I was completely bedridden for 4 months following a covid infection, was diagnosed with Covid long haul syndrome and was found with reduced LVEF. After a week of megadosing B1 my symptoms completely disappeared. Makes me believe that many who think they have this mysterious condition called covid long haul are actually just B1 deficient. It was truly a miracle making this discovery, I now have my life back after feeling completely hopeless.
Hi Mike. Hope you're doing well. Fellow covid long haulers here, spoke to you a few weeks ago. I started taking Benfothiamine 2 weeks ago just a low dose to begin with. I'm now taking 200mg twice a day. Saw a huge improvement for a few days last week but crashed again 2 days ago with awful fatigue. Not sure if I should increase or not. I'm taking with B Complex and magnesium with the benfo. Can't remember what dosage of you said you took? Best wishes. Fran
@@fclinch7fm Hi Fran! I'm sorry to hear that your symptoms returned. For my megadose stage I took 500mg of thiamine hydrochloride with each meal, and I did this for ten days. I now take a once daily called B6 Complex made by a company called Pure Encapsulations. Be careful with the benfotiamine, it is fat soluable and stays in the body much longer than the water soluable stuff so I wouldn't overdo that one, it could lead to negative side effects. In my humble, non-medical opinion it seems the fact that you experienced an immediate Improvement upon B1 consumption, your problem definitely seems tied to vitamins. It may be worthwhile to have a blood panel done where you can see exactly what your current vitamin and mineral status is. If everything comes back perfectly normal, you can then rule out pursuing vitamins as the cause of your problems and continue your search. Best wishes to you Fran! Mike
@@LG-wm1nw Yeah I was guilty of almost all of the things that wreck B1 - fasting diet, heavy daily caffeine, social drinking, frequent consumption of raw fish, then Covid came along and knocked me down for a couple of weeks. After that I was so messed up, for four months! After a single mega dose of B1 I felt immediate improvement.
@@miketexas4549 Hey Mike, I have those symptoms for almost two years, had coxackie virus and corona.. I have periods when I can't walk like 500 steps, and sometimes I can 2k or 3k but of course that's far away from my previous ability..Also I have POTS for almost 3 months (because of that I can't walk now outside) and my heart ultrasound is always perfect.. Can you tell me which brand of B1 Hcl you were using? I am planning to start with it. Also, I did the blood test for vitamins, b12, zinc and copper are great, waiting for b1, b6 and vitamin e :)
Bless people who take the time to do videos and inform people about vitamins and minerals.....hell anything to help out people to HELP THEM, not cash in off of their health problems.
Glad he's giving free advice but he should be paid in some way for this. Hopefully he has a book or sells vitamins. If people could only make a living doing useless or harmful work this world would be a terrible place.
B1 is the first vitamin I’ve taken where I feel an effect. A positive one at that. I felt like I have more energy and I could also feel my digestion starting to move again.
@@LawrenceWhitehead I just purchased what was at my local grocery store. B-100 complex that had 100mg of thiamine and it also has a good amount of the other b vitamins.
I set aside wheel chair for down town use. Started Parkinson’s med for my very slow walking. It did not work. I started Vit B1 100mg twice in morning with magneisium 250 mg twice in morning. Two days on B1 allowed me to walk three miles. It stopped invulentary arm movements. Please try B1 it may very well change you life.
3 days into my starting supplement and feeling different in a great way. Thanks to videos like these from people who know vitamins, minerals and healthy foods can change lives and keep us out of drs offices
I follow 25-30 leading functional medical docs and have been LCHF/Keto for over five years; spending 3-4 hours a day reading and listening to presentations on health and fitness. I am blown away by your knowledge and unassuming presentations. Just discovered you a few days ago and am so thankful and appreciative
Who are the best functional practitioners that you've come across? Standouts I've seen so far have been Berg, Masterjohn and Lynch. Most of the others are just repeating each other or rehashing their favorite theory (even those 3 can get repetitive on their pulpits but they are relatively more evenhanded imo).
Elliot Overton's page, EONutriton is pretty good. He dives into more detail about thiamine deficiency and even oxalate issues people are running into now with the vegan/vegetarian craze. Dr. Andrew Saul has a good vid too on mitochondrial function and vitamins. This is a good vid too on autism and thiamine ruclips.net/video/oHOBnkiM6b8/видео.html
Sounds like me. After Carnivore diet Last year. 30 years of edema in my elbow, finally went away in that misaligned my wrist due to hypertonic forearm muscles. This derailed my piano skills and I was a piano major! Warped the whole path of my life. Now the firearm and wrist are slowly readjusting and piano is better than ever.
Want to add, because of this guys channel, i ended up trying thiamine (ttfd) and it actually seems to be fixing my CFS and heart problems. I thank God for letting me find this dour, ginger man.
Hi All.... Yes so much better. I have returned back to exercise but still wearing compression, drinking electrolytes alongside supplements. I find the summer months harder due to the heat, but as long as I have awareness with nutrition/hydration/movement and stress it's manageable. The supplements have helped
Guaranteed stress from a year of broadcast fearmongering over covid along with lockdowns, masks, and antagonisms collectively took some years off of life expectancy for the population.
That is the cause of my hypothyroidism and diabetes . Cortisol I’ve depleted it’s in my blood test way to high a d it’s almost impossible to correct. Cortisol is released by adrenal glands during high stress, emotional stress, I was in a bad relationship way to long daily high worries. Stress releases hormones in. Body it’s kind of taboo, yet truly there are physical life long damage done by this . Thank you I hope for no one to have the illnesses I have . I just try to warn .
@@CyallaireYESSSS!!! That's certainly true! I aged about 5 years or more being assaulted with the 5G U.S. military-grade propaganda and the massive genocide perpetrated on us by the evil bastards at the U.S. D.o.D. Nuremberg II, I say!
You're marvelous, man! I simply love your studies and everything that you post on this RUclips channel. It's because of you that I'm now taking THIAMINE in the active form, which is labeled BENFOTHIAMINE (S-benzoylthiamine-O-monophosphate). I feel ten times better, having more energy and mental clarity. I have so much to learn from you. I can't get enough of your teachings.
I took a supplement for migraines which includes a high amount of thiamine and all of a sudden a host of other symptoms I had started to clear up.. low mood, dizziness, attention problems, things that I thought were due to approaching middle age. I was amazed and will probably keep taking the thiamine for a while.
This has been hugely informative. Have had sepsis (2004), and subsequently developed POTS, severe resistant paroxysmal hypertension and chronic kidney disease, and other features of dysautonomia: Raynaud's, palpitations, muscle atrophy, severe insomnia. Never once was thiamine mentioned. Thank you for this terrific talk. Oh, you should stress the problem of excessive alcohol intake more intensely.
@@blessedloved2517 Yes, I take a B-complex, additional thiamine and pantothenic acid, Mg, Ashwaghanda, NAC, alpha-lipoic acid, vitamin D-3, vitaminK2, vitamin C, ubiquinol and a probiotic. These help with mood, energy, metabolism, but still have major issues with insomnia, hypertension and kidney function.
Susan Woodward did it help with Raynalds cold hands or feet or body chills or musle issues .... I haveboth and I hate it :( thank you so much for your replys
@@Alllrise for POTS - at least 3mg B1 in food per day +10g of sea salt per day High doses of vitamin c 3g per day Magnesium- 700mg per day Zinc - 15mg per day omega 3 - 2g per day iron , b12 b5 are important too
Great informative video. Diagnosis of coeliac disease, pernicious anaemia (B12) with neurological symptoms, fibromyalgia, low ferritin and low calcium which are now resolved . I had orthostatic intolerance and tremors, ataxia, nystagmus, vertigo and nausea, bladder dysfunction, heart palpitations. I started taking a vitamin b complex and other supplements (magnesium and vitamin E) 4 weeks ago and I am so much better. Please keep up your brilliant work - nutritional deficiencies are so overlooked by conventional medicine so THANK YOU.
Hi I have fibromyalgia and have many of the symptoms you have. Do you still take those vitamins? and are they still working? I have bad heart palpitations and orthostatic intolerance, poor balance and bladder issues too. How did you see, my doctor is completely useless. I need help.
@@youknowulikeit9589 for bladder issues, look into Oxalates. He has great videos on that topic. I have mild IC. I have going through dumping phase which feels like shards of glass when peeing.
Hey I have fibro and lots of other problems. I take magnesium glycinate. It took about 4 days 2 in the morning and 2 at night then my heart was not pounding hard. After about 2 months I then cut that to 1 pill in the morning and 1 at night. I take three drops of vitamin b 12. That helps with my energy level. I take a potassium citrate drink everyday, just a small amount. I keep having feet and hand tingling so I just started the vitamin b 1. I am watching videos like this to learn about B1.
I have recently got interested in Vitamin B1 and it’s affects on our bodies. Have listened to few Doctors. Your video has far exceeded the amount of info I’ve collected so far! Thank you for such amazing insights!
