Heart disease is the number one killer of Americans. It may manifest itself in early symptoms like high blood pressure and elevated blood serum cholesterol. If unchecked, heart disease can lead to congestive heart failure, stroke, or cardiac arrest.

"Quinoa; something old is new again" If you are looking for a Cinderella story these days, you might want to consider quinoa. Though largely ignored by the outside world since the fall of the Incan empire, quinoa remained an important dietary staple for Andean peasants down through the centuries.

The Bolivian proposal was supported by a steering committee from Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, France and Peru: United Nations declares 2013 the International Year of Quinoa The General Assembly of the United Nations, during its 91st session, declared the year 2013 as the International Year of Quinoa (IYQ).

Quinoa, the “Golden Grain”, coveted by the world and exciting to Bolivia Small snowflakes are diluted in the trenches of a newly opened land, previously parched and thirsty. Miguel Choque exhales the damp and cold air of the Bolivian highlands, smiles, and says that the snow is a good omen for planting quinoa.