Show missing vitamin itam ln continued studies of vitamins in 1913 1943 showed the one most lacking in american diets is thiamine called vitamin bl BI of the vitamin B complex this vitamin altami Is developed in the bowel of most persons by the action of intestinal bacteria some people are not able to develop enough thiamine to meet the blodys needs drugs like the sulfonamides will destroy the intestinal germs which create this vitamin tor for food not all mothers provide the same amount of thiamine thi arnine in their milk the giving of thiamine to mothers by injection or increase of the vitamin in her diet will cause a rapid increase in the amount of thiamine in the mothers milk |