I am in a converted cargo plane with the pilot, two
Kuna indians and a crate of melons.
Their coconuts are the primary economic output for
the Kuna Indians.
Who are
the Kuna Indians?
Since the last headcount of all
the Kuna Indians an estimated 300.000 live in Panama, Costa Rica and Colombia, only 50.000 live on the San Blas Islands.
There are 378 islands in the San Blas archipelago, of which 49 inhabited by the native
Kuna Indians.
Consider
the Kuna Indians, who live on islands off of Panama — one of the healthiest populations on Earth; 20 times less heart disease compared to us; 20 times less cancer.
In fact,
the kuna Indians thrive on it: no high blood pressure and virtually no heart disease, stroke, diabetes or cancer.
The first suggestion of the possible benefits of cocoa came from epidemiologic studies conducted in
Kuna Indians, an Amerind population living in the San Blas Island chain off the Coast of Panama that is known to have an extremely low prevalence of atherosclerotic disease, hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia (14, 15).
There are 365 islands in total, with each being inhabited by a local family from
the Kuna Indian tribe.
Not exact matches
Anderson Dam, Banks, Boise, Caldwell, Cascade, Centerville, Crouch, Eagle, Emmett, Featherville, Garden City, Garden Valley, Hidden Springs, Horseshoe Bend, Idaho City,
Indian Valley,
Kuna, Letha, Lowman, Melba, Meridian, Middleton, Montour, Mountain Home, Murphy, Nampa, Northside, Oasis, Ola, Paradise Hot Springs, Pine, Pioneerville, Placerville, Prairie, Rocky Bar, Star, Star Ranch, Steirman, Sweet, Tipanuk view all states»
Anderson Dam, Atlanta, Banks, Boise, Cascade, Centerville, Crouch, Eagle, Emmett, Featherville, Garden City, Garden Valley, Hidden Springs, Hill City, Horseshoe Bend, Idaho City,
Indian Valley,
Kuna, Lowman, Meridian, Montour, Mountain Home, New Centerville, Northside, Oasis, Ola, Paradise Hot Springs, Pine, Pioneerville, Placerville, Prairie, Rocky Bar, Star, Star Ranch, Sweet, Tipanuk view all states»
Anderson Dam, Atlanta, Banks, Boise, Cascade, Centerville, Crouch, Eagle, Emmett, Featherville, Garden City, Garden Valley, Hidden Springs, Hill City, Horseshoe Bend, Idaho City,
Indian Valley,
Kuna, Lowman, Meridian, Montour, Mountain Home, New Centerville, Northside, Oasis, Ola, Paradise Hot Springs, Pine, Pioneerville, Placerville, Prairie, Rocky Bar, Star, Steirman, Sweet, Tipanuk view all states»
This name means land of the
Kuna or Guna Mountain and represents all the land within Panama that is controlled by the ethnic
Indians named the Guna.