I want to know the answer to the following question:
What was introduced to the diet on a molecular level that prevented the sailors from contracting the disease?
All the background I'm provided with is that "In the early 1880s, Kanehiro Takaki observed that Japanese sailors (whose diets consisted almost entirely of white rice) developed beriberi (or endemic neuritis, a disease causing heart problems and paralysis), but British sailors and Japanese naval officers did not.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: no