I think he is a naturopathic doctor Which is quite obvious here that it actually does focus on healing and health and not medicine which is all that mds do
I'm convinced sublingual B1 bought me more time. I still have an advancing neurological disease I can't get a diagnosis for but my breathing and energy have improved enough that I can better care for myself. I was on the verge of losing that ability.
@@zeezee2535 Thanks. I've been on 5000 iu of D3 with K2 for years now. I'm experimenting with N. A. G. now. It's suppose to help regenerate myelin in studies. It's also very good for the stomach which is good with the amount of meds I take.
@@McNastySlam Between Covid, malpractice and my own level of illness that keeps me from going out I will never see real care for this condition, let alone a solid diagnoses. Just appreciated bandaids like pain control and muscle relaxers. At this point I realize the specifics would only help a little. They are quite powerless with neuro diseases and the specialty drugs are beyond reach. I would like targeted therapy and to at least know what's killing me though. Unlike Michael J. Fox I think he could die 3 times over without seeing anything close to a cure.
I just want to mention After a year of severe restless leg & then bell Palsey & nerve issues I decided to add a couple of teaspoons of Nutritional Yeast in tea (thiamine) at bedtime & immediately felt the tension less the next morning it’s reduced my symptoms only two weeks this video validates what I suspected
Use methylated vitamins, especially B complex and B1 Take B complex along with the B1 or taking only B1, it could cause an imbalance in the other B vitamins.
Wow, this video has been even more informative than newer ones. I've explained my temperature regulation issues to doctors and they just stare at me, as well as weird sweating, etc.
@@joanneclark8256 I bought Benfotiamine 100mg with Thiamine 25mg, I take 2 capsule twice a day. If I have a stressful day I take it 3 times a day. I hope it works for you like it has for me.
Really good interview - very informative and explained in a way that was easy to understand. I came across you after googling thiamine deficiency. To cut a long story short, I have a few illnesses including fibromyalgia and your tutorials struck a chord. I already take the B vitamins and decided to give Benfotiamine a try. It’s early days yet but I noticed a difference straight - increased energy levels, being able to walk further and less muscle fatigue. I also also have more mental stamina. Thank you 🙏 for sharing this information and all the best with your research on thiamine.
That's awesome that you already see results! How much Benfotiamine are you taking & what brand did you buy? I was looking at it on Amazon & there's so many brands. Thx!
I'm on a search for B1 deficiency symtoms and came across your video which is very helpful. I checked to see if you have a playlist on your health adventures or on your B1 deficiency revelation but you do not. If you can, please create the playlist as your story is very informative and we who are here not for the gaming but to get better would like to find your health content much easier. Thank you.
This guy has helped me more than any doctor, physician, cardiologist, neurologist and the entire medical system for years. PLEASE pay attention to his research and practical experience. High dose B1 has restored my functioning within hours after being bedridden for extended periods and all conventional medications have made me worse and expecting to die early. B1 works for me but I did need to keep titrating until I I felt a marked improvement. I shall continue with this life changing and relatively cheap treatment. THANK YOU E.0 I am truly indebted.
Thiamine deficiency is definitely not a thing of the past. At times I have terrible foot and ankle pain. One B1 tablet fixes that pain overnight. Once I forget to take it the pain returns.
Surely my guardian angel brought me to this presentation, I have all the symptoms of thiamin deficiency, low mood, lethargy and general poor circulation and gut problems. I have taken non steroidal ant imflamitarries for years for a chronic bowel condition which only ease my symptoms in a flare up. I have been a big drinker throughout my life and I think that is the reason for my deficiency.
@@nikkyshairades9078 yes no bowel problem last six months after taking 300mg of benfotiamin and alpha lipoic acid along with magnesium, first time in nearly 30 years I haven't had to go to docs for steroids for flare up.
Just a suggestion, as I just came across this video by accident I had no idea who Elliot or the others were and what qualifications any of you have. You might want to have this info permanently in place for all the videos. ~ Great info!
Amazing! That is all I can say. I bought the bok by Dr Lonsdale and Marrs, but no time to read it yet. Thank you so much for breaking the info don so well. How simple are these concepts but at the end of the day gets ignored by the mainstream? Thiamine is needed in the rate limiting step for ATP, and Magnesium is required down the line as well, should it then surprise that both individually or in combination will help with diabetes? If the cell for some reason isn't producing energy efficiently, it will resist insulin leading to diabetes. Simple but yet profound! Mainstream gives metformin which further depletes thiamine for diabetics who are already 50% low compared to others. The stressor idea that reveals the underlying deficiency is also interesting. How many children start manifesting autistic symptoms after the stressor of vaccination? How many of these kids stutter, or are non verbal and have gut problems? How come parents notice improvements when these kids eat less refined sugars? Sorry, there are lots of questions, but do see some of the connections? Thiamine is more foundational than we all think.
I've been on the keto diet for a year. I've been affected with Seasonal Affective Disorder all my life. Winter comes, depreession, anxiety, set in. I was becominng horribly intolerant of others, and even myself. Life was becoming increasingly difficult I saw a video on B1, Benfotiamine. Many of the points made rang true to me. I felt better after my first dose. Each subsequent dose is making the anxiety dissipate... and some of the depression. It was like a veil lifted. Everything seems more clear. I'm now telling the world about B1. I was obviously depleted.
Sweet Jesus. I think I have had every symptom you mentioned. I was bulimic teen n younge adult. I ve had pycscosises and recently alcholism. My brain is zonked. Chronic diareah...living in mold...omg. holy crackola. I just took my sublingal womans multi B, which I havent taken in months bc I forget which vitiams I have hurt me Often Im so senstive to oxalates and I flare and when this happens I dont always know why. So I stop taking all my supplements and Im too scared to take anything 4 fear I will initate a flare. This guy has helped me figure out the root cause of my depression etc, excited to heal ty!!!!
Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. I have been doing a carnivore diet for a while and learned that my cognitive issues were due to thiamin deficiency. I am taking a high absorbability B complex now, and the results over the last 10 days have been nothing short of a miracle.
@@user-vg8ez9cu6u I have a couple i can take. Right now, swanson vitamins 'activated b complex' is what i take, but also igennus healthcare's 'super B complex' might be a little better in effect for me, but is a bit more expensive i think. When looking for a high bioavailability B complex, look for methylcobalamin being used instead of cyanocobalamin. It's many times more potent as a B12 format. If the other B vitamins have super long names in addition, you've probably stumbled upon a good and useable B complex.
@EONutrition I added some detailed time-stamps. Might be some spelling errors but I diligently listened and I think it'll be about 95% accurate at least in terms of the message you're trying to get across in this video. Outstanding work. This video does cut-off though.
@@queeny4624 I'm taking Thiamega. It's the high dose thiamega complex. I'm afraid of running out and not being able to buy more, so I'm going to buy more back up bottles next week.
@Tiffany how long have you been taking it? I have pots symptoms with it and the vertigo boat feeling, did you have them too? I've ordered the thiamax now hopefully be here next week 🤞🤞
Heya I am pursuing Bachelors in Nutrition and Dietetics ,i came to your video as i am here only in syllabus.i am gonna complete this thiamine series but ths ending of this video ended at wrong time .please upload full video of it.ITS JUST AWESOME,I LIKE YOU WAY OF TEACHING AND YOU KNOWLEDGE.GOOD LUCK FROM INSDIA.WISHING TO MEET YOU IN FUTURE TO INTELLIGENT MAN.
Thank you - I got a lot out of this interview - a missing piece of health puzzles for many - when you talked about summer being when symptomology may appear more evidently this made me think of the GNM model of stress and regeneration - body naturally has more energy to heal in summer because of natural cycles so presents symptoms to clear them perhaps - content so helpful, fantastic!
My husband and I started taking 200mg of B1. In just in couple of days. My husband didn't have to get up and pee every two hours through the night. Today I researched and realized B1 helps the bladder. It was 6 hours before he had to pee this morning.
OMG! This is wonderful. To see the additional benefits of taking 200mg of Vitamin B1 - I love this! I'm glad your husband and others are benefiting from this information.😊💖
Been Carnivore for about 10 months however there seems to be leaks in energy, weakness. I still cheat, get coffee and a donut every now and than, or make home made coffee with my meals that are very likely sabotaging me. Gonna go without daily home coffee and a thiamine supplement and experiment to see if that plugs the leak in energy. Great information as always Elliot, I always look forward to your lectures on any of the topics you cover.
Felt like “clean energy”. Up beat vibes. I’d like to know how it goes for you. I also feel like I’m too dependent on caffeine for second half of the day.
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Great video. Thank you 😊. I have peripheral neuropathy. It appeared really quickly, in the space of a couple of weeks, this year. I believe it was triggered by breathing some toxic dust at work. Symptoms were chilblains with ulcers, Raynauds syndrome, heart palpitations, sweating, high heart rate. I started taking benfotamine and alpha lipoid acid. I noticed a difference almost immediately. My toes are much better, my heart rate has returned to normal. No more sweating excessively. My doctor didn’t want to know. First it was covid toe, then I had bad feet because I was running too much, then finally it was ‘just ones of things that happen.’
