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    Do Thais eat enough fruit and vegetables? 5 a day and the like

    ^ Agreed, but with kids and Thai not known for their daily intake of Fruit and Veg ... a multivitamin is a rest easy insurance policy.

    Kids mimic adults, hence I take one also.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post
    Thai not known for their daily intake of Fruit and Veg ..
    Huh?
    Clearly your observation skills are not terribly honed, Dave.

    We're talking Thai here, not Farang kids that appear to be Thai and melded into their appropriate surroundings -
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    Quote Originally Posted by HuangLao View Post
    Huh?
    Clearly your observation skills are not terribly honed, Dave.
    I'm with Jeff here, Dave. Fruit is widely available on the street (in small bags to eat now or at the market to take home) while any khao gaeng stall will always have numerous veggie options.

    Not really much of an excuse in Thailand to not be getting your five a day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HuangLao View Post
    Clearly your observation skills are not terribly honed
    Clearly they are.

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    To the above comments ...

    My Boys are 6 YO and live in the West ATM

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    But, in Thailand I didn't see much eating of fruit and little of vegetables by the young ones.

    Adults, a little more ... Green Mango/PawPaw salad being an exception.

    Just my experiences living in a large Thai Family
    Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago ...


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    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post
    To the above comments ...

    My Boys are 6 YO and live in the West ATM

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    But, in Thailand I didn't see much eating of fruit and little of vegetables by the young ones.

    Adults, a little more ... Green Mango/PawPaw salad being an exception.

    Just my experiences living in a large Thai Family
    It's everywhere mate. The kids are always walking around with the little bags of pineapple that you get for 10 to 20 baht or so on the street (admittedly often doused in sugar and chili, but still...) and the adults will always have a bag next to their desk in the office.

    Go out with any Thai for a cheap meal at lunch (khao gaeng) or to a more expensive restaurant and there'll always be at least one plate of vegetables ordered.

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    Thai [and their children] consume varying degrees of veges everyday -
    Raw, cooked, whatever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post
    To the above comments ...

    My Boys are 6 YO and live in the West ATM

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    But, in Thailand I didn't see much eating of fruit and little of vegetables by the young ones.

    Adults, a little more ... Green Mango/PawPaw salad being an exception.

    Just my experiences living in a large Thai Family

    ....and your experience and exposure is quite nominal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HuangLao View Post
    Thai [and their children] consume varying degrees of veges everyday -
    Raw, cooked, whatever.
    Indeed.

    All those horrible Isaan fishy dips where a fucking raw green bean is used or something!

    Not my cup of chai, but to say that Thais don't get enough veggies?!?!?!?!

    Bizarre, to say the least. For fucks sake, every food stall has various greens available when you sit down for your lunch/evening meal!

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    ... every food stall has various greens available when you sit down for your lunch/evening meal!
    'available' and 'consumed' are different concepts.

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    Mate, everyone's experience differs.

    My experience is a decade (on and off) living in Thailand, the majority of which lived with an extensive, diverse Thai Family.

    Your Thai experience is obviously different.


    Both experiences are mutually different, but still factual.

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    I'd say Yes they do or close anyway. I see Thai kids and adults eating fruit constantly. Pineapple, Thai apples, Noi Na, bananas, mango, oranges. Veggies is in almost every meal. That said they also eat a ton of processed meats.

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    My experience says that they eat shit loads of greens and fruit.

    From a Thai family having what seemed like eating an endless amount of the green stuff and a small amount of meat, to living in a condo in Chiang Mai and watching the universality and school kids line up to a mobile fruit stall before and after school( set up at 6AM every morning...fuckers used to wake me up!)

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    Perhaps vegetables and fruit consumption are different in Isaan. But for sure here in Bangkok everyone eats fruit daily. So easy to just pick up a bag of any kind for virtually nothing. Fresh vegetables everyday as well. Dont forget with the climate here both fruit and veg is available everyday fresh and full of vitamins.

    From here we go to the vitamins. Neither I or anyone in my family takes vitamins as we get them through the fruit and veg. Remember though the staple food of Isaan is Kao Neow which is eaten with a different type of Thai food than Kao Suay.

    So perhaps you are seeing something different up in Isaan. With its heavy Thai/Chinese population BKK does eat very different than Isaan. In fact I only learned to love vegetables here. The way they are prepared on high heat and stir fried with oyster sauce and garlic makes them simply delicious.

    Look at Bowies dinner thread contributions for how most Bangkokians eat.. Loads of fruit and veg daily.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aging one View Post
    Perhaps vegetables and fruit consumption are different in Isaan. But for sure here in Bangkok everyone eats fruit daily. So easy to just pick up a bag of any kind for virtually nothing. Fresh vegetables everyday as well. Dont forget with the climate here both fruit and veg is available everyday fresh and full of vitamins.

