Week 4: 85.4kgs
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Week 4: 85.4kgs

It’s the end of week 4. I ate too well last weekend! We celebrated reaching a milestone of 20kgs lost, with a long bike ride and Malaysian food for dinner! Of course, that meant rice with BBQ skewers, beef stew and satay. We’re talking calories, followed by soy bean milk with black grass jelly. Honestly,…

A Smooth Drink

A Smooth Drink

I used to make smoothies with the whole vegetable/fruit. It really was quite nice. My combo featured cucumber, soybean milk (or other nut milks), apple, banana, and various other ingredients. Since it was a smoothie, it had the full fiber content of the ingredients, not just the juice. It was actually quite filling if adding…

person pours milk into glass
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Milk, butter and cheese are all expensive in Taiwan. Why?

So it farmers get NT$27.7 for a liter of milk. $3billion / 108000000 liters of milk. ChatGPT says it’s about NT$32 for farmer’s rates in Ablerta. I guess global input costs are similar and there don’t seem to be any subsidies for milk production here. So… local milk is quite expensive. I’m impressed how much…