Thiamine deficiency is definitely not a thing of the past. I have Pernicious Anemia (autoimmune b12 deficiency) which causes my other b vitamin levels to fluctuate and I often test as b1 deficient. Many of the PA symptoms overlap with the b1 deficiency. For me it manifests as stuttering. If I start stuttering I know my b1 is low. A lot of those meds also block b12 absorption.
13:13 Holy moly. I was trying understand why I recently have trouble adapting to temperatures. It started a few years ago, I would enter highly air-conditioned stores from a hot and humid day and it felt my hearing got muffled, I felt off. Then in the past year or two I started to become heat intolerant and feel faintish. I went to the ER and to a doctor and my thyroid scanned and all kinds of blood tests. They didn't find anything and thought it might be menopause symptoms. Even if I was cooking n a warm day the heat made me feel weird. When I'd go for a long brisk walk on a cool day if I started to sweat and the sun was shining strong, then I feel like I'm eaily overheating. In bed if it gets too warm, I feel my heart race and anxiety. It is worse on hot and humid days. I HAVE BEEN A BIG-TIME JUNK FOODIE. CARBS WERE MY HUBBY. I realize now carbs deplete the B vitamins. Dr Berg got me looking at the B vitamins. Then I saw samurais in Japan faced this issue due to eating the white rice. Well, I'm in Japan and there is a lot of white rice. My hubby often brings home white bread to eat for breakfast. I'm going to add barley and red beans and cut the white rice and too much junk. When I'd try to take well-rated B vitamins I'd feel very depressed the next day, I tried various brands. I heard you have to get your magnesium levels up or the body can't process the B vitamins and vitamin D. I'm working on getting my magnesium up. I had tried nutritional yeast but even a small amount seemed to give me the flush feeling (niacin flush?).
I really like this guy. Love Dr Eric Berg too. Thanks to both for sharing their research with people like me, been gaslighted by every medical doctor for years.
This man has saved my life. A Covid vaccine in 2021 caused a rapid downhill spiral in my health, and each summer my symptoms would get even worse. Thousands of pounds spend and lost income led doctors to suggest surgeries and immunosuppressive drugs but I said no because I just KNEW it was something else…. I happened upon EO Nutrition last week, immediately bought B1 supplements and within a day, most of my symptoms were on the mend. You saved my life, Elliot. I will be forever grateful.
Thanks for giving such comprehensive info on Thiamine deficiency and it’s numerous consequences. Respectfully, I wondered whether you have covered sudden infant death syndrome, and it’s relationship to Thiamine deficiency. Perhaps spreading the word on this could save lives and spare families the heartbreak of a loss that could otherwise be prevented. Once again, thanks for your good work.
My O2 levels had been around 95- 96 quie consistently. Then for months they raised to 97-98. Now back down to 95. I have been out of thiamine with benfotiamine for about a week. I am beginning to suspect that it is this supplement that was the cause of my improvement in oxygenation.
So very glad this popped up in my feed ! Very informative Best to take nutritional yeast (non fortified...meaning no synthetic vitamins added)for your b vitamins and a good potassium magnesium daily..along with good spurce of meat like beef, lamb, pork and veggies.
Niacin/Niacinamide in high dose also supports strong mental function because of being a precursor to NAD. Niacin boosts heart health by lowering LDL and triglycerides and raising HDL
If you take niacinamide you also want to replenish methyl bodies, aka methylfolate and SAMe among others I probably don’t know about yet. All the B vitamins really tie together. A Weston A Price style of diet becomes more and more credible the more I learn. That man was so ahead of his time.
Just to clarify, I am not a doc! However, a chat with Berg would be cool. He is one of the few who talks about this topic and acknowledges the importance of B1.
At 18:56 she mentions fluoroquinolones then later (20:00) says tendon rupture is the most common side effect of fluoroquinolones. I doubt that tendon rupture is "the most common" side effect. Tendon rupture is a grave concern & later helped get fluoroquinolones a long overdue "black box warning." But "most common" -- I don't think so. But she brings up a good question as to if taking thiamine would help prevent that tendon rupture. There is a whole community of people that have been harmed by fluoroquinolones. They call themselves "floxies." The FDA turned a blind eye to the severe side-effects for far to long.
@CottonFields yes. It is like a family of antibiotics. It includes antibiotics like Cipro or Ciprofloxin, levofloxin, maxifloxin and others that may not necessarily end with "floxin."
Not necessarily a side effect. But it definitely is a higher risk of tendon rupture. I used just a bit of ofloxacin one time for eye infection. Definitely felt some pain in both of my achilles tendons for a while. Had to ramp down my physical activity until it got better. I've been taking benfotiamine/mag glycinate with organ complex for over a month with good results for my insulin resistance and fatigue.
My doctor said that I was low on vitamin D but didn't suggest I do anything about it. Then I got the bill was $50 for the blood test for vitamin deficiency. A year later I went to a new doctor and she did the same blood test saying I was low in vitamin D and charge me another fifty bucks not suggesting anything I should do about it. On my own I decided to go to the drugstore and get some vitamin D, it was like $5 for a two-year Supply. RUclips videos now convinced me to get vitamin C, vitamin E, magnesium, potassium, vitamin B12 and now with this video I got to go out and buy B1. None of those vitamins I took gave me any noticeable change. But I guess I'll see what B1 does. I'm suffering from long covid or mercury poisoning from my amalgam teeth. I also lived in a house of toxic mold for 13 years.
@@tanyawieczorek6603 I got a whole list of other issues. My shoulder is killing me. I think many of the issues I'm having now are coming from my spine, bad posture. I did a update on my other GoTimothy YT Channel.
I took benfotiamine 100mg for the first time and immediately felt normal gut movement in my abdomen after suffering from gastroparesis and ibs for three years post COVID. Unfortunately, my gut stopped responding to the supplement subsequently even though I increased the dosage. I also supplemented with Mg glycine 120mg but it didn't help. Anyone knows what's happening? It's disheartening getting back to square one after experiencing what being normal feels like once again.
Lovely to hear an English accent for a change! Where are you located and do you see patients? This is something I am also looking at as a health professional myself?
When you look at the levels in nutritional yeast, they are pretty low levels. If you need higher levels, there are food based supplements from Garden of Life that can give you higher levels. I love Dr Berg but remember that Oxalates can affect B1 also, so eating foods lower in Oxalates helps.
"Dr." Berg also calls butter a "superfood" and says people can eat "as much as they want" of his keto pizza "and not gain weight." In other words, "Dr." Berg is a quack.
The reason why I am writing an update Is that I am suspecting that many many people but especially women are dealing with h pilori infections and those are what is using up all of our magnesium and vitamin B supplies plus it also greatly reduces absorption of all vitamins and minerals. So thats my thought.
In Denmark we traditionally drank the water from boiling the potatoes at the meal, except in the spring when the potatoes was sprouting, because then the water can be poisonous!
Even my horse thrives on thiamine. Its amazing how quickly he changed from a skittish fight or flight preset beast to a calm sweet wants to be near me cuddlebug after giving him high dose of thiamine. He is much like his owner, same issues, same remedy. If it wasnt for trying thiamine on him, I'd be clueless how to deal with him. It is in the horseworld used a lot as tranquiliser, why it isnt seen as a vagus nerve rebalancer in humans is beyond me.
@@tanyawieczorek6603 thiamine for horses of course. This is a very common supplement to calm down horses, you can get it at any tackstore. I think you could give humane thiamine as well if there is no fillers in the supplement (pure thiamine), but its is getting expensive quickly if you have to give a whole container in a few days and recalculate a horse dose is not matter of going by a per kg for humans dose, horses are way more sensitive to supplements than we are. So I just give the special horse formulated one, that also has magnesium and tryptophane. Horses often are deficient in thiamine. Its because feeding them grain depletes the thiamine from their bodies despite grains are a source of thiamine, its why oats makes some horses hot as well imo. My horse only eats hay though, because I dont believe horses should eat grains, but he is very much set in fight or flight mode. Too much, more than is good for him.
Excellent presentation full of life saving information. Thank you. P.S. I think that the presently established optimal 25(OH)D vitamin D blood level should be raised from 40 to 60 ng/ml to 90 to 110 ng/ml.
ECONOMICS: after investing several millions in a hospital and several millions in running it no business will be able to support themselves by selling cheap vitamins and supplements like magnesium, vitamin D, iodine and thiamine as well or even fasting that is totally free! It is a sad state of affairs but it is what it is and it will be very difficult to turn this ship around now that it has sailed. Thank you for the video and the great information!
I just found your video explaining TTFD. I've been taking the regular B1 since a couple of months I have yet to buy the correct one from the website. I've experienced substantial benefits from the regular ones, in combination with the other supplements i take, I am imagining the results would be significantly faster and more when I change to Thiamine TTFD.
Dr Gundry, heart surgeon from the US, explains why oxalates are so dangerous. So does Dr Eric Berg, Health advisor. Also from the US. Both are on RUclips. Found your channel today and glad to subscribe. Thank you for your information.
