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[Travelish]

rockchick, on 2011-03-13 11:56:51, said:

I just came across this thread as I was looking for vegetarian restaurant reccomendations.  I would like to say that that a small online health food store in Thailand has been launched. They have a good selection of items i have not seen elsewhere including some  that can be found at villa. however it is worth a look as I have finally been able to find many things I never could before such as Vanilla extract with NO corn syrup. (even the all natural on at  Villa has that in it). Also sun-dried tomatoes, yum, some organic soy sauce, and chemical free body care products. (as in really natural with NO sodium lauryl sulfate) and some natural mosquito coils too.
    
    Perhaps someone has finally tapped into the market. http://www.goodkarmathailand.com
    
    Thanks for the vegetarian restaurant reccomendations. Will look for the one by the weekend market.  Do you know the exact name? I googled it and there seems to be a chain of them. I will be there this month and would really like to find it.

and dont forget http://www.orgathai.com/

[Beechboy]

I don't necessarily equate heath food shops with vegetarianism.

You can go into any store and avoid meaty things.

I think more nuts and seeds and vitamins, multis or just vitamin E.

Meat substitutes yes, but more green tea and even weight loss products containing chromium.

Not forgetting Milk Thistle to repair the liver after boozing.

Pulses, nuts and seeds are healthy , plenty of selenenium and not forgetting cholesterol busting oats and walnuts.

AND: omega 3 fish oils for the heart.

Buy online.

Edited by Beechboy, 2011-03-18 01:54:00.

[jfchandler]

Apparently I got unsubscribed from this thread during one of its quiet periods... Glad to find my way back...

Was out at Queen Sirikit today for one of their shows/fairs...and came across a couple of interesting things I'd never heard or of seen before... one a healthy foods market in BKK near Siriraj Hospital, and the other a healthy foods restaurant in the Lumpini area...

See the images I've scanned below....

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The Cheewajit shop had their own good sized mini market set up at QSNCC the past few days for the fair...and I could see that had a pretty broad range of a lot of different products.... rices, grains, beans, drinks, packaged food, juices, etc etc.. The prices were quite reasonable, and as you can see from the image above, they're doing some foods under their own brand labeling.... I talked with their store manager, a Thai who speaks quite good English.... It's a bit out of the way, but would seem well worth a visit...

Meanwhile, I only saw the brochure for this restaurant below...but it looks quite interesting... I wanna try it soon...and I'm presuming it's near the Saladang BTS and/or Lumpini MRT stations.

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BTW, though I'm not a vegetarian, there's what looks to be quite a decent vegetarian restaurant... yes... a real restaurant... in the basement of the Ekamai Mediplex complex just adjacent to the Ekamai BTS station... Haven't tried it yet, though.... They looked to be heavy on soy substitutes for meat, which isn't a good thing for me....

[epicsessions]

curious as to why soy is not good for you? i would love to find such a product in los for my homemade pizzas
http://www.yvesveggi...tless-pepperoni

[glbv]

Some say soy increases estrogen levels, although I have never seen a study to 100% back this claim.

[robblok]

glbv, on 2012-05-25 16:53:13, said:

Some say soy increases estrogen levels, although I have never seen a study to 100% back this claim.

I heard that too and seen stuff about it.. in this case i don't need soy so i wont try it.

[Sheryl]

It does not increase estrogen. It contains substances called phytoestrogens, these are plant substances that fit onto some (not all) estrogen receptors). It has long been speculated that because of this, soy products might help relieve the symptoms women experience during menopause and thus be an alternative to hormone replacement therapy.

However recent research has shown this is not the case.

[glbv]

Ive gotta say I don't believe that id does decrease it myself and frequently drink cartons of Soy Slender chocolate unsweetened soy milk. Amazing stuff, still not so much of a tofu person though.