football team, Deportivo Cuenca, could go out of business if it can’t pay its bills. “The financial situation is bleak and unless a solution is found very quickly, the football team will not play this weekend,” says former club president Mario...

Quingeo will take your breath away

Quingeo will take your breath away

Author's note: This is one of an occasional series detailing the challenges and aspirations of rural Ecuadorians and the importance of preserving their villages tucked in the hollows and perched on the ridges of the high Andes. By the way, some of you may remember --...

A dietitian tours a cacao farm. Her advice? Eat more chocolate!

A dietitian tours a cacao farm. Her advice? Eat more chocolate!

By Eileen Stellefson Myers I recently returned from a wonderful trip to Costa Rica where I enjoyed The Rainforest Chocolate Tour in La Fortuna de Carlos. As a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), I know about the nutritional value of dark chocolate. But this farm...

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The Cuenca Dispatch

Week of April 19

Ecuador seeks answers as migrants are rerouted from the United States to Congo.

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Prosperity report exposes Ecuador’s uneven foundations.

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IESS pension debate sharpens as Ecuador’s retirement system strains under growing deficits.

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