Casual observations /questions from a newly arrived Farang from America

[charleskerins]

Thai people are pretty friendly.

Food is good and not fattening. My doctor said their diet is the best in the world?

Roadwork crews are not safety conscious.

Do they know what a bulldozer is?

Why don't they wear sunglasses?

Last one -please don't comment on this one it will upset me too much   WTH is the story with how some of them treat man's best friend?

[sqwakvfr]

My doctor said their diet is the best in the world?

 

Has doctor been to Thailand? Some Thai food is healthy.  Some Thai food is not.  Some Thai food has a lot of added sugar.  I would disagree with your doctor.  

[BonnieandClyde]

Is your last observation about their wives or their dogs?

[charleskerins]

5 minutes ago, BonnieandClyde said:

Is your last observation about their wives or their dogs?

Dogs    the greatest creatures in the world

[charleskerins]

6 minutes ago, sqwakvfr said:

My doctor said their diet is the best in the world?

 

Has doctor been to Thailand? Some Thai food is healthy.  Some Thai food is not.  Some Thai food has a lot of added sugar.  I would disagree with your doctor.  

Ive lost 15 pounds   added sugar???  Really?

[BritManToo]

2 minutes ago, charleskerins said:

Ive lost 15 pounds   added sugar???  Really?

That'll be because of the 'runs' you've had since you got here.

Combined with dehydration.

[KannikaP]

6 minutes ago, charleskerins said:

Ive lost 15 pounds   added sugar???  Really?

Sugar, salt and MSG, combined with really bad cooking oil is prevalent all over Thailand, unless you are eating very high class. Even then, you do not know what is going into it. Thais will then usually add more sugar, chilli into it.

White rice three times a day, or Mama noodles is not health food.

What's 15lbs in kilos?

[Northstar1]

Thai food is some of the most UNHEALTHY food in the world!

period!

[proton]

17 minutes ago, sqwakvfr said:

My doctor said their diet is the best in the world?

 

Has doctor been to Thailand? Some Thai food is healthy.  Some Thai food is not.  Some Thai food has a lot of added sugar.  I would disagree with your doctor.  

Not just sugar, but sugar plus salt and msg cooked in rancid palm oil 😃

[Celsius]

26 minutes ago, charleskerins said:

Food is good and not fattening. My doctor said their diet is the best in the world?

 

11 minutes ago, charleskerins said:

Ive lost 15 pounds   added sugar???  Really?

 

I'd check myself for cancer from all the recycled oil you swallowed. 

[charleskerins]

7 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Sugar, salt and MSG, combined with really bad cooking oil is prevalent all over Thailand, unless you are eating very high class. Even then, you do not know what is going into it. Thais will then usually add more sugar, chilli into it.

White rice three times a day, or Mama noodles is not health food.

What's 15lbs in kilos?

6.8 kg     all my food is home cooked  all fresh vegetables    shrimp     yes rice and noodles.  

[Pitak Chirachat]

New and sorry to say, a bit green behind the ears.

First of all besides the healthy food there is plenty of unhealthy food. Just look at the tons of fried food. 

As to safety on the job is has improved a lot over the years but same like in the USA things don't happen overnight. It took you guys a few decades to where you are now.

Last but not least I'm a dog owner. If you address dogs with your subject then I see bad things happening to dogs in the western world too. Not much of a difference there. Should you refer to women with that subject then I wonder how you treat them if you call them man's best friend. 

[charleskerins]

5 minutes ago, Celsius said:

 

 

I'd check myself for cancer from all the recycled oil you swallowed. 

Go ahead and check yourself.   I would say more but not on this site.    

[KannikaP]

1 minute ago, charleskerins said:

6.8 kg     all my food is home cooked  all fresh vegetables    shrimp     yes rice and noodles.  

I take it that you mean by your partner or yourself does the cooking. 

Not typically Thai diet then.

[Celsius]

 

1 minute ago, charleskerins said:

Go ahead and check yourself.   I would say more but not on this site.    

 

We can take it to another site big man

[charleskerins]

16 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

That'll be because of the 'runs' you've had since you got here.

Combined with dehydration.

[charleskerins]

2 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

I take it that you mean by your partner or yourself does the cooking. 

Not typically Thai diet then.

Yes

[charleskerins]

Just now, charleskerins said:

19 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

That'll be because of the 'runs' you've had since you got here.

Combined with dehydration.

Sounds like you need some Imodium ,typical British attempt at humor non-existent.   

[gearbox]

14 minutes ago, Celsius said:

 

 

I'd check myself for cancer from all the recycled oil you swallowed. 

