Anecdotally I can say that Chewing Coca Leaves every-day would probably lead to losing a pound or two over the course of a month. Overall I am a fan! Taking it in the evening is not a good idea.

Will the WHO confront its colonial legacy and right a historic wrong? The critical review of the coca leaf could transform ...

Bolivia is one of very few countries with a legal market for coca. In the rest of the world it is controlled with the same ...

Coca leaves have been part of the indigenous culture for millennia. Besides Bolivia, coca-chewing is also practiced to a lesser extent by the native populations of Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Chile ...

Farmers chew coca leaves while they walk to the Bolivian capital to ask the government to stop eradicating coca crop (2001). Bolivia's president-elect Evo Morales wearing a garland made of coca ...

For them, chewing coca leaves is a daily habit likened to drinking coffee. “It helps me to harvest without fatigue and support my family,” said farmer Juan de Dios Cocarico, ...

STORY: Location: La Paz, Bolivia Bolivians celebrated the centuries-old tradition of chewing coca leavesas part of Akuliku celebrations to mark the country's relationship with the traditional ...

In 2016, chewing of the coca leaf was declared an Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. In March 2017, the General Coca Leaf Law came into force, ...

For them, chewing coca leaves is a daily habit likened to drinking coffee. “It helps me to harvest without fatigue and support my family,” said farmer Juan de Dios Cocarico, ...