I've got every single symptom you talk about yet have taken thiamine daily for 8 months because I used to be a piss head. I don't feel much different but I still take it because I've got dreadful digestive disorders and probably don't absorb food or nutrients very well.
I guess the people that gave a thumbs down must not have the wisdom and knowledge of people who are suffering on a daily basis because we are not told about this kind of information. And can be people against health and work for the health system.
Dr. Berg discusses this too. He added you need to take Brewers yeast or something w B1 to not create ANOTHER deficiency.Youd probably find his video also interesting.I believe he referred to the same book.
Benfotiamin literally helped me to regain my life. doubled energy and muscle strength just the next day after my first capsule! before I had severely blocked PDH resulting in inability to use carbs for energy: instant urge to sleep after a carb meal and still hungry
I’m going to try thiamine supplements. I have so little energy... he mentions that the doctor used high doses of thiamine or benfotamine, with a normal supplement of all other b vitamins, and importantly included magnesium. Nutritional yeast is a good source of b vitamins. Stress, grief, medications, Starchy, sugary diets, mold and toxins, American foods, tea, coffee can lead to symptoms of deficiency of thiamine. Thank you for this video
What i found interesting, is after just three days of thiamin at 500 mg three times a day. My overall wellbeing was unusually good. And i had very vivid dreams. I wonder what that was about. In any case i believe i am very deficient in this nutrient.
Did you experience any paradoxical reaction and how long did you stay on it? I have POTS and also took megadoses - initially was amazed at better sleep and heart rate and calming but a week in or so, significant worsening of symptoms which I think was the paradoxical reactions Elliot also mentions and has a video to help one support such - wondering if this happened to you?
@@ingridrueffel6014 Go for low dose. High doses not longer than a week. Less is more. Also supplement for a limited time . Stop and if necessary do one more turn.
my best understanding of mechanizm of depletion of reserves of B vitamins is because of too much prolonged stress and because b vitamins are shared between processes in the body: it happens during Krebs cycle. Cortisol encourages production of energy in Krebs cycle. for example as response to stress situation there comes adrenaline and cortisol and make you some quick energy also coffee makes cortisol. The problem happens when there is stress 24/7 for prolonged period. it causes to run the Krebs cycle 24/7. The Krebs cycle is limited by B1 B3 B12 vitamins which are coenzymes (help enzymes have usable shape work). when they are missing the Krebs cycle can't work properly. so after long stress all b vitamins are depleted and you left with severe deficiency. because you know adrenaline/cortisol has no mercy it uses up the body reserves in a stressful situation even until break down. as people age they get more cortisol seems related to something around b6 vitamin, then the b6 deficiency influences homocysteine . so there is also homocysteine recycling issue when there is not enough B12 B9 B6, (warning don't take b6 more than 200mg/day its toxic at that amount need only 15-35). elevated homocysteine makes cell walls permeable causing inflammation and blood viscous at cold which tears check vales in blood vassals and kidneys. (more on homocysteine, it comes from building body cells from methionine an by product, for example it happens a lot during pregnancy it is known to make spider vines on legs). the issue is b vitamins are shared in the body for different processes. and one process takes from the other.
I was completely bedridden for 4 months following a covid infection, was diagnosed with Covid long haul syndrome and was found with reduced LVEF. After a week of megadosing B1 my symptoms completely disappeared. Makes me believe that many who think they have this mysterious condition called covid long haul are actually just B1 deficient. It was truly a miracle making this discovery, I now have my life back after feeling completely hopeless.
Hi Mike. Hope you're doing well. Fellow covid long haulers here, spoke to you a few weeks ago. I started taking Benfothiamine 2 weeks ago just a low dose to begin with. I'm now taking 200mg twice a day. Saw a huge improvement for a few days last week but crashed again 2 days ago with awful fatigue. Not sure if I should increase or not. I'm taking with B Complex and magnesium with the benfo. Can't remember what dosage of you said you took? Best wishes. Fran
@@fclinch7fm Hi Fran! I'm sorry to hear that your symptoms returned. For my megadose stage I took 500mg of thiamine hydrochloride with each meal, and I did this for ten days. I now take a once daily called B6 Complex made by a company called Pure Encapsulations. Be careful with the benfotiamine, it is fat soluable and stays in the body much longer than the water soluable stuff so I wouldn't overdo that one, it could lead to negative side effects. In my humble, non-medical opinion it seems the fact that you experienced an immediate Improvement upon B1 consumption, your problem definitely seems tied to vitamins. It may be worthwhile to have a blood panel done where you can see exactly what your current vitamin and mineral status is. If everything comes back perfectly normal, you can then rule out pursuing vitamins as the cause of your problems and continue your search. Best wishes to you Fran! Mike
@@miketexas4549 The doc did say that sometimes a blood test doesn't show a B1 deficiency if it's related to a transporter or absorption problem.
@@LG-wm1nw Yeah I was guilty of almost all of the things that wreck B1 - fasting diet, heavy daily caffeine, social drinking, frequent consumption of raw fish, then Covid came along and knocked me down for a couple of weeks. After that I was so messed up, for four months! After a single mega dose of B1 I felt immediate improvement.
@@miketexas4549 Hey Mike, I have those symptoms for almost two years, had coxackie virus and corona.. I have periods when I can't walk like 500 steps, and sometimes I can 2k or 3k but of course that's far away from my previous ability..Also I have POTS for almost 3 months (because of that I can't walk now outside) and my heart ultrasound is always perfect..
Can you tell me which brand of B1 Hcl you were using? I am planning to start with it. Also, I did the blood test for vitamins, b12, zinc and copper are great, waiting for b1, b6 and vitamin e :)
This fine young man has quickly become my favorite nutrition researcher. He is absolutely fantastic! Thank you Eliot Overton!
Where have you been my whole life? I feel like you are describing every symptom that I have suffered with for years.
Same here. None of the other doctors can even describe the root causes
is there any progress ?
Bless people who take the time to do videos and inform people about vitamins and minerals.....hell anything to help out people to HELP THEM, not cash in off of their health problems.
Amen.:)
EXACTLY. 🌸🌷🌺
Especially since mainstream doctors aren't doing their jobs
Glad he's giving free advice but he should be paid in some way for this. Hopefully he has a book or sells vitamins. If people could only make a living doing useless or harmful work this world would be a terrible place.
@@yuppers1 agreed, when people are so good at their jobs they deserve to be well paid
B1 is the first vitamin I’ve taken where I feel an effect. A positive one at that. I felt like I have more energy and I could also feel my digestion starting to move again.
What kind did you take and at what dosage?
@@LawrenceWhitehead I just purchased what was at my local grocery store. B-100 complex that had 100mg of thiamine and it also has a good amount of the other b vitamins.
@@Beezi.then how do you know it was the B1 that had the effect
@@cyndijohnson5473 good point
@@Beezi.shawty gotcha bro 😂
I set aside wheel chair for down town use. Started Parkinson’s med for my very slow walking. It did not work. I started Vit B1 100mg twice in morning with magneisium 250 mg twice in morning. Two days on B1 allowed me to walk three miles. It stopped invulentary arm movements. Please try B1 it may very well change you life.
Thanks for sharing. When you said twice in the morning you mean you take the b1 2 times in the morning or your take 2 tables in one go ? Thanks you
3 days into my starting supplement and feeling different in a great way. Thanks to videos like these from people who know vitamins, minerals and healthy foods can change lives and keep us out of drs offices
Hey how are you doing now? Hope you are doing well.
I follow 25-30 leading functional medical docs and have been LCHF/Keto for over five years; spending 3-4 hours a day reading and listening to presentations on health and fitness. I am blown away by your knowledge and unassuming presentations. Just discovered you a few days ago and am so thankful and appreciative
Who are the best functional practitioners that you've come across? Standouts I've seen so far have been Berg, Masterjohn and Lynch. Most of the others are just repeating each other or rehashing their favorite theory (even those 3 can get repetitive on their pulpits but they are relatively more evenhanded imo).
wubbalubbadubdub Paul Salidino is really good
Elliot Overton's page, EONutriton is pretty good. He dives into more detail about thiamine deficiency and even oxalate issues people are running into now with the vegan/vegetarian craze. Dr. Andrew Saul has a good vid too on mitochondrial function and vitamins. This is a good vid too on autism and thiamine
ruclips.net/video/oHOBnkiM6b8/видео.html
Sounds like me. After Carnivore diet Last year. 30 years of edema in my elbow, finally went away in that misaligned my wrist due to hypertonic forearm muscles. This derailed my piano skills and I was a piano major! Warped the whole path of my life. Now the firearm and wrist are slowly readjusting and piano is better than ever.
@@kemchobhenchod Dr. Jason Fung and Dr. Eric Westman!
Want to add, because of this guys channel, i ended up trying thiamine (ttfd) and it actually seems to be fixing my CFS and heart problems. I thank God for letting me find this dour, ginger man.
i have cfs and heart issue how much mg are u taking?
