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dirty guru
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No booze makes hungry more often
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 5:30 am on Mar. 13, 2013
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dirty guru
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And while your off the alcohol you might want to eat better?
But here's some facts on foods that you may have thought were good.
Seven Foods You Think Are Healthy But Aren't, According to research
1. Breakfast cereal
The packages scream nutrition messages at you: "Good source of vitamin D!" "High in fiber." "Antioxidants." And for years, we've been told that breakfast cereal is a healthy, wholesome way to start the day. But if that's the case, why is it nearly impossible to find a box in the cereal aisle without an array of synthetic vitamins and minerals added in? The reason: Without help from added nutrients, many cereals would have very little nutrition and wouldn't be able to make all those salubrious claims.
Cereal processing is damaging to both vitamins and fiber, so much of what exists naturally in the grains -- which may not be a whole lot to begin with -- often doesn't survive the journey to your breakfast bowl. To compensate, manufacturers add fiber ingredients and sprinkle in the equivalent of a multivitamin.
2. Subway sandwiches
Subway has done an outstanding job of promoting itself as the "fresh" and healthy alternative to fast food, and to some extent, these accolades are deserved. Much of the chain's food has fewer calories, fat and sodium than what you get at McDonald's and the like. But unless you're getting a sandwich with nothing but veggies, there's very little about it that's "fresh." Even though Subway bakes its bread inside the stores, it's definitely not Grandma's homemade loaf going into those ovens.
The dough is produced in one of 10 large, industrial factories around the country, where it's loaded up with additives like DATEM (short for diacetyl tartaric acid ester of mono- and diglycerides), sodium stearoyl lactylate, potassium iodate, ascorbic acid and azodicarbonamide. That last one -- azodicarbonamide -- is known to break down into a carcinogen when heated and is a chemical used in the production of foamed plastics. When a tanker truck carrying this substance overturned on a Chicago highway several years ago, city fire officials had to issue their highest hazmat alert and evacuate everyone up to a half mile downwind. Mmmmm, fresh!
3. Light yogurt
It may sound like you're doing yourself a favor by cutting down on the excessive sugar so often found in containers of flavored yogurt, but what's often added in to replace the sugar -- namely artificial sweeteners -- may be even worse. Aspartame and other chemical sweeteners have been linked to strokes and depression, and there's little evidence to suggest that they help anyone lose weight. If anything, fake sweeteners can boost our cravings for the real thing.
And light yogurt can have other unwholesome, non-yogurt ingredients like modified corn starches, preservatives and artificial colors. You're better off getting plain yogurt and adding in your own sweetener like honey or choosing a vanilla-flavored variety, as these often have less sugar than the fruit flavors.
4. Protein bars
When used in their whole form to make things like tempeh, miso and tofu, soybeans are a nutritious legume packed with fiber, calcium, iron, potassium, folate and several B vitamins. But by the time soybeans become soy protein -- the main ingredient in protein bars -- nearly everything nutritious except protein has been lost or discarded. More of a food-like product than a food, soy protein sits at the end of a long, complex soy processing chain that starts with the removal of fat from soybeans using hexane, a neurotoxic product of petroleum refining.
And although the FDA allows products that contain a certain level of soy protein to carry a health claim stating that soy protein reduces the risk of heart disease, the American Heart Association says there is no scientific basis for such a benefit and has asked the FDA to revoke this claim.
5. Reduced fat peanut butter
A strange thing happens when you start trying to remove some of a food's integral components, in this case the fat in peanut butter. Once it's gone, you have to replace it with something, otherwise the whole thing won't taste right. So when manufacturers take out some of the fat to make this supposedly healthier peanut butter, they doctor the product up by adding in more sugar. For instance, simple versions of peanut butter contain two grams of (naturally-occurring) sugar per serving.
Jars of regular Jif have three grams and reduced fat Jif weighs in with four. This is not a good thing because science now clearly shows that sugar is worse for us than fat. Plus, much of the fat found in peanuts happens to be one of the more beneficial ones -- it's monounsaturated, much like that in olive oil.
6. Vitaminwater
These drinks may be better than soda, but that's not saying much. A bottle of regular Vitaminwater delivers a walloping 32 grams of sugar (versus 70 grams in soda). And the origins of all those "reviving" and "immunity" boosting vitamins might surprise you since they're not coming from anything resembling food. Vitamin B1 starts with a coal tar chemical, B3 is made from a waste product in the production of nylon, and vitamin C starts with a corn-based ingredient called sorbitol. Vitamin D, amazingly, comes from sheep grease.
And although these industrially produced vitamins can be beneficial, most of us are getting plenty of them already, either from vitamin supplements or other fortified foods. What we're not getting enough of, however, is fiber and antioxidants, which are found abundantly in fruits and vegetables. So you're far better off drinking water and then eating an orange than chugging a sugary, orange-flavored vitamin pill.
