explorer wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:53 am It is common in Cambodia to meet people in their 30s who have had a stroke.

John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:30 am

explorer wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:53 am It is common in Cambodia to meet people in their 30s who have had a stroke.

It is? How can you tell they've had a stroke?

hanno wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:09 am

Kammekor wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 7:45 am

explorer wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:53 am Does it matter if Cambodians eat rubbish?

If you look at different websites, you may get different numbers, but the average Australian lives approximately 20 years longer than the average Cambodian.

The average Japanese actually lives a little longer than the average Australian. So Asians can have long healthy lives.

Not just that, Cambodians get health problems 20 years younger. It is common in Cambodia to meet people in their 30s who have had a stroke. Then the children have to support disabled parents in their 30s.

If you talk to Cambodians about this, they would like to have long healthy lives, but most wont change their diet.

Yes, it must be the food. The crazy amount of people dying in traffic accidents, the hard physical labor over 50% of the Khmer have to do, the lack of decent healthcare... It doesn't really matter. It's the food.

This. In a country where easily tested for dieseases such as diabetes are not recognized, life expectancy will always stay low.

Duncan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 7:19 am

BklynBoy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 5:51 am I had a cambodian fish dish but forgot name. Its the full fish sprinkled with chopped up mango and some other vegetables. It has a savory taste.

The name does not mean anything,,, It's where it came from that matters..... Carp caught in the village pond where all the shit and pollutants are thrown taste the best according to some people that live here.

orussey98 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 12:46 am

Chamboy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:27 pm "The best would be to eat in countryside with farmer where they cook for real."

The bucolic notion that rural cuisine is rsuperior is an illusion. They work hard and would happily devour the table the meal sits on. I’ve been living in rural Cambodia for almost 2 decades and am weary of the local market"s breakfast selection, rice 3-4 times a day or homemade backyard soup, nutritious but boring. Their food is of the same quality as their rice wine. Imminently forgettable, but it gets the job done. Primarily food is viewed for it's utilitarian functions. Taste buds be damned and pull up a seat stranger!

Well. You don't have luck.
I had the best food in province fresh numba chok, good rice, fish, desserts, soup, etc

Kammekor wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 7:45 am

explorer wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:53 am

the hard physical labor over 50% of the Khmer have to do

Tarndog wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:19 am

Kammekor wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 7:45 am

explorer wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:53 am

the hard physical labor over 50% of the Khmer have to do

Damn, I hope that was a joke!

Chamboy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 10:29 am You are talking about a few good meals, I am talking about nearly 20 years of prison food. Sure, I've had a few good meals, but only if my wife's workload allows her the time. We don't live like landed Gentry, work takes priority and because of that most of our meals are catch as catch can. The patina wore off years ago. I consider myself to be a very "lucky" man. The meals are boring, if nutritious in the.main, but family life is solid.