@@melissamartin9549 follow the bottle and/or your doctors advice.
Vietnamese cinnamon and hawthorn berries has helped my heart pain related to CFS. See reviews on hawthorn supplements on Amazon for heart issues.
Isaac, any updates would be appreciated
Dour omggggg
Can't believe I've lived with CFS for 7 years and now POTS, and just found out about Thiamine deficiency. Thank you
Donna, did the thiamine help you ?
Any updates Donna?
Same!!! Please update us!
How is ur pots now
Hi All.... Yes so much better. I have returned back to exercise but still wearing compression, drinking electrolytes alongside supplements. I find the summer months harder due to the heat, but as long as I have awareness with nutrition/hydration/movement and stress it's manageable. The supplements have helped
I recently learned that when the body is in stress mode, cell repair is halted.
Prolonged exposure to stress obviously reduces lifespan.
Guaranteed stress from a year of broadcast fearmongering over covid along with lockdowns, masks, and antagonisms collectively took some years off of life expectancy for the population.
That is the cause of my hypothyroidism and diabetes . Cortisol I’ve depleted it’s in my blood test way to high a d it’s almost impossible to correct. Cortisol is released by adrenal glands during high stress, emotional stress, I was in a bad relationship way to long daily high worries. Stress releases hormones in. Body it’s kind of taboo, yet truly there are physical life long damage done by this . Thank you I hope for no one to have the illnesses I have . I just try to warn .
@@ladyofthewoods2448 spot on. Thank you!!
@@CyallaireYESSSS!!! That's certainly true! I aged about 5 years or more being assaulted with the 5G U.S. military-grade propaganda and the massive genocide perpetrated on us by the evil bastards at the U.S. D.o.D. Nuremberg II, I say!
Organs cannot detox under stree liver gall bladder cannot work properly without vagus innervation
B1 feeds the vagus nerve
You're marvelous, man! I simply love your studies and everything that you post on this RUclips channel. It's because of you that I'm now taking THIAMINE in the active form, which is labeled BENFOTHIAMINE (S-benzoylthiamine-O-monophosphate). I feel ten times better, having more energy and mental clarity. I have so much to learn from you. I can't get enough of your teachings.
Hi can you tell us how many mg of benfotimine you take to feel energy? Ive read it takes at least 1500 to 1800 mg to feel better. Do you agree?
La la la la la, Forza CRAIOVA!
Is that better than nutritional yeast ?
Where do U get that Thiamine??
Is that better than normal thiamine ?
I took a supplement for migraines which includes a high amount of thiamine and all of a sudden a host of other symptoms I had started to clear up.. low mood, dizziness, attention problems, things that I thought were due to approaching middle age. I was amazed and will probably keep taking the thiamine for a while.
What supplement are you taking?
@@nicolebaxter5141 Migrelief Triple Therapy with Puracol
Sorry I just realized that I mispoke orginally, the supplement has a lot of riboflavin and magnesium rather than thiamine.
@@m.pixley8413 so it is still B vitamin related. Thanks for sharing your experience 😊 🙏
@@doradean3097 if you search "dr sasha b vitamins high intensity health" there is a great talk on b vitamins!
This has been hugely informative. Have had sepsis (2004), and subsequently developed POTS, severe resistant paroxysmal hypertension and chronic kidney disease, and other features of dysautonomia: Raynaud's, palpitations, muscle atrophy, severe insomnia. Never once was thiamine mentioned. Thank you for this terrific talk. Oh, you should stress the problem of excessive alcohol intake more intensely.
Susan Woodward did you start taking B1 did it help you? Thanks
@@blessedloved2517 Yes, I take a B-complex, additional thiamine and pantothenic acid, Mg, Ashwaghanda, NAC, alpha-lipoic acid, vitamin D-3, vitaminK2, vitamin C, ubiquinol and a probiotic. These help with mood, energy, metabolism, but still have major issues with insomnia, hypertension and kidney function.
Susan Woodward did it help with Raynalds cold hands or feet or body chills or musle issues .... I haveboth and I hate it :( thank you so much for your replys
Susan Woodward I’m having POTS symptoms will I help?
@@Alllrise for POTS -
at least 3mg B1 in food per day
+10g of sea salt per day
High doses of vitamin c 3g per day
Magnesium- 700mg per day
Zinc - 15mg per day
omega 3 - 2g per day
iron , b12 b5 are important too
This man is literally revolutionizing the world...
And he is so young 😮 Truly an angel! I don’t believe people can become so knowledgeable only by passive learning.
Great informative video. Diagnosis of coeliac disease, pernicious anaemia (B12) with neurological symptoms, fibromyalgia, low ferritin and low calcium which are now resolved . I had orthostatic intolerance and tremors, ataxia, nystagmus, vertigo and nausea, bladder dysfunction, heart palpitations. I started taking a vitamin b complex and other supplements (magnesium and vitamin E) 4 weeks ago and I am so much better. Please keep up your brilliant work - nutritional deficiencies are so overlooked by conventional medicine so THANK YOU.
Hi I have fibromyalgia and have many of the symptoms you have. Do you still take those vitamins? and are they still working? I have bad heart palpitations and orthostatic intolerance, poor balance and bladder issues too. How did you see, my doctor is completely useless. I need help.
@@youknowulikeit9589 I will like to know too
@@youknowulikeit9589 for bladder issues, look into Oxalates. He has great videos on that topic. I have mild IC. I have going through dumping phase which feels like shards of glass when peeing.
Hey I have fibro and lots of other problems. I take magnesium glycinate. It took about 4 days 2 in the morning and 2 at night then my heart was not pounding hard. After about 2 months I then cut that to 1 pill in the morning and 1 at night. I take three drops of vitamin b 12. That helps with my energy level. I take a potassium citrate drink everyday, just a small amount. I keep having feet and hand tingling so I just started the vitamin b 1. I am watching videos like this to learn about B1.
@@youknowulikeit9589 check out " earthing" most of your symptoms can be improved by " grounding" yourself. Check out " Grounding" on RUclips
I have recently got interested in Vitamin B1 and it’s affects on our bodies. Have listened to few Doctors. Your video has far exceeded the amount of info I’ve collected so far! Thank you for such amazing insights!
This young doctor certainly knows his stuff and is able to explain it in an understandable way. Thank you for an excellent presentation.
Not a doctor. But yes.
Doctors don’t have time for this stuff. Too many medications to learn
He is not a doc and he is still amazing
I think he is a naturopathic doctor Which is quite obvious here that it actually does focus on healing and health and not medicine which is all that mds do
Yeah ok but what he and others are doing should be the model for what doctors should be. MDs get less than 2 weeks of nutrition which is awful.
I'm convinced sublingual B1 bought me more time. I still have an advancing neurological disease I can't get a diagnosis for but my breathing and energy have improved enough that I can better care for myself. I was on the verge of losing that ability.
My prayers are with you.
You need to reed about high dose vit D and multiple sclerosis. You just might find something there for you. Good luck
@@zeezee2535 Thanks. I've been on 5000 iu of D3 with K2 for years now. I'm experimenting with N. A. G. now. It's suppose to help regenerate myelin in studies. It's also very good for the stomach which is good with the amount of meds I take.
NAD infusions are also great for neurological conditions.
@@McNastySlam Between Covid, malpractice and my own level of illness that keeps me from going out I will never see real care for this condition, let alone a solid diagnoses. Just appreciated bandaids like pain control and muscle relaxers. At this point I realize the specifics would only help a little. They are quite powerless with neuro diseases and the specialty drugs are beyond reach. I would like targeted therapy and to at least know what's killing me though. Unlike Michael J. Fox I think he could die 3 times over without seeing anything close to a cure.
Hi there just wondering what N.A.G is
I just want to mention After a year of severe restless leg & then bell Palsey & nerve issues I decided to add a couple of teaspoons of Nutritional Yeast in tea (thiamine) at bedtime & immediately felt the tension less the next morning it’s reduced my symptoms only two weeks this video validates what I suspected
Thiamin is very important for Helping stutters also on the neurological level!! Great information , thanks
You honestly deserve a millions subs. You are truly brilliant.
This guy's a legend & clearly knows what he's teaching, much respect.
Use methylated vitamins, especially B complex and B1
Take B complex along with the B1 or taking only B1, it could cause an imbalance in the other B vitamins.
This explains so much of what's been going on with my health. Thank you!
Wow, this video has been even more informative than newer ones. I've explained my temperature regulation issues to doctors and they just stare at me, as well as weird sweating, etc.
I too have that issue , so I'm glad I found you . I've started taking b1 in a b multi and I'm feeling better tbh .
Aleopathic doctors, don't seem t know much about the human body, nor the human brain😮
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Omg same
I have RLS but when I started taking BENFOTHIAMINE Thiamine I had a 75% relief in symptoms, I'm so grateful for the relief.
How much did you start and do
@@joanneclark8256 I bought Benfotiamine 100mg with Thiamine 25mg, I take 2 capsule twice a day. If I have a stressful day I take it 3 times a day. I hope it works for you like it has for me.
