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Prevent Wet Brain with Daily Thiamine
Table of Contents
What Is Thiamine?
Why Should Heavy Drinkers Care about Thiamine?
Why Do Heavy Drinkers Need Extra Thiamine?
Who Is Most at Risk?
Wernicke’s Is Hard to Spot
Heightened Risks during Alcohol Withdrawal
Reducing Your Risks
For Prevention – How Much to Take?
The Safety of Thiamine Supplementation
So Why Don’t They Put Thiamine in Beer?
Take Home Message
Alcoholism: Preventing Wet Brain with a Daily Thiamine Supplement
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Wet Brain - Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
© jsmjr
Long years of heavy drinking may lead to a thiamine deficiency, and a syndrome known as Wernicke-Korsakoff (wet brain). Much of the brain damage experienced is unfortunately irreversible.
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