Healthy Thai Food

[doodee]

Bojo,

I am eating peanuts now lol.I have the odd farang food,like beef stew or spaghetti and i have even been known to have an english brekkie.

I am 6ft and 87 kilo so not too bad and packed up smoking 5 years ago when the price was 40 baht here in Pattaya,so you do need some discipline mate.My life is so good now i retired early( 7years ago),that i want to be healthy and live for many more years.

I was going to mention about peanuts.........

I admire your restraint, my doctor once said to me that cigarettes kill less than stress related diseases do, not sure if it's true but he's my kind of Doc!

Wishing you many more healthy years.

Regards Bojo

Thank you very much and the same to you mate

[Taggart]

One's diet should be a way of life, a life-style, a noun, not an adverb, not some fad way to lose a couple pounds.

You should do it scientifically and get a real good medical first, to make sure all the vitals are working OK

If ya work out in the gym enough, one can eat almost everything, in moderation.

Next to sashimi, Thai food is excellent. McDonalds & cheesecake are not Thai.

Its calories in, vs calories out. Common sense.

Anything in a box, bag, packet or tin is garbage - empty calories. Lose them.

Fresh fruit & veg is a great start - ya got the water part correct - 10/12 glasses min.

Your brain dont know the difference between thirst & hunger - go with the H2O first.

BR>Jack

I think you missed my point, Thai food is not excellent, but yes Japanese over all is very healthy and I do eat a lot of that. As I said Thai food is loaded with sugar, grease and worst of all msg, I think you would be surprised to know what is actually in that "healthy" Thai food they are serving you. The answer is to make sure the restaurant at my apartment takes me seriously when I order Thai food and tell them no sugar no msg. Was just hoping there was another secret to Thai food, someone mentioned the traditional way, Im not going to marry a Thai woman just to find a traditional Thai cook but wish that style of cooking was more prevalent.

Im not dieting to lose weight, just be healthy and keep me alive longer.

Tw25rw: I am eating whole grain wheat pasta, rice and bread; surely you didnt mean that when you warned me about processed wheat?

Japan is a nation with the longest living people on earth. Japanese food can be very healthy, if kept as the "traditional" diet. The only negatives I've heard of, are the prevalence of white rice, and eating too many pickled foods. When the Japanese veer off, and start eating fast food, their health and longevity rates proceed to plummet.

[Lovia]

I would really like to eat Thai food again but really dont know what dishes might be healthy. Anyone?

Try Khao Klookapi. ( God knows how its spelt ) Fairly healthy as Thai food goes. Of southern ( Indonesian ? ) origin. Consists of rice with raw shredded mango, green bean, onion, shredded omelette, small dried shrimps with a sauce on top......very cheap and tasty. No MSG, not fried, no sugar, plenty of raw veg. very little meat ( in the sauce )

Nah, not Indonesian. They don't have this dish. This's a central Thai dish. Surprisingly the Thai food I eat are pretty much healthier compared to western stuff, like Nam Prik Kapi with broiled/raw veggies or Nam Prik Pla ra with raw veggies and fish soup with coriander+herbs, grilled chicken or fish. Gaeng Som, Gaeng Aom, Mok Pla These are the real Thai food, eat them and I'm sure you can lose the weights you want.

Edited August 22, 2009 by Lovia

[zorro1]

If you stick to items that are heavy on veggies and lighter on meat (Thai food is great for this) avoid excesses of noodles and rice, you can easily live on Thai food and have a good diet. Green papaya salad is on of my favorite Thai foods and it is healthy as can be.

Do this test. When you buy some of that Delicious looking greens either on the street or at a mall take it home, don't eat it but leave it in the fridge. Next morning you will see huge blobs of fat. Thai food is tastier in Thailand for a very good reason , loads of Msg and palm oil. Remember if its too good to be true it probably is. Will never forget years ago sitting in a hole in the wall Thai restaurant that was full of Thais. In the corner by the kitchen there was a sack that was stenciled MSG. A whole sack! loved the food though

[Gary A]

I eat whatever my Thai wife cooks. Since I have changed to about 95 percent Thai food, I have lost 20 pounds, my blood pressure went down considerably and even my pulse rate dropped 10 beats per minute. I think the MSG scare is just that. Only a scare. Everything in moderation.

Blobs of fat? Palm oil doesn't congeal.

Edited August 24, 2009 by Gary A

[Datsun240Z]

I think you missed my point, Thai food is not excellent, but yes Japanese over all is very healthy and I do eat a lot of that. As I said Thai food is loaded with sugar, grease and worst of all msg,

Thai people aren't fat though. That's one change I look forward to when we move to Thailand. Here in the US I am sick to death of seeing fat people everywhere.

I guess you have never been to Thailand ( no fat people? ) you make me laugh I pick up my nephew from school nearly every day and most of the kids are obese and a lot of elderly people too.

Stop watching the television about all the slim Thai girls and come here and see it for your self

My jaw dropped of all those tight ass school girls. Fat where?

[siamquilter]

Palm oil is not good indeed. Better to use olive oil.

That's what we use, olive oil. Also canola for cooking. The problem is you start searching around the web long enough and for sure you'll find experts? critical of these oils, and all oils. Don't know what you're supposed to use.

Hydrogenation of palm & coconut oils is what makes it a bad fat. The virgin coconut oil is good as is the unrefined palm oil. Cheaper alternative to olive oil is locally produced rice bran oil.

Thais have gotten taller & bigger. On my first visit back in '86, only place I could buy clothes to fit was the maternity shop. I haven't changed in size, but I can now go to Lotus and buy clothes off the rack.

One trick when ordering stir-fried dishes is to not eat all the sauce, then you minimize the amount of sugar & MSG consumed.

[spysee]

I always excercise a lot and eat lots of fruit. Fruit in Thailand is really good and if you do even a little excercise and eat sensibly. Then it is not hard to be healthy. I mean most Thai's seem healthy. Many farangs just have no common sense with food.

When you think about it, it is not really rocket science.

I don't know how anyone can let themselves become fat.

[MRnell]

I recently totally changed my diet, eliminating most sugar and eating alot of whole wheat: rice, bread and pasta along with low fat protein and drinking only water. I basically dont eat Thai food, everything Thai I order is covered in sugar, grease or msg.... totally unhealthy. I would really like to eat Thai food again but really dont know what dishes might be healthy. Anyone?

Thai food is very healthy so Im supprised by your comment , Dont be afraid of a little sugar or fat , anything is ok if taken in moderation

uor body is very adaptable ,

Try Thai foods such as - Yum , Larb , som tam , tom yum gai , tom yum goon , rice soups ,

Remember to have fun with food

Enjoy