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brewsterbudgen · Joined: 29 Apr 2005 Posts: 43 Location: Bangkok

I'm a bit of a vitamin freak and try to take a daily dose of:

Fish oil concentrate (Omega-3)
Ginkgo
Garlic
Vitamin C (cranberry concentrate)
Saw Palmetto
Aloe Vera Colon Cleanse
Echinacea

So far it's kept me super healthy and I'd like to continue my regime when I move to Thailand (maybe I won't need the garlic!).

Do supermarkets in Bangkok stock a wide range of vitamins and, if not, are there Health Food shops where they can be found?

I'm hoping this isn't a stupid question (prepare to be flamed...)

tedkarma · Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:52 pm Post subject:

I don't know that you'd be able to find the C as cranberry concentrate - but certainly all of the products you mentioned and the C (generic probably) are available.

GNC is a good place to start - they have branches around BKK and around the country.

But . . . these type products are probably MUCH cheaper in your home country. You may find the costs here prohibitive.

Don't know about the UK, but in the States I can find those supplements at Walmart for about 1/5 to 1/10th of what they would cost here. You might find it cheaper to have them mailed to you (in small quantities so the customs follks don't get greedy).

Pinchy · Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 12 Location: Singapore

tedkarma is spot on.

brewsterbudgen · Joined: 29 Apr 2005 Posts: 43 Location: Bangkok

Thanks for all the advice - very useful. I will stock up and bring them with me. Now I only have my baggage allowance to worry about!

Kent F. Kruhoeffer · Joined: 22 Jan 2003 Posts: 2129 Location: 中国

^ I get all the vitamins I need from

Chang beer.

But seriously, here's what I found this afternoon

at a little Soi Health & Vitamin shop near my apt:

Omega 3 Fish Oil:

60 capsules (1,000 mg) @ 300 Baht

or 90 capsules (1,000 mg) @ 380 Baht

A good antioxidant multi-vitamin called Blackmore's Ace

which includes A, C, E and a B group: 60 tablets @ 400 Baht

Ginkgo: 30 tablets @ 550 Baht

Plus, they had a large stock of Centrum & other name brands

as well as a nice selection of generic brands at lower prices.

As tedkarma and Pinchy mentioned above, vitamins aren't cheap ... but

with an exchange rate of US $1 = 40 Baht, I'm not sure you'll save

too much money by stuffing these things into your suitcases !

Might be smarter, cheaper and easier to simply budget $100

to buy vitamins; with 4,000 Baht you can buy a lot of fish oil.

or

you could do what I do and eat a can of tuna every day.

At 34 Baht it's a good deal and fills your tummy too. Laughing