Vitamin B-1 (thiamine) prevents beriberi and helps build energy production. Its sources are pork, |liver|, oysters, whole-grain and enriched cereals, pasta, bread, wheat germ, oatmeal, peas, and lima beans. The USRDA for an adult male is 1.0 milligrams (mg.), for an adult female 1.0 mg., for adolescents 1.1-1.4 mg., and for infants and young children 0.3-1.2 mg.
