This is an historic day.The FDA approved Harvoni, a drug for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with high cure rates and mild side effects. Understandably, patients are anxious to get started on treatment. However, there are things you need to know about Harvoni before you can start.
Eating quinoa every day can help you live longer. Starting the day with a bowl of porridge or chowing down on a portion of quinoa for lunch, can actually increase your life expectancy. In fact, the Harvard Public School of Health's research found that all whole grains can help you live longer.
An ancient plant native to the Andes mountains in South America, quinoa has been around for over 5,000 years and is known to have been the staple food of the Incas. They used it to supplement their diet of potatoes and corn and reverently called it âChisaya mamaâ â mother of all grains.Quinoa is the seed of the leafy plant called Chenopodium quinoa of the Chenopodiaceae or goosefoot plant family and is distantly related to the spinach plant.Quinoa is available in almost all the food stores in Ithaca.hey used it to supplement their diet of potatoes and corn and reverently called it âChisaya mamaâ â mother of all grains. Quinoa is the seed of the leafy plant called Chenopodium quinoa of the Chenopodiaceae or goosefoot plant family and is distantly related to the spinach plant.