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you realise there is no cholesterol in plant products?

Yes there is.

thumb prick - not all lipids.

Your diet should be tailormade by consulting with your doctor - most of your cholesterol (80%) is produced by the liver, the rest comes through diet - the problem is when your body can't get the balance right. Most people do this through diet - but obviously the range is limited. Some people have a disease that prevents them from regulating natural levels of cholesterol. There is “good” and “bad” cholesterol – the one you don’t want is the one that clogs up your arteries Fixating on one food is just ridiculous. As it tries to imply that that food is “safer” because of others foods producing cholesterol – a false logic if ever there was. Eggs are high cholesterol, but low in saturated fat, so is lobster, prawns and squid - and there's a lot of prawn and squid in a Thai diet. Farmed prawns are also dreadful for the environment. Offal is low in saturated fat too. Cholesterol is only found in foods that come from animals, there is no cholesterol in foods that come from plants. So, there is no cholesterol in fruit, vegetables, grains, seeds, nuts, beans, peas and lentils. The worst foods for high cholesterol, given their high saturated fat content, include: Red meat, like beef, pork, and lamb, as well as processed meats like sausage. Full-fat dairy, like cream, whole milk, and butter. Baked goods and sweets – - fried foods, and baked goods are notorious for raising levels - i.e – a typical overweight expat’s diet.

Cholesterol is a type of lipid - so if you are having the whole thing teste then you need to fast - cholesterol is a lipid but not all lipids are cholesterol.

Seriously? You really think that? No wonder you can't come up with a valid argument. just because you can't understand it doesn't make it nonsense.

No fasting is needed for a cholesterol test. Sometimes a fasting sample is required for a full lipid profile including cholesterol. The problem is that there needs to be a reason for further cholesterol tests or treatment - whether there is a problem - we all produce cholesterol - is it diet or hereditary or disease - checkups don't answer any of this. With checkups a hospital sets up a series of tests they can do quickly and cheaply and then sells them to the unsuspecting public - there is even the hilarious perception that the more money you pay or more tests you have make you leave feeling more healthy(!?!?!) Every single person is different and will react to tests differently - you need much more knowledge of the patient that a few lab figures to work out if or how they should be treated - but the patients/customers leave feeling reassured (for the next year - why a year? - why not 14 months, 5 moths or any other random number??) and the hospital makes a quick buck

Where? - I don't think you actually know what the logical fallacy of "appeal to authority" actually is. do you?

They are probably breaking sone laws. They have been trying to get elephants of the streets for the last 20 years or so. Where are these animals kept? Who looks after them Where did they come from? How long have the officers been training? Are the elephants trained to be on crowds and traffic? Isn't this a conflict of interests...the police are meant to be enforcing animal welfare laws. All we need now is for one to go bezerk or be hit by a car....or triple someone

precisely nothing to do with the checkups sold by hospitals

You're being very naive and in fact your ideas on why "check-ups might be useful are in fact the very reasons why they aren't. I think it can be difficult for people to admit thy have been conned by their doctor or hospital all these years. at several points you make 1. Appeal to authority - to claim my argument is wrong because of claims of another “expert”. Te fact is you are attacking the messenger not the message. In reality you are just displaying your own cognitive dissonance.

Medical check ups are a bit of a scam. You aren't like a car, you don't need an MoT test - you need treatment based on your life history by a doctor that either knows you or has your full medical history. THey really aren't that helpful to understanding your health - they just do a snapshot of that day. There ARE however a good little earner for private hospitals - quick, cheap and convenient they are a good way of finding customers - however they are likely to tell you what THEY want to hear. E.G. if you have no insurance they won't recommend that treatment or course - only things they think you can pay for.

What a bizarre thing to say - Elephants don't work by nature they are ca[ptive wild animals. Protestant red-necks ork.

China has 1.4 billion people - i'm sure that 2 10 to 20 million will still find the money and time to go to Thailand

does this man rich people will be happy?

That's just one long oxymoron. As humans progress they learn by building on the knowledge of others - "civilisation" as you choose to call it is not sr=tatic, when it comes to welfare of elephants we now know better. Whilst claiming what is sauce for the goose or gander, we also know how to differentiate between captive and wild animals and what is in their best interests - perhaps you have been left bhind?

So animal abuse is quintessentially Thai?

What a foolish and ill-informed comment.

years and years people hve being trying to education the Thai authoities on animal welfare and the police go and do that! Unbelievable!!

Not sure where you get your figures from, but you'd need to get a breakdown of private V Commercial vehicles. When I lived in Laos I used a Thai vehicle but this is not a siatisfactory long term arrangement. Many local Loatian vehicles would go across fpor shoping etc. THe Thai vehicles tended to be on business or vactation therefore the frequency would be less. Buying and renting vehicles in Laos is more expensive than Thailand too. THe Thai healthcare system is better than Laos - most people who can afford it cross into Thailand if they get sick. However it is extremely common for people , especially westerners to over estimate the healthcare services in Thailand - I worked in hospitals around Thailand as well as being a patient and had the misfortune to visit a hospital in Savannakhet on behalf of someone else. I wasn't prepared for the hospital in Savannakhet but I can see how people get healthcare in Thailand all wrong.

Same in Thailand. - just very hard to get permission.

THat is grossly incorrect. I'm guessing it's a layman's opinion and not based on any factual evidence. I've lived in both Thailand and Laos - and if visiting the first thing I'd do is make sure I had repatriation in my insurance.

Why?

So it's down to Brexit.

you clearly have a very prejudiced view - racist even? - of Thai driving. THe question is not about road safety, it is about visiting an establishment in Chiang Mai that does cycle tours. THere are a few online but I need one with a REAL customer interface - I'm not prpared to take some web site's glossy promises as gospel. What I was hoping for was someone who knew where. "Cycle tour office" was rather than some gossip about road safet or time limitis - can no-one actually answer the question? I guess it's down to someone who lives in Chiang Mai or has been on a cycling tour there. Others need not apply.