On the FAO World Milk day (1st of June ), Deputy Public Health Minister Cholanan Srikaew stated that Thai youths aged 18 were rather short with the average height of males at 167.1cm. He declared this was because an average Thai drinks only 14 litres of milk per year, compared to a South East Asia average of 60 litres., and that Thais should be encouraged to drink milk.
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/nati...-30207402.html
As long as they keep eating their cucumbers I am not really bothered.
I adore a glass of chilled full cream milk with my breakfast.
I have always understood that Thai people consider that consumption of dairy products causes some sort of unpleasant body odour - a problem that many experience when in close physical contact with farang. Is that a myth?
"The fruits of peace and tranquility... are the greatest goods... while those of its opposite, strife, are unbearable evils. Hence we ought to wish for peace, to seek it if we do not already have it, to conserve it once it is attained, and to repel with all our strength the strife which is opposed to it. To this end individual[s]... and in even greater degree groups and communities are obliged to help one another... from the bond or law of human society." [Marsilio dei Mainardini (c.1275-1342), Defensor Pacis]
if it is a myth, I've heard that too.
Hitchhiking's more of a challenge on the road less travelled.
Many Asians have lactose intolerance, i.e. they can't digest lactose (a kind of sugar found in milk and dairy products), which causes bowel problems.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactose_intolerance
(the German version has a map of lactose intolerance around the world)
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