Wonders of my Country

The City of Cusco.- Declared a World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 1983.
Cuzco, which in the ancient Quechua language means "navel of the world", was an important hub in Inca times that connected all of South America, from Colombia to the north of Argentina. Today, centuries later, Cuzco continues to be the centre of attention, not only for our neighbouring countries but for the whole world. In its streets, historical centres, churches, pubs and cafés you can hear not only Quechua and Spanish spoken, but such diverse languages as English, French, Japanese and Hebrew. All of them, united by the same experience, found in the charming and fascinating "belly button" of the world.

Machu Picchu - Inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site also in 1983.
I could say a great deal about this archaeological site, which was hidden for centuries until it came to light in the early 1900s, but it is difficult to describe in words what one feels when the citadel suddenly appears, like a challenge to the imagination and to engineering, between the mountains that mark the beginning and the end of the Andes and the Amazon Basin.

Chan Chan - Inscribed as World Cultural Heritages by UNESCO, this in 1986.
Known as the largest city of clay in pre-Columbian America, Chan Chan is texture, it is form, it is desert sand made into art. The birds that decorate the walls of Chan Chan seem almost to fly in the strong breeze that blows through this ancient Chimu site.

The Manu National Park - Inscribed as a World Natural Heritage in 1987.
Manu is the feast of life and diversity, with more than 1,000 species of birds, 1,200 types of butterflies, over 20,000 varieties of plants and an unknown quantity of reptiles, insects and amphibians.

Lima's Historical Centre - Declared a World Cultural Heritage in 1991.
Lima is a sum of colours, textures and sounds. It is a cosmopolitan capital par excellence where the taste is acquired from the flavour offered by its street-side cooks frying anticuchos or soft picarones in syrup against a backdrop of colonial balconies, old houses, and churches with secret tunnels.

The Nazca Lines and the Pampas de Juma - Declared a World Heritage site in 1994.
Close to the other natural jewel that is the Paracas National Reserve, these lines and figures of different animals, drawn on the Peruvian desert and seen properly only from the sky, were considered a mystery for decades because it was not known if they were a calendar or a form of communication with outer space.

Arequipa's Historical Centre - Declared a World Cultural Heritage in 2000.
The city of Arequipa is, precisely, an example of how culture in Peru is constantly abrew. Arequipa, known as the White City because of the volcanic rock, or "sillar", with which its churches and homes are built. Arequipa is the land of passions and contrasts, of the hot rocoto pepper and the magnificent condor which can only be seen flying over the Colca Canyon, one of the deepest in the world.

A vegetarian diet is as healthy as a diet containing meat?

Everybody needs food and water to live. We can find many sort of diets, some include meat, other only vegetables or simply a mix de vegetables and meat. There is old saying “We are what wEe eat”
For this reason people must choose the best diet according to their requirements. The hard question is: Meat or Vegetables? Or maybe
A vegetarian diet is as healthy as a diet containing meat?

To begin with the vegetarians think their diet is the best, healthful and nutritionally adequate. The Australian Vegetarian Society consider that vegetarians are healthier than people who eat meat as scientific studies show that vegetarians suffer much less from illnesses like diabetes, heart disease, cancer, obesity, high blood pressure and other common health problems.

Furthermore The American Dietetic Association according to recent studies show that vegetarians (on average) are thinner and have a lower body mass index than non-vegetarians. Also vegetarians have a lower risk of developing heart disease and 24 per cent less likely to die from heart problems comparing with people who eat meat.

On the other hand non-vegetarian believe that people choose to exclude meat must plan their diet carefully to enhance available nutrients particularly iron and zinc. These nutrients are not found in large quantities in the vegetarian diet. Meat is a rich source of these nutrients, proteins and contains all the essential amino acids required by the body.

According to the Australian Nutrition Foundation Studies show that people who eat a wide variety containing meat of food types are healthier, live longer and have a reduced risk of developing illness. Food variety means eating a mixture of foods across the whole range of food types such as vegetables, fruits, meats, diary products, grains.

In conclusion my personal opinion is that there is no difference between eating meat or not, the importance about this is that people need to learn how mix the variety of food and how affects in their body. The goal is to make healthy choices because many of our most common health problems are related to these choices for instead too little protein can interfere in the growth and other body functions and too much fat lead a heart disease, diabetes and obesity.