What cancer do people get from the recycled oil?

[Olmate]

3 minutes ago, charleskerins said:

Sounds like you need some Imodium ,typical British attempt at humor non-existent.   

Yep, American, yep wont last long.

[Celsius]

So many questions....

 

Was the knowledgeable doctor American or Thai?

 

Was the weight loss from 400 pounds to 385?

 

Are the friendly Thai people located around the house you are building in Isaan?

[charleskerins]

5 minutes ago, charleskerins said:

Yes

 

17 minutes ago, Northstar1 said:

Thai food is some of the most UNHEALTHY food in the world!

period!

Think maybe my doctor was right " Thai food is packed with vitamins, minerals, and other essential nutrients. Many of the dishes are loaded with fresh vegetables and packed with protein for a nutritional meal. Several of the dishes that use spices and herbs will also provide added health benefits."

[sqwakvfr]

I have lived here for 7 years and many on this forum have lived here for decades.  i am from Southern California and find most Thai food not to my liking.  Too much of it is fried and I can tell most of the oil is poor quality. I prefer salads with olive oil, whole grain breads, and fruit smoothie without the added sugar syrup.  The Thai people I have met like sugar in food and drinks.  I have to make it really specific when I order coffee or drinks:  "MAE WON".  No sweet/ No sugar.  Sometimes they still add sugar syrup.  

 

Another question to ask might be:  How often do you get food poisoning?  For me at least once or twice a year. 

[KannikaP]

34 minutes ago, charleskerins said:

Sounds like you need some Imodium ,typical British attempt at humor non-existent.   

My Mum used to give me Bisto gravy powder. It didn't cure it, but thickened it up a bit.   

More English humour. with two U's 

[fredwiggy]

23 minutes ago, charleskerins said:

 

Think maybe my doctor was right " Thai food is packed with vitamins, minerals, and other essential nutrients. Many of the dishes are loaded with fresh vegetables and packed with protein for a nutritional meal. Several of the dishes that use spices and herbs will also provide added health benefits."

Thai food has the potential to be as healthy as any other foods. The problem is in who prepares it. I've had Thai hundreds of times before I moved here in the US, where there are stringent regulations and checks on restaurants, where they have to pass a health exam to stay in business. Here it's very lax, and of course there is the thousands of shops and stalls which aren't regulated. The ingredients in Thai food, the basics being meat, fish, eggs , vegetables and fruit aren't the problem, nor are the fresh spices put in, along with fresh oil. It's oil that's been left out and reused many times, on different days, the overuse of salt and sugar in many dishes, something that doesn't happen in the restaurants I've visited back in the states. Meat that's been left out all day, gathering more bacteria, and hopefully fully cooked because of it. I've never had more stomach trouble in my life than since I've lived here. I eat the same things I ate back home, which I never had trouble from, with the addition of Thai food cooked locally.

[KannikaP]

33 minutes ago, charleskerins said:

 

Think maybe my doctor was right " Thai food is packed with vitamins, minerals, and other essential nutrients. Many of the dishes are loaded with fresh vegetables and packed with protein for a nutritional meal. Several of the dishes that use spices and herbs will also provide added health benefits."

And so are many other cuisines. That is the whole idea of food wherever you are. 

[Will B Good]

Thai people are pretty friendly......I would agree.

Food is good and not fattening. My doctor said their diet is the best in the world? Proper Thai/Isaan food....yes

Roadwork crews are not safety conscious........Hopeless not a scooby

Do they know what a bulldozer is? Too expensive. Myanmar labour is much cheaper.

Why don't they wear sunglasses? No bridge to their nose's.

Last one -please don't comment on this one it will upset me too much   WTH is the story with how some of them treat man's best friend? Still going to comment.....they are not pets like in the west.....totally expendable. MIL has had four this year.....dead from worms, ran one over, poisoning......they just don't care. 

[mfd101]

Just on the subject of tummy upsets: When we lived in BKK (Asoke) I used to get upsets regularly until the day I made a connection between the roadside stalls, the stinky sewers only a metre below, and seeing one of the stall owners washing his dishes under a wayside tap and thinking: So where did that water come from?

 

Never had a problem since then.

[EVENKEEL]

1 hour ago, proton said:

Not just sugar, but sugar plus salt and msg cooked in rancid palm oil 😃

Yum, 

[EVENKEEL]

1 hour ago, charleskerins said:

6.8 kg     all my food is home cooked  all fresh vegetables    shrimp     yes rice and noodles.  

Nothing wrong with rice and noodles in moderation.