Try magnesium bisclycinate for rls, it helped me
@@DH-ht9pl I went and saw a neurologist and he have me folic acid, Iron and vit D and Vit b and within a month all of the symptoms are gone!
Wow! That's great!
Really good interview - very informative and explained in a way that was easy to understand. I came across you after googling thiamine deficiency. To cut a long story short, I have a few illnesses including fibromyalgia and your tutorials struck a chord. I already take the B vitamins and decided to give Benfotiamine a try. It’s early days yet but I noticed a difference straight - increased energy levels, being able to walk further and less muscle fatigue. I also also have more mental stamina. Thank you 🙏 for sharing this information and all the best with your research on thiamine.
That's awesome that you already see results! How much Benfotiamine are you taking & what brand did you buy? I was looking at it on Amazon & there's so many brands. Thx!
I'm on a search for B1 deficiency symtoms and came across your video which is very helpful. I checked to see if you have a playlist on your health adventures or on your B1 deficiency revelation but you do not. If you can, please create the playlist as your story is very informative and we who are here not for the gaming but to get better would like to find your health content much easier. Thank you.
This guy has helped me more than any doctor, physician, cardiologist, neurologist and the entire medical system for years. PLEASE pay attention to his research and practical experience. High dose B1 has restored my functioning within hours after being bedridden for extended periods and all conventional medications have made me worse and expecting to die early. B1 works for me but I did need to keep titrating until I I felt a marked improvement. I shall continue with this life changing and relatively cheap treatment. THANK YOU E.0 I am truly indebted.
Thiamine deficiency is definitely not a thing of the past. At times I have terrible foot and ankle pain. One B1 tablet fixes that pain overnight. Once I forget to take it the pain returns.
Surely my guardian angel brought me to this presentation, I have all the symptoms of thiamin deficiency, low mood, lethargy and general poor circulation and gut problems. I have taken non steroidal ant imflamitarries for years for a chronic bowel condition which only ease my symptoms in a flare up. I have been a big drinker throughout my life and I think that is the reason for my deficiency.
Any progress so far?please update me
@@nikkyshairades9078 yes no bowel problem last six months after taking 300mg of benfotiamin and alpha lipoic acid along with magnesium, first time in nearly 30 years I haven't had to go to docs for steroids for flare up.
@@kevinadamson5768 thank you I have been dealing with indigestion since I gave birth to my baby in 2020.
@@nikkyshairades9078 you can only give it a go, they are fairly cheap to buy.
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Just a suggestion, as I just came across this video by accident I had no idea who Elliot or the others were and what qualifications any of you have. You might want to have this info permanently in place for all the videos. ~ Great info!
Outstanding information. This young man is extremely knowledgeable and well spoken ✨✨✨
Amazing! That is all I can say. I bought the bok by Dr Lonsdale and Marrs, but no time to read it yet. Thank you so much for breaking the info don so well. How simple are these concepts but at the end of the day gets ignored by the mainstream? Thiamine is needed in the rate limiting step for ATP, and Magnesium is required down the line as well, should it then surprise that both individually or in combination will help with diabetes? If the cell for some reason isn't producing energy efficiently, it will resist insulin leading to diabetes. Simple but yet profound! Mainstream gives metformin which further depletes thiamine for diabetics who are already 50% low compared to others.
The stressor idea that reveals the underlying deficiency is also interesting. How many children start manifesting autistic symptoms after the stressor of vaccination? How many of these kids stutter, or are non verbal and have gut problems? How come parents notice improvements when these kids eat less refined sugars? Sorry, there are lots of questions, but do see some of the connections? Thiamine is more foundational than we all think.
I've been on the keto diet for a year. I've been affected with Seasonal Affective Disorder all my life. Winter comes, depreession, anxiety, set in. I was becominng horribly intolerant of others, and even myself. Life was becoming increasingly difficult
I saw a video on B1, Benfotiamine. Many of the points made rang true to me. I felt better after my first dose. Each subsequent dose is making the anxiety dissipate... and some of the depression. It was like a veil lifted. Everything seems more clear. I'm now telling the world about B1.
I was obviously depleted.
Look into vitamin d3 for sad.
What dose of benfotiamine are you taking?😢
Thanks for sharing!
Yes I agree everything feels clear like a window that's all clean
What dose are you taking ?
Sweet Jesus. I think I have had every symptom you mentioned. I was bulimic teen n younge adult. I ve had pycscosises and recently alcholism. My brain is zonked. Chronic diareah...living in mold...omg. holy crackola. I just took my sublingal womans multi B, which I havent taken in months bc I forget which vitiams I have hurt me Often Im so senstive to oxalates and I flare and when this happens I dont always know why. So I stop taking all my supplements and Im too scared to take anything 4 fear I will initate a flare. This guy has helped me figure out the root cause of my depression etc, excited to heal ty!!!!
Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. I have been doing a carnivore diet for a while and learned that my cognitive issues were due to thiamin deficiency. I am taking a high absorbability B complex now, and the results over the last 10 days have been nothing short of a miracle.
Do you have a link to your b12 complex or the brand name?
What is the name of your b12 complex?
@@user-vg8ez9cu6u I have a couple i can take. Right now, swanson vitamins 'activated b complex' is what i take, but also igennus healthcare's 'super B complex' might be a little better in effect for me, but is a bit more expensive i think.
When looking for a high bioavailability B complex, look for methylcobalamin being used instead of cyanocobalamin. It's many times more potent as a B12 format. If the other B vitamins have super long names in addition, you've probably stumbled upon a good and useable B complex.
@@neptronix thanks!
@EONutrition I added some detailed time-stamps. Might be some spelling errors but I diligently listened and I think it'll be about 95% accurate at least in terms of the message you're trying to get across in this video. Outstanding work. This video does cut-off though.
Great information . I like your honesty if you can’t answer some of the question. Very well presented.
Praying this puts an end to extreme vertigo and brain heaviness/fog. So tired of living with this.
Hi have you started?? Has it helped you??
@@queeny4624 Yes, I'm not 100% yet, but the thiamine has helped tremendously! I'm so happy
@Tiffany that's amazing! Can I ask which your taking? I'm taking thiamine monotrate but going to order the thiamax
@@queeny4624 I'm taking Thiamega. It's the high dose thiamega complex. I'm afraid of running out and not being able to buy more, so I'm going to buy more back up bottles next week.
@Tiffany how long have you been taking it? I have pots symptoms with it and the vertigo boat feeling, did you have them too? I've ordered the thiamax now hopefully be here next week 🤞🤞
An excellent explanation of Thiamine deficiency. Thank you.
Heya I am pursuing Bachelors in Nutrition and Dietetics ,i came to your video as i am here only in syllabus.i am gonna complete this thiamine series but ths ending of this video ended at wrong time .please upload full video of it.ITS JUST AWESOME,I LIKE YOU WAY OF TEACHING AND YOU KNOWLEDGE.GOOD LUCK FROM INSDIA.WISHING TO MEET YOU IN FUTURE TO INTELLIGENT MAN.
Thank you - I got a lot out of this interview - a missing piece of health puzzles for many - when you talked about summer being when symptomology may appear more evidently this made me think of the GNM model of stress and regeneration - body naturally has more energy to heal in summer because of natural cycles so presents symptoms to clear them perhaps - content so helpful, fantastic!
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I think you have saved my life
My husband and I started taking 200mg of B1. In just in couple of days. My husband didn't have to get up and pee every two hours through the night. Today I researched and realized B1 helps the bladder. It was 6 hours before he had to pee this morning.
OMG! This is wonderful. To see the additional benefits of taking 200mg of Vitamin B1 - I love this!
I'm glad your husband and others are benefiting from this information.😊💖
Weird! Thiamin makes me wanna pee instantly!
I've read it can raise aldosterone
200mg of B1 per day ?
Excellent B1 help me. I use go so many times to toilet at night. Not anymore. Great video I watched Dr berg video and started taking vitamins b1
B1 also helps with glucose. (Excessive glucose amount in the blood causes frequent urination.)
Been Carnivore for about 10 months however there seems to be leaks in energy, weakness. I still cheat, get coffee and a donut every now and than, or make home made coffee with my meals that are very likely sabotaging me. Gonna go without daily home coffee and a thiamine supplement and experiment to see if that plugs the leak in energy.
Great information as always Elliot, I always look forward to your lectures on any of the topics you cover.
Bathoggywinger I can relate to that. Same here. Took 250 mg of thiamin yesterday. Definitely felt a change in mood
Felt like “clean energy”. Up beat vibes. I’d like to know how it goes for you. I also feel like I’m too dependent on caffeine for second half of the day.
Bathoggywinger I drink coffee every morning. Does Elliot cover effects of coffee in his talk?
@@tiffanyhoward9935 I think that it is probably more what you may put in your coffee rather than the coffee.
Follow Stephanie Person. She's been carnivore 11yrs & featured by many docs. You can eat liver for a lot of your vitamins.
Exceptional information, this guy is incredible.
