what a name for a disease! quite cool right?





I BET YOU WERE THINKING OF THIS


WRONG. HEHE

actually, its more like this



Beriberi is a nervous system ailment caused by thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency; its symptoms include

1 weight loss
2 emotional disturbances
3 impaired sensory perception (Wernicke's encephalopathy)
4 weakness and pain in the limbs
5 periods of irregular heart rate.
6 Edema (swelling of bodily tissues)

In advanced cases, the disease may cause heart failure and death.

YOU SHOULD BE AFRAID BECAUSE:

It is common in Asia, where the staple food is UNPOLISHED WHITE RICE. People whose diet consists mainly of polished white rice (this is where you come in) ,which contains little or no thiamine because the husk, which contains most of the thiamine, has been removed.

There are two forms of the disease: wet beriberi and dry beriberi

no, not


Wet beriberi affects the heart and is sometimes fatal, as it causes a combination of heart failure and weakening of the capillary walls, which causes the peripheral tissues to become waterlogged.

Dry beriberi causes wasting and partial paralysis resulting from damaged peripheral nerves. It is also referred to as endemic neuritis.

i therefore suggest that you eat more brown rice/ unrefined cereal