Health
By Susan Burke March, MS, RDN, LDN, CDE Last January, when this article first appeared, I reported that when I typed the words “detox diet” into my web browser search box I was astounded to see more than six million “hits” for all types of “detox” diet programs and products promising weight loss, energy, immunity…...
By Susan Burke March, MS, RDN, LDN, CDE As evidence accumulates that sugary beverages are linked to obesity, soda consumption is headed down. In a a new Gallup poll, 60% of Americans say they are trying to avoid drinking soda. Mexico has enacted a sugary beverage tax, and in Ecuador, Peru and Chile public health...
By Susan Burke March, MS, RDN, LDN, CD A low-functioning thyroid is often blamed for weight gain and/or the inability to lose or maintain a healthy weight. Take this quiz to see how much you know about your thyroid and health. Answer True or False, then check your answers below: Your thyroid gland is located...
By Susan Burke March, MS, RDN, LDN, CDE I love my work! I get to research and write about my passion – how food and health are intimately and deliciously entwined – how what you eat can keep you healthy and happy too. This week’s topic is especially fun – it’s about chocolate – and...
By Susan Burke March, MS, RDN, LDN, CDE CrossFit: What it is, and what it is not? Unless you’re totally out of the loop, you’ve heard of CrossFit training – after all, some of the most popular celebrities grace magazine covers, showing off their phenomenal abs. But, is CrossFit training for the average Juan or...
A new department of Ecuador’s Ministry of Health has been assigned the task of making sure the country’s health care system, both public and private, is providing high quality service. The Agency for Quality Assurance of Health Care, created by the National Assembly and a decree signed by President Rafael Correa, will monitor public and...
By Susan Burke March, MS, RDN, LDN, CDE Recent news reports have touted coconut oil as having a bunch of “surprising” health benefits. It seems that some “experts” are claiming that it can boost immunity, influence hormonal health, control blood sugar, help with weight control, slow aging, and reduce your need for antioxidants, and even...
Although chikungunya is seldom fatal, it has been called the most painful disease in the world. “During the worst of it, it is excruciating,” says retired U.S. epidemiologist Ron Marshall. “Almost everyone who has been infected will tell you it’s the most painful thing they’ve ever experienced. Even though it usually won’t kill you, most...
The Cuenca Holistic Health Network presents its second Holistic Health Expo Thursday, May 14 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Cuenca Chamber Of Commerce. In addition to 30 local exhibitors, the Expo features five participatory workshops: First Aid Kit Featuring Young Living Essential Oils with Chelsea Gary at 1 p.m.; Intro to the...
By Wendy Jane Carrel FASEC (Fundacion al Servicio del Enfermo de Cancer/Foundation Serving Those Ill with Cancer), together with Care Partners International of Washington state, and the University of San Francisco, Quito, hosted a palliative care training session in Spanish for five days, April 20 – 24, the first in a series of four trainings...
Ecuador’s National Assembly is considering legislation to eliminate some payment requirements within the country’s Social Security (IESS) system that President Rafael Correa says are requiring large government subsidies. The legislation, which would change previous laws, is expected to pass. Correa says that if changes are not made soon, IESS costs will become a major drag...
Ecuador’s social security health care system has revised its procedures to lower costs and eliminate what it says have been abuses of its services. The major change, according to social security system director (IESS) Hugo Villacrés is the reduction in referrals to private health care providers. In the past, he says, members of the social...
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