Thank you sooooo much. ❤❤❤
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@@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363 hail satan
@@lukebroadus1816 John 10: 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. Jesus wants to give you eternal life and the fruits of the spirit (Galatians 5:22-23 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 [a]gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.)
@@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things. Isaiah 45:7
@@lukebroadus1816 Jus read the first paragraph of the following for an answer
www.gotquestions.org/Isaiah-45-7.html
God is not evil but filled with compassion and grace; mercy and is long suffering towards us
Wow this info was just amazing. Wish we could have more on right cooking methods to get thiamine from you food what he was talking about .
I was hoping to hear more too
Could you please make a video to every vitamin in context to what we eat, plant forms and things like that? You make GREAT content!
He also lived into his 90's.
Wow. Such knowledge, and such humility.
Wow amazing knowledge, i don't often watch a 42min video but I did on this occasion.
Great video. Thank you 😊.
I have peripheral neuropathy. It appeared really quickly, in the space of a couple of weeks, this year. I believe it was triggered by breathing some toxic dust at work.
Symptoms were chilblains with ulcers, Raynauds syndrome, heart palpitations, sweating, high heart rate.
I started taking benfotamine and alpha lipoid acid.
I noticed a difference almost immediately. My toes are much better, my heart rate has returned to normal. No more sweating excessively.
My doctor didn’t want to know. First it was covid toe, then I had bad feet because I was running too much, then finally it was ‘just ones of things that happen.’
Hi, what brand of Benfotamine and Alpha Lipoid acid did you purchase?
@@joyasleson3119 Doctors Best..Amazon or eBay
In what dosage?
Omg. Find a new doctor?
@@rockjockchicki swear they are so stupid
Thiamine deficiency is definitely not a thing of the past. I have Pernicious Anemia (autoimmune b12 deficiency) which causes my other b vitamin levels to fluctuate and I often test as b1 deficient. Many of the PA symptoms overlap with the b1 deficiency. For me it manifests as stuttering. If I start stuttering I know my b1 is low.
A lot of those meds also block b12 absorption.
Interesting, I used to stutter.
A lot of which meds block B12 absorption?
You should def look onto glycine for anything autoimmune related
@@sincity5268 you should look into the cause of your autoimmune condition instead of just taking things into your own hands
13:13 Holy moly. I was trying understand why I recently have trouble adapting to temperatures. It started a few years ago, I would enter highly air-conditioned stores from a hot and humid day and it felt my hearing got muffled, I felt off. Then in the past year or two I started to become heat intolerant and feel faintish. I went to the ER and to a doctor and my thyroid scanned and all kinds of blood tests. They didn't find anything and thought it might be menopause symptoms. Even if I was cooking n a warm day the heat made me feel weird. When I'd go for a long brisk walk on a cool day if I started to sweat and the sun was shining strong, then I feel like I'm eaily overheating. In bed if it gets too warm, I feel my heart race and anxiety. It is worse on hot and humid days. I HAVE BEEN A BIG-TIME JUNK FOODIE. CARBS WERE MY HUBBY. I realize now carbs deplete the B vitamins. Dr Berg got me looking at the B vitamins. Then I saw samurais in Japan faced this issue due to eating the white rice. Well, I'm in Japan and there is a lot of white rice. My hubby often brings home white bread to eat for breakfast. I'm going to add barley and red beans and cut the white rice and too much junk. When I'd try to take well-rated B vitamins I'd feel very depressed the next day, I tried various brands. I heard you have to get your magnesium levels up or the body can't process the B vitamins and vitamin D. I'm working on getting my magnesium up. I had tried nutritional yeast but even a small amount seemed to give me the flush feeling (niacin flush?).
Cut out all grains. Only until I did this did most of my issues start resolving. Watch Dr Ken Berry about carnivore diet.
I really like this guy. Love Dr Eric Berg too. Thanks to both for sharing their research with people like me, been gaslighted by every medical doctor for years.
@@jesusmerchanreina5069 Thank you
Thanks for this precious
information
This man has saved my life. A Covid vaccine in 2021 caused a rapid downhill spiral in my health, and each summer my symptoms would get even worse. Thousands of pounds spend and lost income led doctors to suggest surgeries and immunosuppressive drugs but I said no because I just KNEW it was something else…. I happened upon EO Nutrition last week, immediately bought B1 supplements and within a day, most of my symptoms were on the mend. You saved my life, Elliot. I will be forever grateful.
Does Thiamine need another vitamin in order to boost the affects.? ** Should have waited just a few minutes for the answer. Magnesium and Thiamine. 🎯👍
Thanks for giving such comprehensive info on Thiamine deficiency and it’s numerous consequences.
Respectfully, I wondered whether you have covered sudden infant death syndrome, and it’s relationship to Thiamine deficiency. Perhaps spreading the word on this could save lives and spare families the heartbreak of a loss that could otherwise be prevented.
Once again, thanks for your good work.
My O2 levels had been around 95- 96 quie consistently. Then for months they raised to 97-98. Now back down to 95. I have been out of thiamine with benfotiamine for about a week. I am beginning to suspect that it is this supplement that was the cause of my improvement in oxygenation.
You’re a pleasure to learn from and listen to. What a refreshing change. Thank you.
Excellent young man, very informative, and very intelligent. Can we have more young men like this, would like to have a child this smart.
So very glad this popped up in my feed ! Very informative
Best to take nutritional yeast (non fortified...meaning no synthetic vitamins added)for your b vitamins and a good potassium magnesium daily..along with good spurce of meat like beef, lamb, pork and veggies.
Pork and chicken.
Why do people think yeast is a proper human food
@@foxyauragems6146 nutritional yeast has been used for thousands of years in nutrition.
The b1 on that stuff is so low
Thanks for sharing! I was really hoping for a bit more re vagal tone though, particularly in the context of Dr Porges' polyvagal theory.
Oh really well it's responsible for action of the vagus nerve and it won't work without thiamine and no polyvagal theory is gonna fix anything
Elliot you're such a gem!
Hopefully this info get to a larger audience. Very good info!
Niacin/Niacinamide in high dose also supports strong mental function because of being a precursor to NAD. Niacin boosts heart health by lowering LDL and triglycerides and raising HDL
The cholesterol system is only weakly to do with heart & vessel health.
If you take niacinamide you also want to replenish methyl bodies, aka methylfolate and SAMe among others I probably don’t know about yet. All the B vitamins really tie together. A Weston A Price style of diet becomes more and more credible the more I learn. That man was so ahead of his time.
@@KekeeBlack Really, I still haven't read him much but started following carnivore
@@KekeeBlack agreed 👍
I love the flush. I take 500 twice a day.
Amazing information on Thiamine ..Thank you Elliot! I am learning so much from your videos. thank you for support with my health ....
I would love to see this bright doc do an interview with Dr. Eric Berg. They are on the same exact page. Facinating.
Just to clarify, I am not a doc!
However, a chat with Berg would be cool. He is one of the few who talks about this topic and acknowledges the importance of B1.
@@EONutrition I know not officially, but the only kind that matters!
Recommend Jay Feldman, who actually knows the science. Eric Berg is a scientologist with a lot of false info on his channel
At 18:56 she mentions fluoroquinolones then later (20:00) says tendon rupture is the most common side effect of fluoroquinolones. I doubt that tendon rupture is "the most common" side effect. Tendon rupture is a grave concern & later helped get fluoroquinolones a long overdue "black box warning." But "most common" -- I don't think so.
But she brings up a good question as to if taking thiamine would help prevent that tendon rupture.
There is a whole community of people that have been harmed by fluoroquinolones. They call themselves "floxies." The FDA turned a blind eye to the severe side-effects for far to long.
@CottonFields yes. It is like a family of antibiotics. It includes antibiotics like Cipro or Ciprofloxin, levofloxin, maxifloxin and others that may not necessarily end with "floxin."
Not necessarily a side effect. But it definitely is a higher risk of tendon rupture. I used just a bit of ofloxacin one time for eye infection. Definitely felt some pain in both of my achilles tendons for a while. Had to ramp down my physical activity until it got better. I've been taking benfotiamine/mag glycinate with organ complex for over a month with good results for my insulin resistance and fatigue.
metronidazole servivour - have you tried using less?
metronidazole servivour bad drug!
The list of bad effects keeps getting longer! floxiehope.com/2016/08/19/updated-black-box-warnings-for-fluoroquinolones/
You are a gem.
I wish it wasn’t cut off at the end. The ways to cook the food so we don’t lose the vitamins is SO crucial!
It stopped in the middle of a sentence! Is there a part 2?
My doctor said that I was low on vitamin D but didn't suggest I do anything about it. Then I got the bill was $50 for the blood test for vitamin deficiency. A year later I went to a new doctor and she did the same blood test saying I was low in vitamin D and charge me another fifty bucks not suggesting anything I should do about it. On my own I decided to go to the drugstore and get some vitamin D, it was like $5 for a two-year Supply. RUclips videos now convinced me to get vitamin C, vitamin E, magnesium, potassium, vitamin B12 and now with this video I got to go out and buy B1. None of those vitamins I took gave me any noticeable change. But I guess I'll see what B1 does. I'm suffering from long covid or mercury poisoning from my amalgam teeth. I also lived in a house of toxic mold for 13 years.
