Why you need Thiamine

Thiamine better known as Vitamin B1

Who would have known that thiamine would be so important in maintaining a healthy nerves system. Some people do even know what this is? Thiamine or thiamin or better known as vitamin B1 turns foods into useable energy for the body. Thiamine helps the body maintain healthy nerves system and heart. Without having thiamine in our system the muscles would show weakness and the nerves tissues would exhibit a poor growth. People who have low thiamine in their systems often show signals of depression and a weakness in their bodies. Thiamine could be found in many founds that you could eat in a regular basis such as whole grain products, enriched wheat, brown rice, lean pork, lean meat, milk, nuts and even sea foods also carry thiamine. You could also find it in different kinds of vegetables and fruits but you have to be careful when cooking the vegetables and only cook them with very little water with the lid to preserve the vitamins. Also when rinsing pastas and rice it is said better to wait till it has been cooked. Another very important thing to avoid is the consumption of teas and coffees because they destroy this vitamin known as thiamine.

Some people are even diagnosed with Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome which is a brain disorder due to thiamine deficiency. The lack of thiamine is common in people with alcoholism. Some of the symptoms due to Wernicke would be confusion and loss of mental activity which could lead to coma and even death. The loss of muscle coordination and unable to control your body properly leading to walking with a different rhythm maybe in jerking or drag of the legs. Could even cause vision change, Nystagmus, which is fast and uncontrollable movement of the eyes going from side to side to up and down. Some of the symptoms that someone with Krosakoff would show inability to form new memories, loss of memory could be very severe. Also they tend to make up stories and see and hear things that are really not there. When examining the nerves and muscular system it will show the damage that has been done to the nerves system cause by thiamine deficiency.

So now you know why thiamine is so important and why you must eat all your veg’s and fruits. This vitamin B1 is so important for the body to have so that it can function properly and at its best. Of course this will not happen overnight but for the people who are on the wrong path this is what is waiting for them. It would be a combination of poor eating habits and alcohol in a long period of time. Yes, you could have that beer you will not get diagnosed with Wernicke-Krosakoff  syndrome just make sure you stay in the right path and have you daily vitamins and exercise that the body needs in order to stay healthy