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Diet
& Nutrition Vitamin
B1
What
is Vitamin B1?
Vitamin B1 (otherwise called 'Thiamin') was the vitamin responsible for
preventing the disease 'Beriberi'. Beriberi was a disease rife throughout
Asia, brought on by eating a diet of refined, white rice, where all the
nutritional content of the outer layers of the rice was discarded.
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Function
- Essential for
converting carbohydrate into energy
- Helps maintain healthy nervous
system
- Necessary for healthy mucous
membranes
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Signs
of deficiency
- Loss of appetite
- Anorexia nervosa
- Indigestion
- Constipation
- Fatigue
- Nausea & vomiting
- Depression
- Tender muscles
- Pins & needles, numbness in
legs
- Beriberi (in excessive
deficiency)
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Notes
Destroyed by prolonged cooking as it leaches into the cooking water.
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This page was last updated on 25 October 2006 15:44:40
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