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thiamin

thahy uh muhn

  • n  a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth

  • In nature thiamin appears abundantly in egg yolks, lean pork, crude molasses, peas and peanuts.
  • Crystalline thiamin, which is vitamin BI, together with iron and nicotinic acid, will be generally restored to white flour by millers this month.
  • It was also found that if thiamin was added to the diet of infected animals, the polio often developed quickly into paralysis.
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  • Kids' Vitamins Often Exceed Recommended Doses
    Young children who take vitamins may be consuming much greater levels than recommended of the nutrients, a new study suggests. The researchers determined the level of vitamins that children would consume if they used the product as directed. For example, dietary supplements for children ages 1 to 4 contained, on average, about 300 percent of the daily recommended levels of vitamin A, thiamin and ...
    Jan. 27, 2014 - LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News

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