Deficiency of vitamin B₁ causes Beri Beri disease. Beri Beri disease was discovered by Eijkman in 1897. He observed that the disease occurred mainly in people existing on a polished rice diet. This disease is rare in the western world because of food habits and food enrichment. Beri Beri d

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Deficiency of vitamin B₁ causes Beri Beri disease. Beri Beri disease was discovered by Eijkman in 1897. He observed that the disease occurred mainly in people existing on a polished rice diet. This disease is rare in the western world because of food habits and food enrichment. Beri Beri disease is characterized by loss of appetite and weight and vigour, retarded growth, degeneration of nerves, muscle atrophy, and even paralysis, weakened heart beat and failure.

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Deficiency of vitamin B₁ causes Beri Beri disease.. Beri Beri is caused by a deficiency of vitamin B₁ (thiamine). The symptoms described—loss of appetite, nerve degeneration, muscle weakness, and heart failure—are classic for thiamine deficiency.

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