Vitamins are essential components of the body's metabolism, but the body can not produce it. Vitamin B deficiency can cause many disorders. When to take this vitamin supplement?
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B1 or thiamine play a role in the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, amino acids, sugars, and alcohol. Lack of this vitamin will reduce the ability of glucose (glucose) and consequently reduce energy. Vitamin B1 deficiency also causes disturbances in the neurotransmitter, causes swelling of the organ and decreases the ability of the cell to use oxygen (O2). Myocardial, nervous, liver, kidney, muscular ... are the organizations that have a high demand for vitamin B1. Thus, if acute deficiency occurs, symptoms of acute myocardial infarction appear first, while other symptoms appear gradually or only appear when chronic vitamin B1 deficiency.
Vitamin B1 deficiency is also more common in rice-based milling rice. In people who eat poorly, drinkers, people with some chronic diseases. Heavy laborers due to energy consumption, the elderly due to poor eating is also vulnerable to vitamin B1 deficiency.
People with early vitamin B1 deficiency find anorexia, irritability, lethargy, and fatigue. Severe vitamin B1 deficiency, prolonged edema (Beriberi). The wernicke-korsakoff syndrome is a neurological disorder that is also common in alcoholic patients with severe, persistent vitamin B1 deficiency.
When vitamin B1 deficiency is detected, it should be treated as soon as possible. Vitamin B1 can be injected or taken at the same time as a full-fledged diet to support treatment. Prevention of disease should not eat rice thoroughly milled; Choose foods rich in vitamin B1 in the daily menu such as beans, vegetables, meat, fish eggs, milk; Limit alcohol intake, regular vitamin B1 supplementation for alcoholic drinkers;
Vitamin B supplementation must also be followed by a doctor's prescription.
