This was a new one to me. A couple months ago, I started getting small cuts in the corners of my mouth. They would scab over, bleed, open back up when I ate, it was painful and Very unsightly!

After a month, I went to the Doctor and he immediatley said, no problem, its just a vitamin B2 deficiency. He said it rarely happens in the West as we get enough B2 in our diets.

Sounded weird to me, but I looked it up on the web and it was confirmed. The internet said B2 should be taken with equal amounts of B6. Anahoo, problem solved.

Doc said it would be a good idea to supplement my diet with B2 to prevent recurrance.

I hope this will help someone else if they find themselves with the same problem.

Tom

Not been eating our Marmite have we?

if not marmite and similar, liver from any animal will be a better choice. A half of pint of Guiness or other stouts will do as well.

replace white rice and white noodles with it's brown variety - millions of chinese died in the 19th century from the illness beri beri, when they switched from the brown rise to white one. It was the very same vitamin B deficiency

This was a new one to me. A couple months ago, I started getting small cuts in the corners of my mouth. They would scab over, bleed, open back up when I ate, it was painful and Very unsightly!

After a month, I went to the Doctor and he immediatley said, no problem, its just a vitamin B2 deficiency. He said it rarely happens in the West as we get enough B2 in our diets.

Sounded weird to me, but I looked it up on the web and it was confirmed. The internet said B2 should be taken with equal amounts of B6. Anahoo, problem solved.

Doc said it would be a good idea to supplement my diet with B2 to prevent recurrance.

I hope this will help someone else if they find themselves with the same problem.

Tom

I wonder what foods in Thailand were lacking? In other words, what foods in the West give us B2 that foods in Thailand don't?

I take a vitamin B-complex every night.

I take full B-complex pill, break it in half, and take it while drinking beer. I feel a lot better in the morning.

The other Bs are important also.

B1 - for the thiamen and the other Bs.

I may be wrong but I seem to remember western Goverments passing regulations that required these elements be added to foodstuffs to prevent those sorts of diseases.

Pelagra in the US years ago is one that comes to mind. Horrid disease

Thank the Lord for Vegemite