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Researching Mexico's Traditional Medicines & Foods
 a profile of Dr. Leslie Korn
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Dr. Leslie Korn is a researcher, educator and clinician-healer specializing in complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) and indigenous healing methods, who has been conducting research in the Bahía de Banderas and Cabo Corrientes regions since 1973.
Having practiced Nutritional Therapy, Polarity Therapy, and Massage and Bodywork for 10 years before she returned to graduate studies in conventional methods, Leslie now integrates the best of both worlds.
Dr. Korn has a PhD in Behavioral Medicine from the Union Institute, a Masters degree in Public Health from Harvard, where she specialized in tropical medicine, a Masters degree in Health Psychology, and was a Clinical Fellow and Faculty in Psychology and Religion at Harvard Medical School where she taught CAM for the treatment of PTSD.
As director of research at the Center for World Indigenous Studies, a non-profit American Indian organization, Leslie focuses on the intersection of indigenous science and biomedical science and the revitalization of traditional foods and healing methods of west Mexico and the Pacific Northwest and leads cooking, health and healing seminars.
As a 2009-2010 Fulbright scholar in Mexico, Dr. Korn is exploring the effects of tourism and development on indigenous women's medical practices. The co-author (with Dr. Rudolph Ryser) of Preventing and Treating Diabetes, Naturally: The Native Way (DayKeeper Press, 2009) and Medicinal Plants of the Jungle/Plantas Medicinales de la Selva (DayKeeper Press, 2010) Leslie is married to a gentle spirit, and has 3 fabulous stepsons and 2 magical canine retrievers.
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Galería Coppelia Opens in El Tuito
 Leslie Korn
While there is plenty of shopping in Puerto Vallarta, there are few galleries as eclectic, affordable and as worthy of your time and inspection as Galería Coppelia in el Tuito. The many different arts and crafts items displayed there will surely find their way into your hands.
Indigenous Health Uses for Passionflower
 Dr. Leslie Korn
Leslie Korn, PhD, MPH, explains traditional indigenous uses of passionflower, including its use for health problems like dysentery (diarrhea with stomachache), neuralgia (aching nerves), painful menstrual cycles, heart palpitations, mental fatigue, high blood pressure, and more.
All About Coconuts: The Perfect Food
 Dr. Leslie Korn
The coconut provides an edible kernel or seed, water and oil; all three serve as a rich source of nutritious food and medicine. The coconut is easily digested, rich in nutrients and minerals, and antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antiparasitic, and antioxidant.
All About Jamaica: Ruby of the Mountains
 Dr. Leslie Korn
The calyces of the Jamaica plant are used traditionally as a refreshing beverage called 'Flor de Jamaica.' It is also used traditionally in the Bahía de Banderas as a medicine to reduce fever and during colds and to provide nourishment during illness.
Climate Change Research in West Mexico
 Leslie Korn
Center for World Indigenous Studies Chairman Rudolph Ryser has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to conduct research in western México and deliver lectures at the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA) in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico during the 2011-2012 academic year.
Capirotada: A Lenten Delight
 Leslie Korn and Rudolph Ryser
Capirotada is a traditional Lenten food that is both a sweet and savory baked desert made from stale bread, piloncillo, cinnamon, raisins, nuts and often, cheese. The name derives from the word 'Caperuza,' ostensibly because its bubbling cap of cheese suggests a friar's hood or cowl.
Springtime For Gondos in Puerto Vallarta
 Leslie Korn
Gondos (Ardisia compressa Kunth) are an oft-overlooked endemic berry that grows prolifically in the cerro of Puerto Vallarta and Cabo Corrientes. The yellow flowers arrive in late winter and slowly bear fruit that is ready to pick just about now as we enter springtime.
Capomo: Good Cheer from the Gods
 Leslie Korn
One morning Jose Lorenzo Garcia and I set off to collect Capomo Moraceae seeds. Campo has served as a 'famine' food for the Maya and others in the past, and it could serve in the future as an important resource for food security as environments are altered due to climate change.
Cabo Corrientes Women To Receive Free Medical Massage
 Dr. Rudolph C. Ryser
Leading a team of massage therapists, Dr. Leslie E. Korn, has invited rural women residents in Cabo Corrientes to participate in the Cabo Corrientes Medical Massage Project (CCMMP) beginning in January 2011.
Chaya / Cnidoscolus Aconitifolius / Euphorbiaceae: 'Tree Spinach' from the Yucatan
 Leslie Korn
Chaya, also known as "tree spinach," is one of the richest sources of nutrients among all the leafy greens with high levels of protein, calcium, potassium, iron, and carotene. It has shown glucose-lowering capacity in the lab and thus may be useful in preventing diabetes.
The Many Health Benefits of Canela/Cinnamon/Cinnaomomum Verum
 Leslie Korn
Knowledge about the health benefits of cinnamon is increasing every day. Cinnamon has been shown to have positive effects on diabetes, stomach ulcers and high cholesterol. In fact, scientific results conclude that consuming 6 grams a day of cinnamon or less will lower cholesterol.
Chian: Ancient Gifs from the Gods
 Leslie Korn & Rudolph Ryser
Many indigenous foods of Mexico provide both nutrients and medicines for the body and mind. One of the most remarkable plants originating in west Mexico is Chian, a species of self-pollinating, flowering plant in the mint family that is native to central and southern Mexico and Guatemala.
Dining in Pitillal at Pollo Campero
 Leslie Korn & Rudolph Ryser
I often long for the old Vallarta of the early 70's. So when I need to revisit some of the flavor and feel of old PV I inevitably wend my way through the streets of Pitillal in search of an evening of dancing in the square, coconut atole and meals at one of the many corner fondas.
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