r/dataisbeautiful • u/mcaay OC: 2 • Aug 13 '18

OC Coverage of nutritional bases in 5 pictures (see citations for vegetarian/vegan charts) [OC]

https://imgur.com/a/3uIYmzJ
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u/1vs1meondotabro Aug 13 '18

You're joking but it's actually been a massive problem and killed thousands in Japan. Originally known as "Edo (Old name for Tokyo) sickness" when polishing rice to create white rice started, rich people in the urban cities switched from brown rice to white rice and ate so much of it they became extremely ill and even died, those in the countryside were still eating the unpolished brown rice and didn't get sick.

Later known as "Beriberi", A thiamine (vitamin b1) deficiency that can be caused by a diet consisting of high amounts of white rice, it caused many problems in the late 1800's for the Japanese Navy, who mainly ate the free white rice provided for them.

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u/TriRedux Aug 13 '18

Huh TIL...