Category Archives: medicine

The Exquisite Fatness of Farangs

“Why farang so fat?” Lil’ Noi the 16 year-old waitress from Chez Michel asked at the end of the night. “Kin mak.” Lil’ Noi was right. Farangs ate a lot, although not as much as a hungry Thai woman during the course of the day. Morning rice and chicken, mid-day sum tam with Chinese noodles, […]

The Price of Beauty

Thailand is well-known for the beauty of its ka-toeys or ladyboys. Every year the country hosts the Miss Tiffany International Beauty Contest awarding a million baht to the most beautiful TV in the world. The show is televised throughout the nation and everyone cheers on their favorites. Usually a Thai ka-toey wins, since Thai women […]

John Hopkins report on Big C Prevention

Death Valley March 1996 From Michael Holman, not a doctor but a friend. AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY (‘TRY’, BEING THE KEY WORD) TO ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY . Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins: 1. Every person […]

4-20-2010

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Men over 45 too old to be fathers

A French study unsurprisingly announced that men over 40 have a problem conceiving children, although had no problem giving birth to two children in my 50s. Friends have doubted my children’s parentage, asking why they don’t look more like farangs. “Must have something to do with my diet.” I eat mostly Thai food.