Benfotiamine (Vitamin B1), a vitamin that diabetics must pay attention to!!!
Diabetes, whether Type 2 or Type 1 or any of the many other types that exist, is a horrible long-term or chronic illness / disease. It seems to affect almost all the organs of our bodies. It’s the complications that can be deadly (e.g, kidney disease, heart disease, nerve disease, etc.).
Sadly, so many people underestimate this horrible killer disease.
If type 2 diabetes runs in your family, you must pay attention. It means it’s in your genes, but I must add that you determine via epigenetics if you will develop it. It’s the environment you build around these genes with factors like your diet & lifestyle (stress, exercise, sleep, etc) that determines this.
We CANNOT BE IGNORANT ABOUT THIS DISEASE!!!
Knowing how it harms our health, it’s important to get all the right information about it.
Today, I’m sharing about a very important vitamin that all diabetics should know about.
That vitamin is B1- Thiamine. It’s a water-soluble vitamin that’s readily excreted out of the body, unlike fat-soluble vitamins, which stay longer in our bodies.
Why is Vitamin B1 important or essential for diabetics?
Diabetics suffer from high blood sugar levels (a symptom of diabetes and not the real cause), which increases thiamine that’s lost through urine. This makes diabetics deficient in vitamin B1.
Understanding the function of B1 will help us understand why its deficiency is causing harm.
It’s needed for the following:
📌Glucose breakdown for energy.
📌Nerve function.
📌Heart and muscle function.
Its deficiency in diabetics results in:
📌Neuropathy – Its deficiency is one of the reasons that diabetics suffer from nerve damage.
📌Fatigue – When it’s deficient, the cells won’t get enough energy and that B1 is needed for and this leads to fatigue.
📌Cardiovascular stress – The fact is that diabetes and cardiovascular diseases are like 5 & 6, and one reason is that vitamin B1 is needed for heart and muscle function.
Remember that high blood sugar levels deplete the levels of B1.
There is a bit of a problem with vitamin B1. As stated above, because it is water-soluble, it is excreted quickly from the body.
What’s the solution?
Here comes BENFOTIAMINE to the rescue!!!
Benfotiamine is a SYNTHETIC FORM of vitamin B1 that’s FAT-SOLUBLE. This means it’s stored longer in the body, and this provides a bigger clinical impact that diabetics require. It’s one of the most evidence-based supplements for diabetics.
This form of B1 has the ability to penetrate blood vessels and nerve tissues.
Here are other benefits:
It protects against all the –“PATHY’s” (damage or disease) of diabetes that cause the complications, e.g.:
📍Neuropathy (nerve disease or damage).
📍Retinopathy (retina (eye) damage).
📍Nephropathy (kidney damage).
📍Vascular damage (damage to the vascular system).
Since it’s this powerful and scientifically proven, why are most doctors not emphasising this:
📌It’s a nutrient and not a patented drug that money can be made from.
📌Medical guidelines focus more on drugs to treat.
Benfotiamine is a powerful adjunctive therapy, and it has a low risk.
The subject of diabetes is one disease I’m passionate about because it’s a killer disease and should never be looked at lightly.
My grandmother suffered from diabetes, and with my knowledge as a health & wellness coach, I take the proactive approach of not giving it any inroads. Though I’m not diabetic, I take it because of the science-based benefits below and because my grandmother suffered from diabetes:
- Heart health.
- Brain health.
- Nerve health.
- Gut health.
- Metabolic health.
I must add that it’s not as cheap as regular vitamin B1, but if you are diabetic, you’ll be protecting your health from its horrible complications and prolonging your longevity. I’ve seen what it did to my grandmother and close relations.
There are no food sources for benfotiamine because it’s synthetic. It was developed to improve absorption and tissue levels compared with regular thiamine.
