Vitamin B 1 is also known as thiamin, which is one of the vitamins that is responsible for helping the body do convert food into glucose, which the body uses for energy. This supplement is also one that assists the body in metabolizing fats and protein that is essential for liver health, skin, eye and hair health. Vitamin B1 helps the body with brain function and without the proper amount of this supplement the body is unable to function properly.
This particular supplement aids the nervous system like other B vitamins and it helps fight disease like other supplements. One of the diseases that someone deficient in vitamin B1 could suffer from is Beriberi and one of the diseases this vitamin is known to fight is Alzheimer’s. The symptoms of a vitamin B1 deficiency can be depression, fatigue, abdominal irritation and being irritable.
It is possible to find this supplement naturally in some foods like brown rice, whole wheat, oatmeal, peas, asparagus, nuts, pork, beef, legumes, watermelon and some seeds, like sesame seeds.
Deficiency in this supplement usually does not occur if eating properly, but when most of the nutrition to the body contains sugar or there is a large consumption of alcohol it is possible for the body to not get the amount of vitamin B1 it needs. |