Beriberi

Question: What is a diet plan for people with Beriberi? I Need to know what people with Beriberi should eat? as they need a diet plan and cannot just eat anything PLEASE HELP ME!

Answer: Treatment for beriberi is with thiamine hydrochloride, either in tablet form or injection. A rapid and dramatic recovery within hours can be made when this is administered to patients, and their health can be improved within an hour of starting treatment. In emergency situations where concentrated thiamin supplements are unavailable, feeding the patient with a thiamin-rich diet (e.g. whole grain brown bread) will lead to recovery, though at a much slower rate. Whole grain cereals, legumes (e.g., beans and lentils), nuts, lean pork, and yeast are rich sources of thiamin (1). Because most of the thiamin is lost during the production of white flour and polished (milled) rice, white rice and foods made from white flour (e.g., bread and pasta) are fortified with thiamin in many Western countries. Brazil nuts, pecans and spinach contain thiamine too.

Question: How many people suffer from Beriberi? I don't care if it's how many in a year, how many a day, how many since it came about. Or if somebody just has a rough estimate using there common sense? Please answer as soon as you can Really important

Answer: Japan, Malaysia, Philippines,Indonesia.Beriberi is now confined to the poorest areas of South East Asia.It ravaged people of all ages in Asia ------------ The name "beriberi" originated in Southeast Asia, where it had become widespread with the colonial introduction of machine milling of rice. Work on the disease was done by the Dutch in Java, most notably by Christiaan Eijkman, who shared the 1929 Nobel prize for studies using chickens, and by the British in Malaysia and the Americans in the Philippines. Some kind of consensus was reached at the first meetings of the Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine in 1910 and 1912. http://dannyreviews.com/h/Beriberi.html ---------- Beriberi puzzled medical experts for years as it ravaged people of all ages in Asia. Doctors thought it was caused by something in food. Not until the early 1900s did scientists discover that rice bran, the outer covering that was removed to create the polished white rice preferred by Asians, actually contained something that prevented the disease. Thiamine was the first vitamin identified. In the 1920s, extracts of rice polishings were used to treat the disease.http://www.answers.com/topic/beriberi "White rice can be poisonous!" This was the conclusion Christiaan Eijkman declared in 1896 on his return to the Netherlands, after ten years of research in Batavia, Java in the Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia).http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/vitamin_b1/eijkman.html ------ Beriberi is now confined to the poorest areas of South East Asia. It can be prevented by eating undermilled or par-boiled rice, or by fortification of rice with thiamine. Probably the most important factor in the reduction of beriberi is the general increase in overall food consumption so that the staple diet is varied and contains legumes and pulses, which contain a large amount of thiamin. http://www.online-vitamins-guide.com/deficiency/beriberi.htm--

Question: What enzymes and metabolic reactions would be slowed in an individual with Beriberi disease? And which products would accumulate?

Answer: Beriberi disease is caused by a thiamine (vitamin-B) deficiency. The biologically useful form of thiamine is called TPP or thiamine pyrophosphate (or TDP- thiamine diphosphate), and it is used in biological processes, like the Krebs Cycle and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway. Thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) is a coenzyme for pyruvate dehydrogenase, α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase and transketolase. The first two of these enzymes function in the metabolism of carbohydrates, while transketolase functions in the pentose phosphate pathway to synthesize NADPH and the pentose sugars deoxyribose and ribose. TPP is synthesized by the enzyme thiamine pyrophosphokinase, which requires free thiamine, magnesium, and adenosine triphosphate. It is yet unclear exactly how thiamine plays a role in neurological function, but it is found in nerves and in the brain and the lack of it causes neurological disorders.

Question: In Ethiopian cuisine, what is "beriberi sauce" made of? A few years back, I ate a delicious meal at an Ethiopian restaurant in Denver, CO. I think the sauce on the lamb was called "beriberi" sauce. Anybody know what this sauce is made with?

Answer: Its BERBERE Sauce. BERBERE SAUCE (ETHIOPIAN) 2 tsp cumin seed 4 whole cloves 1/2 tsp cardamom seeds 1/2 tsp black peppercorns 1/4 tsp whole allspice 1 tsp whole fenugreek seeds 1/2 cup dried onion flakes 3 oz red New Mexican chiles, stemmed and seeded 3 small dried long hot red chiles, seeded 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1/2 tsp freshly ground nutmeg 1/4 tsp ground turmeric 1 tsp garlic powder 2 tsp salt 1/2 cup salad or peanut oil 1/2 cup dry red wine ground cayenne pepper (to taste) Mix together the cumin, cloves, cardamom, black peppercorns, allspice and fenugreek seeds. Place in a small frying pan over medium heat. Stir constantly until they release their fragrance, about 1-2 minutes. Do not burn or discolor the seeds. Cool completely. Combine the toasted spices and all the other ingredients except the oil and wine in a spice grinder or electric coffee grinder in several batches and grind to fine consistency. Place the spice blend in a bowl and add the oil and wine. Add cayenne to taste (starts with 1 tsp cayenne and add more as necessary). Stir until thick and store in a covered plastic container in the refrigerator. Makes 1 1/4 cups

Question: who is Jared Fransisco echaverria borgetti and Rodrigo El pony Ruiz DE beriberi?

