HEALTH UPDATE: diabetes problems 'vitamin link'

A simple vitamin deficiency may be the cause of many of the side effects oof diabetes, a study suggests Researchers found people with the disease expelled thiamine vitamin B1 from their bodies at 15 times the normal rate in a study of 94 people, channel reported.
Experts said diet supplements could potentially help people with diabetes, supplementing diets could be an effective way of minimising the risk of these complications.
It is the first time a deficiency of the vitamin, which is found in meat, yeast and grains, has been identified in people with diabetes. It has been missed in the past because of the way thiamine levels were measured. Traditionally, the activity of an enzyme called transketolase in red blood cells has been used to indicate thiamine levels.
But the researchers found that increased activity usually a sign of high thiamine levels was also associated with the body's response to deficiency.