The best food sources of thiamin are: unrefined grains, such as brown rice, grits, and whole wheat bread; baked beans, black beans, black eyed peas, and peanuts; cauliflower and spinach; and lean pork, liver, kidney, fish, milk and eggs. Other vegetables, nuts, seeds and fruits supply a small amount. Thiamin is lost when vegetables are cooked in large amounts of water and the water is then discarded, or when fruits are dried using sulfur dioxide. In addition, drinking tea, coffee or beverages containing sulfites at the same time you take thiamin may inactivate this important vitamin.

Deficiencies of thiamin include loss of appetite, weakness and feeling tired, paralysis and nervous irritability, insomnia, weight loss, vague aches and pains, and, in its extreme form, beriberi. Beriberi affects the nerves, brain and heart; its symptoms range from tingling and burning in the legs to in coordination, mental disturbance, palpitation (and even heart failure), seizures, deterioration of the central nervous system, and vomiting. People who have depression or drink alcohol to excess often have a thiamin deficiency, as do nursing infants whose mothers consume a diet poor in B vitamins.

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