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Sugar is not so bad
Editors:
While I agree with most of Michael Nightingale’s letter (Nov 21) on
vegetarianism, he is wrong that sugar is worse for your health than meat.
For example, while many studies show that heart disease can be reversed by
going on a low fat vegetarian diet (Google: Dean Ornish reverses heart
disease), there is no such evidence that similar results can be achieved by
going on a sugar free diet.
Taken in moderation, sugar is not that bad for you.
Sincerely,
Steve Gordon
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City Hall addresses
Soi Chaiyaphun situation
Warunya Thongrod
Re: Re: Soi Chaiyaphun (PM Mailbag 22 November 2013) - Sunthorn
Sompramai, director of Civil Construction at Pattaya’s Engineering Dept.,
replies: This road (Soi Chaiyaphun) is not a public road; it belongs to the
private sector. According to the complaint over the broken road, city hall
has been surfacing the road as a public service and it is not yet done,
within this week or the next city hall will lay asphalt over the road. City
hall is looking after the road, too, as a public service for road users, and
each year city hall would have to fix this (private) road 2-3 times per year
- for free, using public tax money.
As for why city hall was slow in fixing it: first, this year there has been
too much rain over the past few months, flooding this road for too long; and
second, his department did not have enough manpower to fix the many public
roads in the city, much less fix a private road for free.
(For city hall) to keep this road in perfect condition at all times, the
private sector who owns the road would have to transfer the ownership to
city hall. But that might not be possible since it then would be difficult
for the private owner to make any changes or alterations to the road without
first asking permission from city hall.
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