Jump to content

Sir Dude

Advanced Member
  • Posts

    1,803
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by Sir Dude

  1. Many health conditions are caused by having too much insulin in the body. If you think about it, then the human body has not evolved over thousands of years to eat three meals a day, plus snacks and sugary drinks. For many thousands of years you would be lucky to eat once a day, and if not, then once every two or three days... which is why intermittent fasting and the OMAD (one meal a day) diet is getting so much attention due to the major benefits derived from practicing it. Everytime you eat your insulin spikes and your pancreas has to work to balance what you put in your body, this is why people get insulin resistence and become type 2 diabetics due to so much sugar loaded into food.

    By doing intermittent fasting you give all your organs time to rest and recover. There are many huge benefits to one meal a day/intermittent fasting like autophagy, natural growth hormones that maintain stuff, increased energy levels through burning fat instead of glucose (ketosis), mental clarity and focus, improves your discipline in general etc. etc.

    As for metformin, you can take burberine or benfothiamine which does the same job, but are way more healthy/natural. Even if you are pre-diabetic, then burberine is a really good choice as a supplement that will get your blood sugar levels back to normal... definately worth researching and talking to a diabetic specialist doctor about it if you are taking metformin.

  2. EVs will just be another symbol of the divide between the haves and the have-nots here in Thailand. Yes, the government will/should promote them and a % of well-off folks will buy them for the face prestige factor, but places like Thailand are not going significantly electric, when it comes to vehicles, for a long time.

    EVs are simply currently prohibitively expensive for the great majority of people and the ICE transport option isn't going away anytime soon from Thailand and its peers... most Thais simple have no chance of affording it, plus there are endless decent ICE second-hand vehicles lining every road for sale.

    Even getting Somchai to give up his ridiculous loud ICE motorbike will be hard enough and a good alternative to that would be a better start. As for the transport and road freight industry, EVs are going to struggle for a while... hydrogen trucks/lorries would be better for long distance, electric for short. 

    I'm not against going in the direction of EVs but there are plenty of problems in reality, including even things like there simply isn't enough lithium on the planet, so alternatives will have to be found for batteries etc.

    • Thumbs Up 1
  3. Sadly, this sort of terrible event just goes to show how short and indifferent the news cycle is now. Almost as if it's ancient history now (same with the Terminal 21 massacre in Korat) and absolutely nothing has changed, no accountability at all, with none of the problems addressed... just a case of contrite posturing for a short time and then it's the "move along, nothing to see here" BS.

  4. Foreign investment is made on sentiment/confidence, something the Thai authorities seems to have done their level best to erode in the last 10 years. People, especially business folks, are not stupid and can see it. There is also the issue of an over-valued baht manipulated to benefit the elite on their foreign buying sprees et al. 

    If I was a medium to large investor, then there are much more attractive destinations for the money, plus there are so many hoops to jump through here in Thailand to get almost anything done. On top of that, the rule of law is shaky too if it doesn't suit the government... go ask Carlsberg/Pepsi/Kingsgate Mining etc. On top of that, the Thai authorities have done their level best to get rid of as many foreigners as possible over the last 5 years too... both retirees and working expats, like teachers etc.

    Thailand needs to realise it has to compete on many levels now, as the good old days are long gone.

  5. What about the people that have diligently paid off their student loans and not been a free loader?

     

    Should they get tax relief for doing the right thing in the past if you introduce this new policy? Why should the useless that took advantage of the system and then did the entitled thing and not pay back get it canceled? If it was any other form of loan, then it would result in you being blacklisted. This will encourage a very negative attitude towards loans by the young... bad idea.

     

    Education is not for free... needs to be paid for. Why should those who work and pay taxes that don't have degree pay for the entitled? University is a privilege... not a right.

     

    The State should not be paying for this sort of stuff... it should be using the funds to help the economy, public services, and the least advantaged in society.

     

    The entitlement of some now is just out of control. How about working hard and justifying your existence so you can get ahead?

     

    Muppets.

    • Like 1
  6. Well, the SCOTUS basically just sent it to the states to decide for themselves... so, okay. The US is so huge, and with such a diversity of opinion that the "One glove fits all" federal law style often creates much polarization. I'm of no opinion either way and am a dude, so it's not up to me. I think it's fair enough for states to decide for themselves as they cater for their own voters. It is a very divisive topic, so the only realistic option is to let each state figure it out for themselves.

    • Like 1
×
×
  • Create New...