On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 07:32:16 -0500, Fredrik Murman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Amadeus Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>get thiamine.
>
>Do you know if thiamin is only required for carbohydrate metabolism or if
>it is necessary to take care of fat as well?
>

Thiamin is also necessary inside the citric acid (krebs) cycle.
At www.geocities.com/paleolix i have a few links to krebs cycle
informations.

Energy use of fat also requires some thiamine.
But the simple first step of glycolysis is a somewhat critical step.
In which thiamine ist used as a coenzyme - means it is used up in the
process.

A.