7. Gluten-free snacks and baked goods
The booming trend of gluten-free shows no signs of abating and food companies are riding the wave. And while gluten-free products are eagerly welcomed by those who suffer ill effects from eating wheat, there's often a nutritional tradeoff. Gluten-free products can be little more than concoctions of refined grains and sugar since it's very difficult to make gluten-free products with whole grains and still make them taste good.
But without whole grains, your gluten-free bread isn't going to have any (naturally occurring) fiber, B vitamins or antioxidant compounds. For healthy gluten-free foods, look for packages of gluten-free products that list a whole grain, such a brown rice flour, as the first ingredient.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 2:54 pm on Mar. 15, 2013
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koolbreez
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That whole article you cut & pasted is based on Western foods, not what is readily available in Thailand, except the Subway sandwiches.
Eating off the street food carts in Thailand is very healthy.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 6:42 am on Mar. 16, 2013
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dirty guru
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I never claimed I wrote it.
That was made clear when I said "according to research "
And diet concerns isn't restricted to Thailand ?
Though cereals - subway sandwiches - dairy -and vitamin water- even food bars -indeed are (available there)....most of the listed products
So it's relevant.
My goal here was to extend diet to abstaince as appetite increases
I could point out things about so called Thai cart food concerns( or Thai typical menus and products often used like MSG) but the point is care...not choice
Regards Alcohol abstaining seems easier than self moderating.
Try cutting down first if you drink a lot
Ps for those interested in Thai food safety tips ?
Here is some information ( copied and pasted)
Here are some basic safety measures you can use:
1) Try to avoid ice that isn’t in cube form, especially at roadside food vendors. If the ice is crushed or shaved ice, the risk of contamination is higher.
2) If you eat at street vendors (the type that you sometimes see at markets), try to find one that cooks the food in front of you. That way you can see if the food is being cooked long enough and at a sufficient temperature.
3) Go to places where you see a lot of people eating. Thai locals usually know the best places.
4) Avoid places that have pre-prepared food kept in metal trays or other containers. If it looks like it has been sitting there for hours, it probably has. You should eat food that is prepared when you order it.
5) Do not eat raw forms of seafood that you find at a market, on the street, etc.
6) At a restaurant, inspect the forks, spoons, knives, chopsticks, etc. Also observe the personal hygiene of the person working there or preparing the food. If the workers appear to have good personal hygiene and practice hygienic measures with food handling and preparation, it’s a good indication your food will probably be clean.
7) Vegetables should be washed well and fruits should be peeled to remove any pesticide residues.
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 5:24 pm on Mar. 16, 2013
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madfrog
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Speaking about ice in Thailand...
I once visited an ice factory in ayuthaya, really scary stuff.
The place was kind of 19th industrial revolution factory, with yellowish blocks of ice going out of some huge rusty machine, then they were laid on the floor (covered with wood shavings!), then cut in smaller blocks with some handsaw and later placed in clothe bags on the back of pick-up trucks with some Thai delivery guy sitting on top of it (they being barefoot..)
Same for meat delivery, it is not rare to see pick up full of carcasses driving around. Or go to Klong Toey market at night and see how fishes are handled (not for the weak of heart, VERY disgusting)
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 8:49 pm on Mar. 16, 2013
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expatchuck
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Or one can go to the local village market and see field rats skewered on sticks and ready for sale.
I eat some street foods but generally follow DG's advice, albeit cut and pasted, on doing so.
Thanks, DG.
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Thai Girls : Meet Active Thai Girls
Posted on: 9:11 pm on Mar. 16, 2013
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dirty guru
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Quote: from madfrog on 12:49 pm on Mar. 17, 2013
Same for meat delivery, it is not rare to see pick up full of carcasses driving around. Or go to Klong Toey market at night and see how fishes are handled (not for the weak of heart, VERY disgusting)
I know bleach is used on squid in very small amounts.
The girl who worked in the market warned against eating it without washing it all off.
Mercury and pesticides are often found in live market fish farmed near crops in northern fish farms.
Yes meats often exposed to heat and flies could pose risks to intensifie digested bacteria and over time make you sick.
But Ice is certainly a major concern as some ice factories freeze water that is not clean.
But in saying all this with awareness and careful choices food can be safely eaten
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 6:51 pm on April 3, 2013
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dirty guru
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Quote: from expatchuck on 1:11 pm on Mar. 17, 2013
Or one can go to the local village market and see field rats skewered on sticks and ready for sale.
Yes along with bugs and frogs and near Cambodia lizard snakes and dogs.
It's sobering to realise your dealing with humans that are still on a very basic level on what is eaten...as it was for thousands of years.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 6:54 pm on April 3, 2013
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