Beriberi

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Beriberi
By M. C.
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Beriberi is a vitamin deficiency disease, caused
by inadequate bodily stores of the thiamine,
(Vitamin B1). It can damage the heart and nervous
system.
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It is also called thiamine deficiency and Vitamin
B1 deficiency. As well as Beriberi.
You got it from eating polished rice in the 19th
Century.
White Rice.

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White Rice
White Rice
Bran Husk
Hull
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Symptoms
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Pain Tingling Loss of sensation in hands and
feet Muscle wasting with loss of function or
paralysis of the lower extremities Potentially
brain damage and death
Symptoms
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Today all over the world Beriberi is not as
common as it used to be. Some people in the world
still suffer from Beriberi but most do not. These
days companies enrich the food with thiamin.
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Thanks to Dr. Eijkman for finding the disease and
to technology for finding a cure. You can sit
back and enjoy white rice.
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Work Cited I GOT THE INFORMATION IN THIS
POWER POINT PRESENTATION FROM Beriberi
Yahoo! Health Encyclopedia Beriberi 26 October
2003 lthttp//health.yahoo.com/health/encyclopedia/
000339/0.htmlgt