> For a reference you can read in any vitamin book that
> thiamin was "important for carbohydrate metabolism".
> As a co-enzyme it is also used up.
In these days of vaccines & glamor drugs, thiamin is not well
appreciated. See
http://www.seanet.com/~alexs/ascorbate/195x.htm#Klenner-1951
for some insight into thiamin's role in resistance to viral
infections, esp. poliomyelitis. Diet is not everything...
it's the *only* thing.
Paleo-parents looking for alternatives to the "immunization"
mainstream might want to check it out.