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Old 03-26-2024, 03:49 PM   #366
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Galileo steps out onto the stage and peers through a prop telescope.



"You have to scour the night sky to find good prospects in the fourth round," he says, "but we have found a bright star in the making.

"The Cincinnati Bengals select Cam Hart, CB, Notre Dame."

"And now let me tell you about beri beri. You may think of beriberi as a tropical disease, probably spread by mosquitos in swamps and causing fevers and such things. But it's not. It's actually a condition caused by a shortage of thiamine in the body. It occurs more often in tropical climates because people in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa often have diets that lack thiamine for various reasons.

Consult the following symptom diagram if you think you may have beriberi.


Dry beriberi attacks the muscles, while wet beriberi attacks the cardiovascular system. Dry beriberi can also spread to the brain.

The cure for beriberi? Eat something with thiamin in it, and you'll usually be better within 24 hours.
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