tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35574270.post1305143995129559332..comments2024-03-27T00:12:53.588-07:00Comments on Travel Blog: Eva Karrin McKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02488422481431711607noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35574270.post-89922390651565998382007-07-13T22:41:00.000-07:002007-07-13T22:41:00.000-07:00Aww, I'm glad you hugged and made up. I wasn't abo...Aww, I'm glad you hugged and made up. I wasn't about to intrude on your diabetes debate! <BR/><BR/>Mainly because I have no clue what the figures are. No fighting on my blog, tsk tsk ;)<BR/><BR/>just rainbows and peace signs hereEva Karrin McKinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488422481431711607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35574270.post-36020356825527784362007-07-13T16:41:00.000-07:002007-07-13T16:41:00.000-07:00ok. So maybe your right and I'm misinformed. But ...ok. So maybe your right and I'm misinformed. <BR/><BR/>But who doesn't love junk food and ramen.<BR/><BR/>Have you tried a hot bowl of Ichiban ramen with vegtables and tempura shrimp?<BR/><BR/>Yum. Good stuff. <BR/><BR/>No harm. No foul.<BR/><BR/>Peace. Out.Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01591445925128444408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35574270.post-65114447362746440062007-07-11T17:36:00.000-07:002007-07-11T17:36:00.000-07:00K, Korea has ONE of the highest diabetes figures. ...K, Korea has ONE of the highest diabetes figures. It definately does NOT have one of the lowest diabetes rates!!! not with all the junk food culture there!!! Aside from the traditional food, there is hardly any nutritional value to most of the convenience foods or other foods sold there!! Even a basic carton of orange juice tastes sickly sweet and even banana milk has stupendous amounts of sugar. There is a HUGE ramen culture there-korean ramen has carcinogens and is loaded with NO nutrition. <BR/><BR/>Korea DOES have a diabetes problem. <BR/><BR/>"Currently, there are over 240 million people worldwide living with diabetes, states the World Diabetes Day website.<BR/><BR/>The rate of diabetes among adults in countries such as the Asian giants China and India and others like South Korea, Indonesia and Thailand are contributing to this increase, states the study."<BR/><BR/>http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/health.info/twninfohealth049.htm<BR/><BR/>Asians, especially those from Far Eastern nations like China, Korea and Japan, ... children have the highest rate of type-1 diabetes <BR/><BR/>www.diseaseproof.com/archives/diabetes-white-kids-have-highest-diabetes-rate.html <BR/><BR/>Diabetes mellitus is a serious and costly disease that is becoming increasingly common in many countries, including Korea, the site of this study, <BR/><BR/>www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=18810Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35574270.post-46039226353719843362007-07-11T16:45:00.000-07:002007-07-11T16:45:00.000-07:00Funny. Anonymous says S Korea has the highest diab...Funny. Anonymous says S Korea has the highest diabetes figures??? Really. Where did he get this information!!! Actually an informed person would know that S Korean have one the lowest rates of diabetes in the world. <BR/><BR/>Nice blog btw. It seems you are assimulating well with the the Korean culture. It can be a personally enriching experience. Wish I could have done the same at a younger age.Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01591445925128444408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35574270.post-45381087864688565602007-07-11T07:53:00.000-07:002007-07-11T07:53:00.000-07:00The poor quality of Korean bread rates a long post...The poor quality of Korean bread rates a long post of its own, maybe even a blog of its own...daeguowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265027333985937239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35574270.post-77632487538390923022007-07-10T22:53:00.000-07:002007-07-10T22:53:00.000-07:00I heard from my friend that moved there that it's ...I heard from my friend that moved there that it's really hard to regulate her diabetes due to most of the food stalls and shops selling high carb/glucose, low vege+fiber foods everywhere you go. She found the bread to be really sweet and super expensive with no wholemeal or grain varieties. The veges there are ridiculously high priced apparently--but only at supermarkets. Veges are cheaper at markets. Ironically, S Korea has one of the highest diabetes figures. I wonder why health food (unless its super traditional korean) is not a huge deal with all the diabetes problems???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35574270.post-63277272870973821842007-07-10T08:50:00.000-07:002007-07-10T08:50:00.000-07:00Tom,One of the big reasons why Seoul gets rated as...Tom,<BR/><BR/>One of the big reasons why Seoul gets rated as super expensive is the cost of housing. It is riduclously expensive but as your school should be picking that up for you, I would say Seoul can be quite cheap to live. It depends what you like to do, if you want to eat western food most of the time it's gonna cost you. I would say you could save a lot or you could easily spend a lot. Judging from what teachers blog about they seem to have a pretty good time while saving enough money to pay off student debts and go on tours of Europe so I shouldn't worry too much...daeguowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265027333985937239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35574270.post-57286574345239606972007-07-10T08:49:00.000-07:002007-07-10T08:49:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17120174625232191607noreply@blogger.com