Health
By Susan Burke March For the non-profit volunteer organization Ecuador Cares, no mission is more important than preparing the orphaned and abandoned children at Cuenca’s Hogar Miguel Leon for a fulfilling life. Ecuador Cares has a big vision: to help Ecuador’s most vulnerable people. Led by its founder and president, Diane Lenz, and a board...
Even as they struggle to control the rapidly spreading Chikungunya virus, Ecuadorian health agencies are on alert for another mosquito-borne virus. The African Zika virus, which shows similar symptoms as Chikungunya and dengue, is reported to be spreading in coastal areas of Colombia, just north of the Ecuadorian border. The World Health Organization says that...
By Susan Burke March, MSEd, RDN, LDN, CDE There’s a little blue pill for boys, and a pink one for girls. Both are marketed to adults suffering from sexual dysfunction, but they work in completely different ways. Men can choose from a variety of drugs to treat erectile-dysfunction (ED). The first, that “little blue pill”...
By Susan Burke March, MSEd, RDN, LDN, CDE A recent Forbes.com article caught my eye—researchers found that after the defeat of their favorite football team, people eat more, and what they choose to eat makes a major impact on their waistline. But, after their favorite team wins, they choose more healthfully—and eat less! They also...
By Makiko Kitamura Ecuador has one of the highest survival rates for cancer, beating out richer countries that spend much more money on preventive and medical care. Examples include colon cancer, where it rates higher than countries such as Switzerland and Norway, according to a global survey showing wide differences in how well nations tackle...
By Susan Burke March, MS, RDN, LDN, CDE MYTH #1: EGGS ARE FATTENING Whereas the old Dietary Guidelines for Americans advised restricting dietary cholesterol to 300 milligrams or less daily (just one large egg has about 186 mg. of cholesterol), the proposed 2015 guidelines say that, “dietary cholesterol is not considered a nutrient of...
By Susan Burke March Has it been too long since you’ve visited your dentist? Do you even have a dentist? If you don’t, or if it’s been more than a year since your last checkup, don’t put it off any longer. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation that absence of regular preventative dental care can...
By Susan Burke March As obesity takes its toll on health globally, researchers are working on defining how we eat today compared to the eating habits of our grandparents and great grandparents. Predictably, we know we are eating much more processed and refined foods than they did — they ate almost none — and that we’re...
By Susan Burke March, MS, RDN, LDN, CDE Before starting to work with a new client, whether it is for weight loss, or to help manage a health condition such as high blood pressure or diabetes, I ask them to complete a fairly comprehensive medical and lifestyle (diet and activity) survey. Jean (not her real...
By Susan Burke March, MS, RDN, LDN, CDE This week’s column is devoted to the top two myths about alcohol. In upcoming weeks I’ll cover a few others. Alcohol turns to sugar in your body and that’s why it makes you fat. This is a common myth since over-consumption of calories from alcohol can quickly...
By Susan Burke March, MS, RDN, LDN, CDE Weight is just a number on the scale, but for most people, it can indicate a risk for diseases associated with obesity. Most people have heard about that awkward equation that determines your Body Mass Index, or BMI. Some health experts have maintained that the BMI has...
By Susan March Burke #1: Does everyone really need eight glasses of water a day? This myth has been dismissed repeatedly over the years, most recently in the New York Times where Dr. Aaron E. Carroll (a pediatrician and a researcher) explained the origin. He noted that the original 1945 Food and Nutrition Board recommendation...
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