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Indian Journal of Nutrition

Research Article

Thiamine Deficiency in Alcoholics with Normal Body Mass Index

Shanmugiah A*

Department of Psychiatry, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, India
*Corresponding author: Shanmugiah A, Department of Psychiatry, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Coimbatore-641018, Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, India, E-mail: shanmugiah_dr@hotmail.com
Article Information: Submission: 17/05/2019; Accepted: 02/07/2019; Published: 05/07/2019
Copyright: © 2019 Shanmugiah A. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Ethanol consumption leads to nutritional deficiency due to various causes. Well known theoretical as well as literature supports the hypothesis on dietary factors, metabolic derangement and alcohol per se produces empty calories. In this study completed in 2000 go hand in hand with the earlier observations and the available literature after 2000. Nutritional deficiency in turn leads to Alcoholic brain damage which is reversible if identified early. Among the nutritional deficiency Thiamine deficiency (Vitamin B6) appears as the most common findings across the studies. In this study also, thiamine deficiency was considered based upon the increased serum Pyrophosphate level an indirect indicator of thiamine deficiency. In this study all the 40 samples were moderate drinkers, diagnosed as Alcohol dependence syndrome according to ICD-10 DCR. No indicators of overt nutritional deficiency on clinical assessment by ICMR Scale, Biochemical assessment and anthropometric assessment. Though very preliminary and cross sectional analysis, thiamine supplementation of all the drinkers irrespective of the clinical and biochemical nutritional deficiency will prevent at large both acute and chronic alcoholic brain damage.