Eight different vitamins make up the B complex, and they all play crucial roles in the body, such as producing energy, ...

A new study links widespread deficiency of vitamin B1, or thiamine, among  California Chinook salmon to their deaths. This ...

Eight different vitamins make up the B complex, and they all play crucial roles in the body, such as producing energy, ...

2. Loss of appetite One of the first signs of thiamine deficiency can be an unusual decrease in appetite. Losing weight unintentionally due to loss of appetite can be dangerous or troublesome.

It can be persuasively argued that for most of the 35 million patients admitted to U.S. hospitals annually, thiamine deficiency should be screened for and, if present, treated.