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Prayut says Thais should prefer rice over bread

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Friday that he would like Thais to prefer rice over bread.

"We should preserver Thai culture of eating rice instead of teaching Thais to eat bread," Prayut said during his weekly TV programme Friday night.

He quoted Her Majesty the Queen as saying that eating rice would not cause the people to become fat if they eat it in a proper amount.

He said foreign athletes now eat rice as source of energy while Thais have started shunning rice.

"I would like to promote Thais to eat rice and would like the entire global populations to eat rice," Prayut said.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Prayut-says-Thais-should-prefer-rice-over-bread-30245271.html

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-- The Nation 2014-10-10

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C'mon posters, the guy is not wrong.

He doesn't care so much about Thailand's eating habits but he cares about Thailand's economy.

If people start eating bread, wheat has to be imported from other countries.

On the other hand rice is home produced and every plate we eat a farmer gets the benefit of it, and the whole Thai economy gets the benefit of it.

He is not stupid at all........he knows very well what he is going on about.

I thought imports were taxed to the hilt? Surely that should make up for the shortfall?

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I saw him on TV when we were at dinner .. How did he talk for so long with the aid of buffalo's ploughing the paddy video for what seemed like twenty plus minutes.

Why not tackle the trend of obesity through inactivity in the youth, the way asian junk food has become a staple and ask the nation to reduce the amount of sugar taken in everything.

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