Health

The European Union-Central America partnership recently declared Costa Rican bananas the best in the world. Learn why you should be eating more of the fruit.For over 100 years, bananas have been the lifeblood of Costa Rica. Beginning in the...

Don’t judge a book by it’s cover, and definitely don’t judge these fruits by their shape, smell or color.The Costa Rican feria, like many farmer’s markets, is a crossroads for opposites. There in one location, visitors will experience...

It really didn’t occur to me that living in the United States, the land of obesity, was like living through a famine.While visiting my parents for a few weeks, I realized a sad plummet in my normal diet...

What is kombucha and who are the “wild” girls brewing it here in Costa Rica?Originating in China over 2000 years ago, kombucha gained a reputation in the East as the “Tea of Immortality” after a Korean physician and physicist...

Hearty lasagna that tastes just like your great aunt Gloria’s, rich pad Thai that rivals that of even Eastern Asia, artisan pizza, authentic pesto, cheesecake, ice cream...What could possibly be missing from the menu at Mantras?Oh yeah, meat.Options for...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - This week, the Costa Rica Health Ministry delivered its findings on a pending bill to legalize medical marijuana and hemp for medical and industrial use in Costa Rica.On June 2, 2015, the Ministry...

Last week and over the weekend, rumors have been flying around Costa Rica Facebook pages that the government had approved the use of medical marijuana, but according to Costa Rica’s Social Security System this is not true, however they...

A condition called ocular toxocariasis (colloquially, "eye worms") is transmitted by a worm-shaped parasite found in the feces of infected dogs and can enter the bodies of people when infected feces comes into contact with the mouth.This parasite remains...

The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) may be ​​bringing in anesthesiologists from other countries to meet domestic demand, said the chief executive of the institution, Maria del Rocio Saenz, on Monday's Nuestra Voz program.Saenz explained that the possibility...

We are currently living in an age where we are bombarded with information. It comes in all forms on a variety of subjects, none more so than our health and the kinds of food that we should and shouldn’t...