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Thai Dinner Party Ideas to Wow Your Guests

Thailand Inspired Dinner Party

Think Thailand and you imagine the ancient temples in Chiang Mai, the Chao Praya River reflecting the glow of the Wat Arum temple during warm evenings, white sandy beaches and blazing sunsets, Bangkok’s chaotic traffic, graceful bamboos, and the history rich sacred city of Ayuthaya. The food is glorious too! Hot and sour soup with shrimp, sumptuous fried rice with crab, Thai summer rolls, and the heavenly mango ice-cream. You can bring Thailand to your home in your next dinner party.

Recreate the Culture

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Delicious Thai Foods You Must Try

Thai food is world famous food for its exotic flavors and delicious taste. The combination of sweet, sour, hot and salty flavors make Thai cuisine so distinct and unique. Out of all the food items, Thai’s national soup Tom Yam is more enticing and noticeable worldwide. Apart from this soup, there are numerous veg and non-veg Thai recipes that cater to the tastes of many people across the globe. For such people who would like to taste international cuisines and who are traveling to Thai, here we are enlisting few Top Thai food that is easy to cook and are widely accepted around the world.

• Tom Yam Goong: The national soup of Thai that uses the wide variety of fragrant herbs such as, Lemongrass, lime leaves, galangal, and shallots with chilies and fish sauce. This is the best start for a meal and is a fine combination of spicy hot and sour and can be served with rice.

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Thai Food Culture

A highlight for many people on a Thailand holiday is experiencing Thai food culture. Traditional rituals, great hospitality and fresh, vibrant flavours ensure Thailand is a food lover’s delight, with exciting offerings on every corner- from busy street stalls to more luxurious restaurants.

Thailand is the world largest exporter of rice, and it is the staple part of a Thai diet. Rice is by no means just a food source in Thai culture, but is also associated to certain gods and traditions, differing in certain regions. It is unacceptable in Thailand to leave rice on your plate to be thrown away, as it is widely believed that it will anger the ‘god of rice’ a female deity who ensures that everyone will have enough food to survive upon. Continue reading “Thai Food Culture”

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Type 2 Diabetes – Maintain Stable Blood Sugar With These Thai Food Classics

Thai food is one of the fastest growing cuisines in the West. And with dishes more flavorful and rich than most other countries can offer, it’s no wonder more and more Type 2 diabetics are turning to Thai food to eat healthy without needing to choke down bland salads and sandwiches.

However, not every Thai dish on your local Thai restaurant menu is appropriate for diabetics. A meal with papaya salad, fried noodles and sweetened sticky rice will likely push your blood sugar higher than a kite. Lucky for you there are a few mouth-watering Thai dishes that are ideal for keeping diabetic blood sugar in check.

Spicy Shrimp Soup: Spicy shrimp soup (also known as “tom yom goong”) contains fresh shrimp, Thai spices and coconut milk. Although not as healthy as salmon, shrimp is rich in omega-3 fats. Omega-3 fats combat the inflammation that underlies insulin resistance. Research published in the 2009 “FASEB Journal” found that supplementing with omega-3’s from seafood reduced insulin resistance stemming from obesity. Continue reading “Type 2 Diabetes – Maintain Stable Blood Sugar With These Thai Food Classics”

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How Thai Food Can Help You Lose Weight

Thai food is rich in salad and raw vegetables. A salad is the ideal foodstuff in a diet. Even so, dieters sometimes make the blunder of smothering it in salad dressing. The practical course of action could be to always have the salad dressing on the side. You can easily dip the tip of your fork inside prior to taking a bite of salad. Thus giving you sufficient flavor from the dressing without worrying about the further calories from fat. Or, you can just choose to forget about the dressing for the most part.

Your meal doesn’t need to fill the entire plate. The truth is, it is advisable to give yourself smaller portions. It often can assist on an emotional level if you choose a smaller plate to start with. Then, once you fill your plate, the portions sizes already are more compact.

Vegetables should use up at least half of your plate. The average person inside United States of America doesn’t necessarily eat more than enough greens. In Thailand and south-east Asia, it’s the reverse. It is possible to stock up on vegetables without the need of feeling guilty given that fruit and vegetables usually are lower in fat and calories. Begin with eating your fresh vegetables first. Continue reading “How Thai Food Can Help You Lose Weight”

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Common Reasons For Pregnancy Nausea in Third Trimester

For most pregnant women, nausea and vomiting are most likely to develop in the first month or two of pregnancy and start tapering off by the end of the first trimester-by week 18 at the outside. But as many as 20 percent of women may find that their symptoms of pregnancy nausea lasting into the third trimester, and 5 percent experience nausea and vomiting right up to delivery.

