Feed someone nothing but polished white rice and they get beriberi. Meat, milk and barley clears it. Feed someone nothing but maize and they get pellagra. Meat, milk and eggs clears it. Feed someone nothing but oatmeal in a sunless city and they get rickets. Cod liver oil clears it. Feed someone nothing but unleavened wholemeal bread and they stop growing. Meat clears it. Feed someone nothing but cassava through a bad season and their legs stop working. Protein clears it. Feed someone nothing but plants today and they run out of B12. A needle clears it. Feed someone nothing but steak and there is no disease at the end of the sentence. No syndrome. No name. Nothing to clear.Feed someone nothing but polished white rice and they get beriberi. Meat, milk and barley clears it.
— Sama Hoole (@SamaHoole) July 24, 2026
Feed someone nothing but maize and they get pellagra. Meat, milk and eggs clears it.
Feed someone nothing but oatmeal in a sunless city and they get rickets. Cod liver oil… pic.twitter.com/x9jrABzhir
They just quietly thrive.
