Functions:
Deficiency
- Facilitate growth and maintenance of nerve and muscle tissue
- Contributes body release energy from carbohydrates
- Promotes normal appetite
Deficiency
- Beriberi: fatigue, weakness, nerve disorders, mental confusion, apathy, heart irregularity and failure, swelling
Recommended Requirement
- 1.2 mg
- Oral doses of 500 mg/d or less are considered as safe. But don't take without your doctors prescription.
- High intake are rapidly excreted by kidneys. Toxicity not known.
Sources
- Wheat germ, Pork, Whole and enriched cereal grains, dried beans, milk and milk products, seafood
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