On Sat, 5 Sep 1998, Amadeus Schmidt wrote:

> >In short, the B1 requirement may
> >depend upon whether or not one is in ketosis.
> Then, in ketosis do you think there is no B1 needed for the
> burning of the free fatty acids? Or less?

I don't know the biochemical pathway involved, so I can't say.

> Anyway,
> if you cut down carbohydrates in favour of fats
> fewer B1 is needed for  complex carbohydrate breakdown,
> and more will be free for burnning purposes.

Good point.  The less carb you eat, the less B1 you need.  It
would be interesting to plot the relation on a graph.

> My program sais 1.1mg per day for a 30 y old woman,
> my book sais 1.3 to 2.2 mg per day for an adult.
> At 1890 the average peoples' supply was 4 mg per day.

Thank you.

Todd Moody
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