So Beriberi isn't beri nice to get. So eat your barley. [atlasobscura.com]
White rice does taste much better than brown rice. It also stores much better, the oils in the bran layer go rancid in brown rice. Good to know about thiamine deficiency from eating only white rice. Also glad to know doctors who are on the right track have been silenced at other points in history, not just now.