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Salt is OK when just added to taste. AFAIK there is no research which shows normal levels of salt in food are harmful. I don't eat much pure fat, but I do love my cheese and yoghurt. Sugar is the enemy when it comes to obesity and inflammation. It's ironic people consume skim milk thinking it will help them lose weight, when in fact that portion of milk is enriched with lactose.

I would not say I am skinny, just normal BMI. Definitely healthier to be skinny or normal weight. 15 kg overweight is 15 kg more the body organs - heart, lungs etc. have to carry around. Healthier is happier IME.

Nothing wrong with salty fatty stuff. I lost 15 kg eating lashings of cheese, which is 35 - 40% fat. OTOH, I avoided sugar, processed food, and high carbohydrate vegetables and grains, which all hydrolyze in the stomach to sugars. When I did that, my liver commenced burning fat instead of sugar, hence the weight loss.

It's a common misconception glass is a super-cooled liquid, it's actually an amorphous solid, meaning it is not ordered like crystals. The erroneous conclusion arose from the observation medieval glass panes were thicker at the bottom than the top.

Expecting a product to work IS the placebo effect. Where do you get your medical "knowledge", out of a box of cornflakes?

Ah, a statistician who can draw valid conclusions from a statistical population and sample of one. Everyone's physiology and mindset is different. For which I am grateful.

Maybe so, physically. You think you are immune from injury or accident? Let's see how you are traveling at age 80, shall we?

How would you know when the effect is placebo? You are running double blind trials with a statistically significant population of control and trial subjects? Coffee has some evidence of health benefits in a cardiovascular system, obviously it does nothing for brain cells. I will shortly be having a hernia operation, forgive me for not enlisting your medical expertise.

So you think the 4-5 years of training is wasted. When you tried a few supplements, you found something that worked for you, although it may have been a placebo effect. You became a lab rat. I have had chronic osteoarthritis for decades, I control it with diet and exercise. No medications or supplements. When you self-medicate, what do you do if what is needed is only available on a doctor's prescription?

They do it on websites we can't access, or if we could we would not understand.

IMO the best coffee is Vietnamese, by the length of a footy field. What kills me are the arty-farty types, who form a wailing Greek chorus if their double shot skim milk long macchiato is served one degree off temperature, or in the wrong receptacle. You are from Sydney? Please accept my sympathy.

Let us know when you start growing two heads. Post a photo.

Are all these medications used by you? If so, your kidneys and liver are taking a savage beating. Personally, I only take pharmaceuticals when absolutely necessary. Quite a few can be eliminated via diet and exercise.

I have yet to find any Thai beef which is not tough and tasteless. Maybe it is the climate or pasture.

I would have thought a glass with a steering wheel would be more your style...........

Personally, I prefer borosilicate glass, more chemically resistant and durable. I have never bought glasses for any household of mine, as I seem to accumulate them by way of gifts and prizes.

Tinned coffee, 15 baht, pour into cup, microwave 1 minute. Cheaper and IMO better than most shops. The OP's hotel can't be that upmarket if it has no coffee available on the premises. Even 3-star hotels have a kettle, plus packet coffee, creamer and sugar.

Perhaps it was a rictus of terror when you went into a bend.

It's a bit less than the Australian age pension, which I guess shows how education is really valued in Thailand.

One does not have to be a citizen of a country to be interested in what it does, and its policies. I have visited the US quite a few times, hence my interest. Would you prefer I went elsewhere to validate your isolationism?

Possibly the finasteride has worked as intended, and shrunk the prostate. Then the doxazosin is working more effectively as a diuretic. Just my guess. PM Sheryl to get an informed opinion.

I have given up alcohol entirely now, apart from any other health effects it is a depressant. Do you have a skill you enjoy? Work with that. Some people are content to drift along, others need a sense of purpose. I found creating videos to post on YouTube gave me that feeling. IMO mental exercise is just as important as physical exercise. I read books, play music, post on ASEAN, and add to my autobiography. Play pa som sip with my GF. Hop onto my scooter to dice with Thai traffic. It sounds to me like your very negative friend is exacerbating your mood swings.

I got my Thai scooter license before my Australian one. I had an agent accompanying me, maybe some money changed hands as well, to smooth the path. At the time, my Thai comprehension was very limited. It does have me wondering how many Thais are on the roads with a valid license who have never been tested.

I have never lost money buying and selling precious metals, I'll stick with what works for me. IMO currencies of any stripe are a race to the bottom between governments.

About a year ago, I was fined 500 baht for doing 90 km/hr in Wiang Pa Pao. One of the few speed cameras that actually worked, most don't due to lack of maintenance. The same offense in Australia would have cost me 17,000 baht, and three demerit points on my license. 10 points, license suspended. The contrast between getting a motorbike license in Australia and one in Thailand could not be more stark. In Australia, I had to answer 40 questions in a written test, then pass a 15 minute practical driving test of various skills. Pass score 35/40. Put one foot down on the track during the practical test, it's a fail. In Thailand, all I had to do was identify the colors of a traffic light. I never even got to see the legendary 30 minute road safety video. I still remember re-training my GF after she had paid for lessons from a Thai driving instructor. Nothing important, just using her rear mirrors to check traffic behind her, and operating the hand-brake for an uphill start.