For some women, morning sickness stops after a few weeks at the start of their pregnancy, only to return again around week 27 or after. Still other women have no nausea at all in early stages, and are quite surprised to find it developing in the last three months.

Of course, at any time, a sudden onset of nausea and vomiting can be due to a virus or other illness. Especially if it is accompanied by diarrhea, it could be the flu or food poisoning. If such symptoms are severe at any time during pregnancy, it’s important to be wary of dehydration and make sure to replenish the fluids being lost.

Starting around week 27, hormone activity tends to pick up again, after having leveled off somewhat for most women during the mid-stages of pregnancy. Women who maintain high levels of the hCG hormone are particularly likely to find that their NVP also continues throughout pregnancy. Continue reading “Common Reasons For Pregnancy Nausea in Third Trimester”

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5 Exercises to Keep You Strong in The Judo Off Season

The Christmas and New Year period is always pretty busy and it is important keep up your strength and fitness or else your first training session back is going to hurt. Recently I spent 4 weeks over in Nepal and as soon as I got home on Christmas Eve I was thrown into the madness of visiting family, friends and grabbing some last minutes gifts – all that while suffering from food poisoning.
A few days after getting home I had a quick 2 hours spare so I rushed to the gym and performed a basic strength program that I usually do over holidays or if my training has been inconsistent like it has been for the last two months.

My training session included 5 of the best exercises I think you can do that will strengthen your physically and in doing so will greatly benefit your Judo game.

Why strength train?

If you and your opponent are technically the same, and have the same experience level and tactics then the player who is fitter and stronger will win – it’s that simple. Continue reading “5 Exercises to Keep You Strong in The Judo Off Season”

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Health Benefits of Kuma-zasa – What Are These Tea Leaves Good For?

For ages now, people across the world have been drinking tea. Nations such as China and India have been using tea for many centuries, either just as simply a beverage or as a means of currency. Some people would drink various teas strictly for the taste and enjoy drinking tea more than anything else. Other people may not enjoy the taste so much, but they choose to drink tea for other reasons like some of the health benefits they can get from tea. One type of tea that is very popular in Japan, its native country, is called Kuma-zasa. Continue reading “Health Benefits of Kuma-zasa – What Are These Tea Leaves Good For?”

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Great One-Horned Rhino Facing Threat

The majestic Great One Horned Rhino is a pride of Northeast India but its survival is at danger today. Human interference is one of the major factors responsible for putting the life of One Horned Rhinos at risk. Grazing of livestocks inside the protected areas makes the animals vulnerable to several fatal diseases. Unabated poaching activities mainly for it’s horn is pushing this animal to the brink of extinction. The horn is used as a medicine and an aphrodesiac. Medicinal purposes are as a pain reliever and a fever suppressant. For centuries, Asians have believed that powdered rhino horn could cure everything from fevers and nose bleeds to measles, diphtheria, and food poisoning. Many also believe powdered rhino horn helps retain the vigor of youth and contributes to sexual stamina. However, there are no scientific studies that show that rhino horn is affective for any of these purposes. In addition to the horn, rhino hide; blood, urine, and dung also have economic value. Continue reading “Great One-Horned Rhino Facing Threat”

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What Is the Side Effect of Drinking Too Much Ionized Alkaline Water?

“Over-alkalinity” is the most common question I face in my years of dealing in the ionized water industry. I saw a news article in the paper last month that a young doctor claims that we human do not need to drink alkaline water. He says that our body has the natural ability to regulate the body pH through urination, breathing, and sweating.

Yes! He was right that our body has the natural ability to get rid of the excess acids in the body, but he forgot that we are no more living in the natural environment. Almost all the foods in the market now are processed with ‘high tech’ methods in order achieve maximum commercial return. And our diet has changed greatly from mainly plant based to animal based. Human has become a carnivore.

Human body is not designed (or evolves) to process high consumption of protein and refined carbohydrate, these foods are the main cause of acids build up in the in the body. Obesity, gout, diabetes, hypertension, cancer and all other so-called “modern diseases” are actually not diseases. All these are just symptoms that the body is undergoing serious acidosis. Continue reading “What Is the Side Effect of Drinking Too Much Ionized Alkaline Water?”