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The bitter truth about sweets
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 16/08/2016
» It's widely accepted fact that Thailand is a nation whose population truly have a sweet tooth. Considering common dietary guidelines for daily sugar intake, which recommends only four to six teaspoons, each Thai consumes 20 on average.
A silent killer
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 12/07/2016
» A lot of Thais, especially those in journalism, are mourning the death of Poochanok Rakthai, the TNN24 news reporter who died of liver cancer last week. At only 30 years of age, Poochanok was diagnosed in December last year with a 13cm tumour in his liver. The malignancy was found to have been caused by the hepatitis B virus.
The fruits of carelessness
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 07/06/2016
» First it was vendors in Saraburi province who were caught red-handed late last month while mixing orange concentrate with tap water and colouring additives. Second, a street seller in Bangkok was seen filling plastic bottles with a suspicious orange liquid, with his photos captured while in action circulated online. Then, six vendors in Yaowarat area were raided, with their bottled orange and pomegranate juice sent for further lab examination to find out if they were fake.
Sugar tax just a quick fix
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 30/05/2016
» The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced two weeks ago the biggest overhaul of the country's food nutrition labels in more than two decades. One big change will be the addition of a line for "added sugar" below the line for total sugar.
Too hot to handle
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 03/05/2016
» It's May already, and Thailand's summer heat is getting more intense. Excruciating outdoor temperatures, and electricity demands, keep hitting record highs. Three provinces -- Sukhothai, Lampang and Kanchanaburi -- were recently ranked among the 15 hottest places in the world by El Dorado Weather, with temperatures of up to 44C. The country's scorching weather this year has also set a record for the longest heatwave in at least 65 years.
As tough as old boots
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 26/04/2016
» After Anong Kerdhung was diagnosed with leprosy, the first thought that crossed his mind was that he wished to no longer exist.
'Detox' at your peril
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 04/04/2016
» After scrolling through loads of information on the internet, Supida Mongkol* ended up with a detoxification course in Pathum Thani province as a cure for her poor eating habits. The programme claimed to be able to rid toxins from the body -- the liver and colon in particular -- so that participants regained good health.
Sickly sweet
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 29/03/2016
» A growing number of countries around the world such as France, Mexico and Finland have implemented taxing on excessive sugar levels in soft drinks with Britain as the latest one to have announced its plan earlier this month to start the tax in two years' time to cut down childhood obesity.
Fighting the fat
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 02/02/2016
» One month in and all the New Year parties are now well and truly over. After all those celebratory drinks and feasts, people will by now have likely begun to question if their excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages, cakes and all that would put them at a higher risk of fatty liver, a disease commonly found in recent years.
The dangers of diet pills
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 24/09/2015
» Only once in a blue moon does Thailand's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have a campaign that hits right between the eyes of Thai consumers. But with its recently launched video clip about the danger of diet pills, it seems the FDA has done something right.