New research reveals that a vitamin found in common foods may influence how often people go to the bathroom, according to a study of over 268,000 people.

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. By analyzing bowel movement frequency in more than 268,000 people, researchers uncover how thiamine ...

How often a person poops has a surprising link to one vitamin in particular. A genetic investigation on the rate at which ...

A new Tel Aviv University study published in Maternal and Child Nutrition found that infantile Vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency severely affected the motor function of preschoolers who were fed faulty ...

Scientists have uncovered new genetic clues that help explain why some people go to the bathroom more often than others—and vitamin B1 unexpectedly takes center stage.

Fatigue is a common and often debilitating companion for people with inflammatory bowel conditions. Now, a new Danish study provides insight into why vitamin B1—also known as thiamine—helps some ...

Scientists studying genetic data from over a quarter million people have uncovered new clues about what controls how fast the gut moves. They identified multiple DNA regions linked to bowel movement ...

BERIBERI may be a familiar name to some of us, but it is mostly a forgotten disease. It is caused by a severe lack of thiamine, also known as vitamin B1. Many of us take multivitamins or B complex ...

Vitamin B1 is an essential micronutrient for human beings. Its deficiency is the cause of numerous diseases of the nervous and cardiovascular systems. Researchers have achieved a significant advance ...

Thiamine (vitamin B1) is one of the eight essential B vitamins. Though rare in places with food and supplements, vitamin B1 deficiency can occur with some medical conditions. Symptoms range from ...