Answer: El Pony Ruiz is another soccer player from Chile naturalized Mexican, he plays for Santos Laguna de Torreón but his contract expired in April. He's still waiting for the team to renew his contract or for another team (possibly tigres, rayados or san luis) to buy him.

Question: help me find the answers of the strange case of beriberi worksheet? the worksheet looks like this: Scientific Method In Action The Strange Case of BeriBeri In 1887 a strange nerve disease attacked the people in the Dutch East Indies. The disease was beriberi. Symptoms of the disease included weakness and loss of appetite, victims often died of heart failure. Scientists thought the disease might be caused by bacteria. They injected chickens with bacteria from the blood of patients with beriberi. The injected chickens became sick. However, so did a group of chickens that were not injected with bacteria. One of the scientists, Dr. Eijkman, noticed something. Before the experiment, all the chickens had eaten whole-grain rice, but during the experiment, the chickens were fed polished rice. Dr. Eijkman researched this interesting case. he found that polished rice lacked thiamine, a vitamin necessary for good health. 1. State the Problem (you can find the rest in this website http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/scientificmethodstories.html)

Answer: 1. What causes beriberi?

Question: what can beriberi do to el human body?

Answer: Beriberi is a lack of Thiamin (vitamin B-1)which is a water-soluble and heat-labile vitamin that acts as a coenzyme in the decarboxylation (pyruvate and ketoglutarate) and transketolation pathways (pentose phosphate pathway) of carbohydrate metabolism, and possibly in nerve conduction (essential for the synthesis of acetylcholine). Beriberi was first describe some 4500 years ago, but the relation with B1 has been manifested in the last century. The biochemical defect responsible for the clinical manifestations of beriberi is not known. Deficiency of this vitamin affects the cardiovascular, muscular, gastrointestinal, and nervous systems. Beriberi does not occur in the US or western countries but Vit. B 1 (thiamine) deficiencies are related to heavy alcohol abuse or HIV infections.

Question: What causes Beriberi? Thanks for your help!

Answer: sever vitamin deficiency. i think D.

Question: The Strange Case of BeriBeri....!!!???? The Strange Case of BeriBeri In 1887 a strange nerve disease attacked the people in the Dutch East Indies. The disease was beriberi. Symptoms of the disease included weakness and loss of appetite, victims often died of heart failure. Scientists thought the disease might be caused by bacteria. They injected chickens with bacteria from the blood of patients with beriberi. The injected chickens became sick. However, so did a group of chickens that were not injected with bacteria. One of the scientists, Dr. Eijkman, noticed something. Before the experiment, all the chickens had eaten whole-grain rice, but during the experiment, the chickens were fed polished rice. Dr. Eijkman researched this interesting case. he found that polished rice lacked thiamine, a vitamin necessary for good health. 1. State the Problem 2. What was the hypothesis? 3. How was the hypothesis tested? 4. Should the hypothesis be supported or rejected based on the experiment? 5. What should be the new hypothesis?

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Question: How many people are sick and how many healthy? The island of Beriberi (population 4000) has endemic "Poe's revenge," which carries no immunity. Measuring population in thousands and time in days, the rate at which healthy people (S) become ill (L) is 0.1SL, while the rate at which ill folk recover is .03L. At equilibrium, how many people are sick and how many healthy?

Answer: Hi, Let x = number of people who are ill Then 4000 - x are healthy If .1 of the healthy people get sick while .3 of the sick people become healthy, then .9 healthy + .3 sick recover = .7sick + .1 healthy becoming sick .9(4000 - x) + .3x = .7x + .1(4000 - x) 3600 - .9x + .3x = .7x + 400 - .1x 3200 = 1.2x x = 2667 As they approach equilibrium, 2667 are sick and 1333 are healthy so when .1 of the healthy people become sick and .3 of the sick people get healthy, they hit equilibrium at 2000 people in each category. I hope that helps!! :-)

Question: Beriberi is a deficiency disease caused by inadeequate bodily stores of thiamine (vitamane B 1) it can damage? A, lifestyle disease B, Inherited disease C, genetic disease D, nutritional disease

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Question: what is beriberi disease?

Answer: Beriberi disease is due to a vitamin deficiency called Thiamine

Question: Why is Pyruvate Dehydrogenase a Multienzyme Complex? Why can pyruvate dehygrogenase be said to be a multienzyme complex? What is its significance in Beriberi, which results from a thiamine deficiency?

Answer: It is a multienzyme complex because it consists of multiple distinct active sites catalyzing distinct reactions. As I recall, there are three distinct active sites and the substrate is tethered and shifts from one active site to the next in the course of the reaction. A thiamine deficiency would ultimately prevent one of the reactions from occurring, which would completely block the reactions catalyzed by the enzyme.

Question: what is the illness beriberi?

Answer: i take it you watched who wants to be a millionaire!! its a thiamin deficiancy, i didnt know so i looked it up on google!

Question: what is beriberi?

Answer: This is also known as scurvy which is a vit.c deficiency. The food guidelines tell us how much vit.c is required on a daily regime and beriberi is almost a disease of the past if not already not counting 3rd world countries.

Question: I've found 6 strands of hair in my hair brush. Do I have Beriberi?

Answer: no it means your pregnant