S. Dakotan dies 62 years after seeing the bomb drop - Sioux Falls Argus Leader
September 3rd, 2007S. Dakotan dies 62 years after seeing the bomb dropSioux Falls Argus Leader, SD - Sep 1, 2007A native of Philip, SD, Rogde says they buried 58 of their buddies on a hill beside the dam after they died of starvation or beriberi. …
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D'oh! No More Wonder Bread - San Gabriel Valley Tribune
September 3rd, 2007D'oh! No More Wonder BreadSan Gabriel Valley Tribune, CA - Aug 28, 2007From 1941 experiments that enriched bread and all but eliminated the diseases beriberi and pellagra, to "Howdy Doody Time" in the '50s, to baby boomer …
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Unhappy nut lovers may switch to marmite - Stuff.co.nz
August 16th, 2007Unhappy nut lovers may switch to marmiteStuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Aug 14, 2007It was air-dropped to British troops to stave off the vitamin B deficiency known as beriberi. New Zealand Marmite has evolved into an entirely different …
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Great Man or Rabble-Rouser? - Drishtipat
August 16th, 2007Great Man or Rabble-Rouser?Drishtipat, NY - Aug 14, 2007A long bout with beriberi left his eyes weakened, and Mujib belatedly finished high school when he was 22. After earning a BA in history and political …
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The Wonders of Folic Acid - News Today Online
August 16th, 2007The Wonders of Folic AcidNews Today Online, Philippines - Aug 10, 2007… voluntary enrichment of flour and breads was started in 1938 (which included niacin for pellagra, thiamine for beriberi, iron for iron-deficiency anemia …
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Neuropathy, gastric bypass linked - Arkansas Times
August 2nd, 2007Arkansas TimesNeuropathy, gastric bypass linkedArkansas Times, AR - 22 hours agoThiamin deficiency causes beriberi (tingling in the limbs, heart problems) and brain abnormalities, like those suffered by alcoholics. …
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No Ideology With My Beef, Thank You - Chosun Ilbo
July 26th, 2007No Ideology With My Beef, Thank YouChosun Ilbo, South Korea - 12 hours ago… perhaps the only one teachers ever encouraged, that told the story of a child who ate only rice and consequently suffered beriberi and swollen legs. …
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The Atlantic Monthly | November 1986 - Atlantic Online
July 26th, 2007The Atlantic Monthly | November 1986Atlantic Online - 9 hours agoI'm not talking about the threat of beriberi or industrial wastes or anything so exotic—only about exercise. Most Japanese, judging by the ones I have seen …
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Muira Puama - Side Effects and Benefits - American Chronicle
July 5th, 2007Muira Puama - Side Effects and BenefitsAmerican Chronicle, CA - 4 hours agoA paste of the bark and/or root oils has also been applied topically to treat beriberi and paralysis. * In Europe, around 1930, it became a popular …
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Enjoying the Wealth of Health - UB Post
July 5th, 2007Enjoying the Wealth of HealthUB Post, Mongolia - 6 hours agoUnpolished rice prevents beriberi, just as liver helps to treat night blindness (but also raises the blood cholesterol level). Of the latter the Mongolian …
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The Healing Highway - Chiropractic News (press release)
July 3rd, 2007The Healing HighwayChiropractic News (press release) - 6 hours agoIn this manner we discovered vitamins and wiped out deficiency diseases such as beriberi, pellagra and rickets, one by one, gone except where people do not …
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How Much Is Too Much? - Utne Reader Online
July 3rd, 2007How Much Is Too Much?Utne Reader Online - 3 hours agoIt started a few years ago when several babies were hospitalized with severe beriberi and brain damage because of a soy infant formula that was deficient in …
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