<human>: Question: What was introduced to the diet on a molecular level that prevented the sailors from contracting the disease?
Answer: 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 the question answered in a satisfactory fashion?

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<bot>: no