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How a corn-only diet caused pellagra

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A monotonous diet lacking niacin leads to a brutal cascade of symptoms classically known as the four Ds. It serves as a grim historical lesson that eating nothing but untreated maize will completely unravel your biological stability.

How a corn-only diet caused pellagra
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