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Re: Article Abstract
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Thomas Bridgeland <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Mon, 5 May 2003 09:00:28 +0900
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On Monday, May 5, 2003, at 02:53  PM, Phosphor wrote:

> < raw fish contains a thiaminase. That's an enzyme which purges thiamin
> (vit.B1).>
> Consequently the biochemist who recognised this
> has made his fortune selling multivitamin pills in Japan containing
> allithiamin instead of thiamin, and Japanese continue to eat raw fish
>

Lack of Thiamin causes beriberi, doesn't it? Beriberi was once a major
disease in Japan, before they started eating a more "western" diet.

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