I’ve looked this up before actually since I’ve seen alcoholics have some sort of disease which kills them from lacking a vitamin.
We want to look down on others too much and prefer them to die. Government did not want to promote excessive drinking by adding the vitamin to booze to prevent the deaths so people knew drinking was bad.
Fortifying alcohol with B1 / Thiamine would literally prevent brain disease.
I’ve looked this up before actually since I’ve seen alcoholics have some sort of disease which kills them from lacking a vitamin.
We want to look down on others too much and prefer them to die. Government did not want to promote excessive drinking by adding the vitamin to booze to prevent the deaths so people knew drinking was bad.
Fortifying alcohol with B1 / Thiamine would literally prevent brain disease.
It also lowers lots of other nutrient levels…
https://adf.org.au/insights/alcohol-related-thiamine-deficiency/
https://www.alcoholrehabguide.org/resources/medical-conditions/alcohol-related-brain-damage/
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/vitamins-for-alcohol-withdrawal
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.4137/EHI.S40335