@dr.rickpescatore: It’s not easy to obtain Vitamin B1 (thiamine) levels from the ER, but I diagnosed a patient clinically with Dry BeriBeri last week, so we sent this off to Quest. Thiamine deficiency is a widespread and under-recognized problem in our country and a public health emergency.

Dr. Rick Pescatore, BellyMD
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carlysanginario
Carly Sanginario :
I just looked up thiamine rich foods and now im wondering how i dont have a deficiency cause i hate all those foods
2026-03-11 03:46:48
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paymariet
Sir Squiggles-Worth The 3rd :
I just looked up Thiamine foods and what do you mean people have a deficiency? these are just foods I eat regularly! How does this happen?
2026-03-10 17:48:15
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allofmylovetess
🧡🤍🩷 Tessa Valentine 🆘🇺🇲 :
The fact that ricketts, scurvy, gout, and goiters are becoming so common is wild
2026-03-08 05:35:38
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c4tc4k3
Cat-O :
the food isnt nutritious anymore
2026-03-07 16:58:27
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brookepowe641
Brooke Powe641 :
...Did anyone else think he was gonna say scurvy
2026-03-11 20:09:20
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veediddythemini
veediddythemini :
Just looked at where we get thiamine —oats, bread, rice, wheat etc and spinach we have been taught not to have carbs so there’s that and recently everyone making claims that spinach is actually bad for you unless Cooked or whatever
2026-03-08 08:05:38
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searhae
sea :
vitamin d deficiency is super common these days too 😭
2026-03-04 00:16:14
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qnim27
Stupid sunshine :
People don’t realise this is why we made fortified cereals and breads. This wave of anti-additives is somewhat warranted but also some of the additions saved millions of lives and fixed a very big problem humans faced for quite literally a millennia
2026-03-06 22:44:30
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sherijacobs
sherijacobs :
I agree
2026-08-27 17:07:20
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robinlemp19
Robin Lemp :
Heard people are getting scurvy too
2026-03-09 04:43:11
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kassiejuenemann
Kassie Juenemann :
because we're not eating real food.
2026-03-08 16:36:37
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lisasmyth78
lisasmyth78 :
They put it in bread in Australia
2026-03-04 03:19:47
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shameonyoudule
SoYD :
I like it when TikTok does comedic juxtaposition
2026-03-17 06:40:07
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capybara.louie
Capybara Louie ×͜× 🍉 :
thank goodness I ate a few orange slices today after my Doritos
2026-03-08 18:59:48
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karinamustdiie
karinamustdiie :
thiamine, magnesium, vitamin c, vitamin d, vitamin b, and fiber are all things that we’re really lacking
2026-03-08 12:38:48
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prison_tat
stephanie :
*reaches over and takes multivitamin
2026-03-07 21:39:30
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bbpoison808
bbpoison808 :
Holy shit. You might have just solved my problem that 4 trips to the ER and a cardio haven’t been able to solve. I’ve been thinking I’m having a heart attack
2026-03-25 11:53:12
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theresa.coburn1
Theresa Coburn :
Why is it rampant?
2026-03-25 09:54:22
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lzash3
Zash 🇨🇦 :
Ever wonder why there are so many vitamin deficiencies?! If food still contained vitamins, the vitamin industry wouldn't exist.
2026-03-04 06:26:38
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birdy1624
Birdy :
The entire USA is a public health emergency. Half of the country doesn’t believe in science or medicine.
2026-03-07 11:21:06
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whitleymotorsports
whitleymotorsports :
Lipid soluble thiamine is “benfotiamine” most thiamine supplements are water soluble vitamin b 1. So which supplements do you recommend?
2026-03-28 19:41:00
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ayn.syr
ayn.syr :
I quite literally just bought a bottle of vitamin b complex 🤨
2026-03-25 01:59:53
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rustyshackelforddog
Rusty Shackelford :
in Delaware?
2026-04-19 21:17:43
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mandawrr
Mandawrr :
GUYS CHEEZITS CONTAIN THIAMINE. I’M GONNA LIVE
2026-03-30 06:30:27
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