Zeism (Medical Condition)
Channel: Medical Condition Information
Date: 2015-05-14

Symptoms, risk factors and treatments of Zeism (Medical Condition)

Zeism is any condition attributed to excessive use of maize in the diet, such as pellagra, because maize is low in zinc, niacin and tryptophan, and the limited niacin found in maize is not assimilated in the intestinal tract unless it has been treated with alkalis, as in the preparation of tortillas

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