Vitamin D requirements may be higher in elder-. ly patients; patients who are not exposed to. sunlight; and patients who have osteoporosis. â¢ Normal, healthy males: 1000 mgâ1200 mg. â¢ Calcium seems to be important in regulating. body fat and possibly preventing colon cancer.
Top end (more than) Ecuadorâs official currency is the US dollar. Aside from Euros, Peruvian soles and Colombian nuevos soles, itâs very difficult to change foreign currencies in Ecuador. Western Union offices are in most big cities. Better restaurants add a 12% tax and a 10% service charge to the bill.
Correa, a champion of Ecuadorâs digital dollar, has long criticized the countryâs 2000 decision to abandon its own currency, the Sucre, and adopt the US dollar. But an increasingly hostile opposition accuse Correa of authoritarianism and worry that some of the new reforms are thinly veiled power grabs.