The role of thiamine deficiency in alcoholic brain disease. Alcohol Res Health 2003; 27:134. Thomson AD, Ryle PR, Shaw GK. Ethanol, thiamine ...

Alcohol–thiamine interactions[edit]. Strong evidence suggests that ethanol interferes directly with thiamine uptake in the gastrointestinal tract. Ethanol also disrupts ...

Many people who abuse alcohol suffer from thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency. This can have serious effects on someone's health, including heart failure and ...

How does alcohol reduce the absorption of thiamine in the gastrointestinal tract? As it relates to absorption in the small intestine, it appears that alcohol has the ...

How should alcoholic patients with Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome receive thiamine replacement? The current standard of treatment for such patients is to give ...

Alcohol use disorders contribute to thiamine deficiency. Approximately 80% of chronic alcoholic patients suffer from thiamine deficiency, as ethanol (the type of ...

Alcohol use causes thiamine deficiency in two major ways. One way this occurs is through a lack of nutrition from an inadequate diet. Many ...

Chronic alcohol consumption can cause thiamine deficiency and thus reduced enzyme activity through several mechanisms, including inadequate dietary intake, malabsorption of thiamine from the gastrointestinal tract, and impaired utilization of thiamine in the cells.