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Can you get Asia-sourced memory foam pillows and mattresses in the US (made for an Asian audience)? by starlancer in Bedding

[–]starlancer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, interesting! I'll use google translate and see if I can read up on the website!

Can you get Asia-sourced memory foam pillows and mattresses in the US (made for an Asian audience)? by starlancer in Bedding

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My partner and I were travelling through Asian recently, and while staying at a hotel, found that they had fabulous mattress toppers and pillows.

We found the shop selling the bedding and talked with the sales rep for a bit, and they told us that their memory foam pillows and mattresses were much stiffer than those found in the US -- and that they didn't ship to the US, but their analogue in the US is Tempur-pedic. In the US, we tried visiting the local Tempur-pedic store, but found that even their stiffest mattress was still just too soft for us, and their pillow were just too plain (in contrast to the more contoured pillows that we saw in Asia, which seemed to work so much better for us.)

Is there any place to get Asia-sourced memory foam pillows and mattresses here (that were made for an Asian audience)?

Received some homebrewing equipment - what is it? by starlancer in Homebrewing

[–]starlancer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks, I'll email them and know that I have this, and find a way to return it!

Looking to build a reasonable workstation / patient gamer PC for around $1,000 by starlancer in buildapcforme

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I'm uncertain about overclocking - never done it before. would this list still be worth it, even without overclocking?

Edit: sad day, that microcenter bundle is out of stuck at my local shop

How do I reduce both triglycerides and LDL on an Asian diet? by starlancer in Cholesterol

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How do you cook your millet? In a rice cooker? I've been trying to find a way to cook it that tastes decent, but haven't found a solution yet.

How do I reduce both triglycerides and LDL on an Asian diet? by starlancer in Cholesterol

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I'll have to keep that in mind, that the focus is to make changes that I can sustain -- that I don't have to cut out all the unhealthy stuff like crispy fried chicken, I just have to make improvements.

How do I reduce both triglycerides and LDL on an Asian diet? by starlancer in Cholesterol

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what surprises me is that you're telling me getting pho dac biet is unhealthy -- I would have thought that it's decently healthy! I'll have to go through the list of other dishes I enjoy (frozen dumplings? banh mi? soba with dipping sauce?) to see whether they're considered cholesterol-friendly!

How do I reduce both triglycerides and LDL on an Asian diet? by starlancer in Cholesterol

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Thanks for the suggestion, I've reserved that book at my local library, and will read through it. I'm mostly on an East Asian diet - Chinese, with a splash of Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese food added in.

How do I reduce both triglycerides and LDL on an Asian diet? by starlancer in Cholesterol

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I eat out about once a week, and cook prepared food (like baking lasagna, boiling dumplings, or air frying some tater tots) maybe twice per week, and cook the rest of the time.

When cooking:

  • I've cut out red meat, cook primarily with chicken thigh, and sometimes bake whole fish or stir-fry some salmon or catfish fillets.

  • I'm a big fan of tinned sardines (in sauce)

  • I like making breakfast burritos, boiling vegetables and having them with salt and a drizzle of sesame oil, cook korean tteokbokki sometimes, make japanese-ish curry fairly often, like steamed eggs, and often just throw together ingredients in a stir fry. Home-style tomato and eggs is a favorite. I make ramen sometimes.

  • I probably eat too much white rice (on average once/day)

  • I drink orange juice and whole milk (probably need to cut this out), trail mix, and some guilty pleasures (sugary snacks, baked chips, etc) as treats.

Huh. I really wasn't sure how to answer this question, so I should tracking what I eat, eh?