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Susan Burke March

Caveat Emptor! As reported in Ars Technica, in the U.S. alone there more than 90,000 vitamin and dietary supplements available as pills, powders, tinctures, drinks, and bars. These products carry […]

Editor’s note: This is Part II of Michelle Bakeman’s three-part series about maize, or corn. In Part 1 we trace the genetic and cultural evolution of maize in Mesoamerica. Today we […]

Author’s note: This is the second of three columns on fruits and vegetables. The first column covered the truths and myths about ‘juicing’, and the third will offer top tips […]

By Susan Burke March, MEd, RDN, CDE  Is saturated fat good for you? Are burgers and butter better for you than polyunsaturated seed oils or monounsaturated fats like olive oil? […]

When it comes to food safety, there are some things we can control, and others we can’t. As reported by the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, health experts agree […]

By The True Health Initiative A recent study in The Lancet [August 23, 2018] examining alcohol use and its connection to alcohol-attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused a splash when it declared […]

Editor’s note: Michelle Bakeman’s series on Foods of the Americas continues with three columns about maize (corn), which, like the potato, is forever entwined in the Americas’ history and culture. […]

By Susan Burke March Why is Dietitian spelled with a two t’s and not a c? Today’s column is about Registered Dietitian Nutritionists. I am a member of the Academy […]

By Mark Mahoney, Ph.D., RDN As uncertainty seems to be the “norm” in this ever-increasing fast-paced society, (as reported in the news on a daily basis, particularly in the realm […]

The original North American Thanksgiving took place in 1621 and was a harvest celebration shared by the Pilgrims and Wampanoag natives at Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. The feast lasted three days […]

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series on notable ingredients native to the Americas. In Part 1 we learned that archaeologists have discovered potato remains that date back to 500 […]

By Susan Burke March November 6, 2018 — CNN reports that 17 children in the Orthodox Jewish community in the Williamsburg and Borough Park neighborhoods in Brooklyn, New York have […]

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Week of November 08

U.S. Cocaine Case Reaches Manta’s Political Establishment.

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Landslide Closes Cuenca–Molleturo Road as $20 Million Rehabilitation Continues.

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New Rules Ban Card Surcharges and Expand Fraud Protections in Ecuador.

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