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Date: | Thu, 29 May 1997 19:36:27 -0500 |
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Karl Mac Mc Kinnon wrote:
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> There is a disease that one can get from a high corn diet. It's
> called "pelegara" or something. What I need to know is (1) the right
> spelling, (2) what the cause is and (3) what the syntoms are.
Pellagra (literally means "rough skin") and is related to a high corn
diet in that such a diet is deficient in tryptophan-containing
proteins. It is classically associated with niacin deficiencies from
dietary deficiency or malabsorption.
s/s: diarrhea, dermatitis and dementia
This may help too, pellagrazein is a poisonous substance in decomposed
cornmeal. It was mistakenly thought to be the cause of pellagra.
Andrew =8-)
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Andrew S. Bonci, BA, DC, DAAPM
Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnosis
Cleveland Chiropractic College
6401 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, Missouri 64131
(816) 333-7436 ex39
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