    From here we go to the vitamins. Neither I or anyone in my family takes vitamins as we get them through the fruit and veg. Remember though the staple food of Isaan is Kao Neow which is eaten with a different type of Thai food than Kao Suay.

    So perhaps you are seeing something different up in Isaan. With its heavy Thai/Chinese population BKK does eat very different than Isaan. In fact I only learned to love vegetables here. The way they are prepared on high heat and stir fried with oyster sauce and garlic makes them simply delicious.

    Look at Bowies dinner thread contributions for how most Bangkokians eat.. Loads of fruit and veg daily.

    Might be a better chance that BKK cuisines and dietary habits have their roots [and diffused] from upcountry locales, where a rich variety of foods are to be had and commonplace.

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    Has this been modded?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    Has this been modded?
    Kinda.
    It was an edited split from Chitty's vitamin thread a couple of hours ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aging one View Post
    Perhaps vegetables and fruit consumption are different in Isaan. But for sure here in Bangkok
    I doubt much of your veg is grown in Bangkok


    Talking from what I've seen, the majority of your average Thais diet is veg, fruit and rice with minimal protein compared to what we ingest.
    5 a day? More like 20 a day

    The wife is a Botanist when it comes to scavenging off the land and knows all the plants, which I'd imagine nearly all Rural Thais do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post
    a multivitamin is a rest easy insurance policy.
    Multi-vitamins are bad. You just end up overdosing on what you already have inside you and are probably damaging your organs.

    Your body will tell you when it need certain vitamins. Have any of your kids got scurvy yet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post
    'available' and 'consumed' are different concepts.

    Mate, I haven't lived in Thailand for over 10 moon and have not been back on me hols for the last 2 or 3 years, but the comments above confirm what I'm (and Jeff, to be fair to the nob) saying. The problem with the Thai diet is the amount of sugar and salt that goes into the cooking, not the amount of greens they eat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dillinger View Post
    I doubt much of your veg is grown in Bangkok


    Talking from what I've seen, the majority of your average Thais diet is veg, fruit and rice with minimal protein compared to what we ingest.
    5 a day? More like 20 a day

    The wife is a Botanist when it comes to scavenging off the land and knows all the plants, which I'd imagine nearly all Rural Thais do.
    Hence the self-sufficient ideals that come naturally.
    All properties, of every size, grow/keep enough food products for the family and extensions - on a communal extension basis.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dillinger View Post
    I doubt much of your veg is grown in Bangkok
    We grow tomatoes, chilies, pakana, krapow, runner beans, squash, mangoes, limes, bananas and cabbage on our land. Broccoli, cauliflower and other veg is purchased at the market. Mostly grown in Prathum Thani. The fruit the wife chooses is based on which province grows the tastiest type of fruit she wants.



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    Based on the posts above, I wholeheartedly accept that the majority of members here are correct and my experiences are an outlier to the norm.

    PLUS, I reckon it's great that so much fruit and veg is eaten.

    It's not my experience, but I can't ignore the weight of your collective experiences.


    When the Covid19 restrictions ease and we revisit the Thai Farm, I'll take more note to see what we, as a large Thai Family eat.

    Maybe it's my perception and the Thai Family is doing better then I recall.


    Time will tell

    PS ... what's the vege content of Humble Pie
    Last edited by David48atTD; 28-06-2020 at 09:21 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HuangLao View Post
    Huh?
    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    I'm with Jeff here, Dave. Fruit is widely available on the street (in small bags to eat now or at the market to take home)
    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    It's everywhere mate. The kids are always walking around with the little bags of pineapple that you get for 10 to 20 baht or so on the street (admittedly often doused in sugar and chili, but still...) and the adults will always have a bag next to their desk in the office.
    Quote Originally Posted by JPPR2 View Post
    I'd say Yes they do or close anyway. I see Thai kids and adults eating fruit constantly. Pineapple, Thai apples, Noi Na, bananas, mango, oranges. Veggies is in almost every meal.
    Quote Originally Posted by Little Chuchok View Post
    My experience says that they eat shit loads of greens and fruit.
    Quote Originally Posted by aging one View Post
    But for sure here in Bangkok everyone eats fruit daily.
    Quote Originally Posted by aging one View Post
    Look at Bowies dinner thread contributions for how most Bangkokians eat.. Loads of fruit and veg daily.
    Quote Originally Posted by Dillinger View Post
    the majority of your average Thais diet is veg, fruit and rice with minimal protein compared to what we ingest.
    5 a day? More like 20 a day
    Yeah, the OP is bizarre.


    But... he doesn't live in Thailand, or seem particularly clued in.

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    The Isaan diet is nothing like the Central and Southern Thai diet. Its that simple.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    Yeah, the OP is bizarre.


    But... he doesn't live in Thailand, or seem particularly clued in.
    How has this even become a question (apart from AO taking the opportunity to show off his garden)?

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