India, March 14 -- Feeling perpetually tired is an increasingly common experience in the modern world, thanks to the ever-busy lifestyle getting normalised. Therefore, people are often dismissive of the fact that this can be a symptom of an underlying health issue.

Taking to Instagram on March 14, Dr Sermed Mezher, a UK-based general practitioner, shared that feeling tired for no apparent reason can result from a thiamine deficiency, also known as vitamin B1. He also explained why the symptoms often get ignored, what effects the deficiency has, and how to counter it.

According to Dr Mezher, thiamine deficiency is 'almost never' tested in routine clinical practice, despite multiple studies observing 'measurable deficiencies' in various p...