CLASS:  | Water soluble vitamin |
ROLE:  | Energy metabolism |
SOURCES:  | Whole grains | Legumes | Yeast | Some meats (pork) | | | |
RECOMMENDED DAILY INTAKE (RDI):  | 1.1 mg Men | 0.8 mg Women | |
DEFICIENCY STATE:  | Depression, irritability, insomnia, anxiety | Loss of appetite | Poor exercise tolerance | Peripheral neuritis: "burning" pains, weakness,lack of coordination | Beri Beri or Wernicke's Encephalopathy (peripheral neuritis, cardiomyopathy and encephalopathy) | | | | |
OVERDOSE STATE:  | Rare |
RISKS:  | Alcoholism | Homelessness | Drug Addicts | Elderly | Aborigines | Trauma | Diuretic Drugs | | | | | | |
DIAGNOSIS:  | Blood tests | Urine tests | |
OTHER NUTRIENT INTERACTIONS:  | Folate | Magnesium | |
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