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  • Beriberi is a disease prevalent, epidemically, in tropical and subtropical regions of Eastern

    Christiaan Eijkman - Nobel Lecture 1965

  • Thymine storage in the body can last only 18 to 60 days, and deficiency causes the disorder known as Beriberi or Wernicke's encephalopathy, both of which were shown by the woman described in the report.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2008

  • Some well-meaning person, I’m sure, years ago came up with the idea of infusing alcohol with vitamins, especially of the B complex persuasion, in hopes of banishing vitamin deficiency states such as Beriberi heart disease and Wernicke’s encephalopathy, problems not uncommon among hard-core alcoholics.

    A few bumps on the road to better health 2010

  • Some well-meaning person, I’m sure, years ago came up with the idea of infusing alcohol with vitamins, especially of the B complex persuasion, in hopes of banishing vitamin deficiency states such as Beriberi heart disease and Wernicke’s encephalopathy, problems not uncommon among hard-core alcoholics.

    A few bumps on the road to better health 2010

  • Ifn joo skuut up 2 the tawp ob teh payge, joo can fynd a linky on teh left to teh LolWiki… Beriberi hepfull to beez figgerin aowt whuts whut.

    I iz ded. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • More specifically to Chinese Traditional Medicine, which is a vast and complicated subject, it has been used for toning the heart, brain and urinary tract, indigestion, skin complaints, mild alcohol poisoning, and even Beriberi a thiamine or vitamin B deficiency condition.

    Archive 2007-07-01 2007

  • More specifically to Chinese Traditional Medicine, which is a vast and complicated subject, it has been used for toning the heart, brain and urinary tract, indigestion, skin complaints, mild alcohol poisoning, and even Beriberi a thiamine or vitamin B deficiency condition.

    The Healing Power of Tea 2007

  • Beriberi was known to be a problem in some, but not others, and Vorderman found that in the prisons using mostly brown rice, less than one prisoner in

    The Nobel Prize and the Discovery of Vitamins 2004

  • Beriberi and pellagra led early in the 20th century to the discovery of the vita-mins whose deficiencies cause them.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Beriberi and pellagra led early in the 20th century to the discovery of the vita-mins whose deficiencies cause them.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

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