Try Lamberts B100 Complex.
How are you doing now?
@@tanyawieczorek6603 I got a whole list of other issues. My shoulder is killing me. I think many of the issues I'm having now are coming from my spine, bad posture. I did a update on my other GoTimothy YT Channel.
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I took benfotiamine 100mg for the first time and immediately felt normal gut movement in my abdomen after suffering from gastroparesis and ibs for three years post COVID. Unfortunately, my gut stopped responding to the supplement subsequently even though I increased the dosage. I also supplemented with Mg glycine 120mg but it didn't help. Anyone knows what's happening? It's disheartening getting back to square one after experiencing what being normal feels like once again.
This information needs to share to all over the world.
Excellent information! Thank you so much for this detailed application of thiamine and its many benefits.
Lovely to hear an English accent for a change! Where are you located and do you see patients? This is something I am also looking at as a health professional myself?
Kathryn hi .
please connect
nfd786ca@gmail.com
Dr. Berg says to add nutritional yeast which is high in your b vitamins to your diet
It does work. Its high in B1
even walmart carries nutritional yeast
When you look at the levels in nutritional yeast, they are pretty low levels. If you need higher levels, there are food based supplements from Garden of Life that can give you higher levels. I love Dr Berg but remember that Oxalates can affect B1 also, so eating foods lower in Oxalates helps.
I din't think nutritional yeast will correct a Thiamine deficiency. Maybe better to supplement for a while as well.
"Dr." Berg also calls butter a "superfood" and says people can eat "as much as they want" of his keto pizza "and not gain weight." In other words, "Dr." Berg is a quack.
Just came across this vid in my feed & what a great watch! A belated thank you!👍💕
The reason why I am writing an update Is that I am suspecting that many many people but especially women are dealing with h pilori infections and those are what is using up all of our magnesium and vitamin B supplies plus it also greatly reduces absorption of all vitamins and minerals. So thats my thought.
In Denmark we traditionally drank the water from boiling the potatoes at the meal, except in the spring when the potatoes was sprouting, because then the water can be poisonous!
Even my horse thrives on thiamine. Its amazing how quickly he changed from a skittish fight or flight preset beast to a calm sweet wants to be near me cuddlebug after giving him high dose of thiamine. He is much like his owner, same issues, same remedy. If it wasnt for trying thiamine on him, I'd be clueless how to deal with him. It is in the horseworld used a lot as tranquiliser, why it isnt seen as a vagus nerve rebalancer in humans is beyond me.
You gave him people thiamine? Or do they make thiamine for horses?
@@tanyawieczorek6603 thiamine for horses of course. This is a very common supplement to calm down horses, you can get it at any tackstore. I think you could give humane thiamine as well if there is no fillers in the supplement (pure thiamine), but its is getting expensive quickly if you have to give a whole container in a few days and recalculate a horse dose is not matter of going by a per kg for humans dose, horses are way more sensitive to supplements than we are. So I just give the special horse formulated one, that also has magnesium and tryptophane. Horses often are deficient in thiamine. Its because feeding them grain depletes the thiamine from their bodies despite grains are a source of thiamine, its why oats makes some horses hot as well imo. My horse only eats hay though, because I dont believe horses should eat grains, but he is very much set in fight or flight mode. Too much, more than is good for him.
Thank you so very much for your very professional, informative video: my family and I will benefit and I am eternally grateful.
Excellent presentation full of life saving information. Thank you. P.S. I think that the presently established optimal 25(OH)D vitamin D blood level should be raised from 40 to 60 ng/ml to 90 to 110 ng/ml.
I wanted to see the ending!
About pork and the rest of the cooking methods!
Brilliant information, thank you! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼👍🏼🖤
Yes me too!!! I've just had bacon :))
What happened? It suddenly cut off at the end? Is there a part two? So valuable. Thank you!
Listening to this sort of reasoning really has helped me get back on a healthy track
ECONOMICS: after investing several millions in a hospital and several millions in running it no business will be able to support themselves by selling cheap vitamins and supplements like magnesium, vitamin D, iodine and thiamine as well or even fasting that is totally free! It is a sad state of affairs but it is what it is and it will be very difficult to turn this ship around now that it has sailed. Thank you for the video and the great information!
Thank you for your brilliant presentation. I think your knowledge will not only help me but many others I send this to. God's blessings.
I just found your video explaining TTFD. I've been taking the regular B1 since a couple of months I have yet to buy the correct one from the website. I've experienced substantial benefits from the regular ones, in combination with the other supplements i take, I am imagining the results would be significantly faster and more when I change to Thiamine TTFD.
If you switch over, will you let me know how it goes? Thank you!
Dr Gundry, heart surgeon from the US, explains why oxalates are so dangerous. So does Dr Eric Berg, Health advisor. Also from the US. Both are on RUclips.
Found your channel today and glad to subscribe. Thank you for your information.
Yeah Gundry is always recommending the super foods that are also super high in oxalates SMH he is more like a quack
I've got every single symptom you talk about yet have taken thiamine daily for 8 months because I used to be a piss head. I don't feel much different but I still take it because I've got dreadful digestive disorders and probably don't absorb food or nutrients very well.
Try adding a quality multivitamin and magnesium citrate to the thiamine.
Are you taking magnesium and a B vitamin complex also?
I guess the people that gave a thumbs down must not have the wisdom and knowledge of people who are suffering on a daily basis because we are not told about this kind of information. And can be people against health and work for the health system.
SO MUCH AMEN!!! TO THAT!!
Sad they have such a low IQ
Dr. Berg discusses this too. He added you need to take Brewers yeast or something w B1 to not create ANOTHER deficiency.Youd probably find his video also interesting.I believe he referred to the same book.
He recommends nutritional yeast
Yes Non-fortified Nutritional Yeast
I'm sure Elliot would mention this if that was the case
Dr need eats chia seed 😮
Derrick Lonsdale is born 1924 and still alive.
Just bought Derrick Lonsdale's book. Pricey , but "priceless" .
@@luashelton9320 you thought it was worth the money? It felt more like a free pamphlet than a book to me .
Yes, he is almost 100 years old and still answers questions on the internet. Amazing
Benfotiamin literally helped me to regain my life. doubled energy and muscle strength just the next day after my first capsule!
before I had severely blocked PDH resulting in inability to use carbs for energy: instant urge to sleep after a carb meal and still hungry
Same with me. I am Type 1 diabetic for 20 years and I think it saved my life.
Daniel Ripplinger , what brand please?
How many miligrams do you take daily?
@@jimpanse5450 that's great. I'll tell a couple of people who are diabetic and pray they listen.😬
What dosages did you take?
I’m going to try thiamine supplements. I have so little energy... he mentions that the doctor used high doses of thiamine or benfotamine, with a normal supplement of all other b vitamins, and importantly included magnesium.
Nutritional yeast is a good source of b vitamins.
Stress, grief, medications, Starchy, sugary diets, mold and toxins, American foods, tea, coffee can lead to symptoms of deficiency of thiamine. Thank you for this video
What i found interesting, is after just three days of thiamin at 500 mg three times a day. My overall wellbeing was unusually good. And i had very vivid dreams. I wonder what that was about. In any case i believe i am very deficient in this nutrient.
Did you experience any paradoxical reaction and how long did you stay on it? I have POTS and also took megadoses - initially was amazed at better sleep and heart rate and calming but a week in or so, significant worsening of symptoms which I think was the paradoxical reactions Elliot also mentions and has a video to help one support such - wondering if this happened to you?
@@ingridrueffel6014 did you start large?
@@ingridrueffel6014 Go for low dose. High doses not longer than a week. Less is more. Also supplement for a limited time . Stop and if necessary do one more turn.
my best understanding of mechanizm of depletion of reserves of B vitamins is because of too much prolonged stress and because b vitamins are shared between processes in the body: it happens during Krebs cycle. Cortisol encourages production of energy in Krebs cycle. for example as response to stress situation there comes adrenaline and cortisol and make you some quick energy also coffee makes cortisol. The problem happens when there is stress 24/7 for prolonged period. it causes to run the Krebs cycle 24/7. The Krebs cycle is limited by B1 B3 B12 vitamins which are coenzymes (help enzymes have usable shape work). when they are missing the Krebs cycle can't work properly. so after long stress all b vitamins are depleted and you left with severe deficiency. because you know adrenaline/cortisol has no mercy it uses up the body reserves in a stressful situation even until break down. as people age they get more cortisol seems related to something around b6 vitamin, then the b6 deficiency influences homocysteine . so there is also homocysteine recycling issue when there is not enough B12 B9 B6, (warning don't take b6 more than 200mg/day its toxic at that amount need only 15-35). elevated homocysteine makes cell walls permeable causing inflammation and blood viscous at cold which tears check vales in blood vassals and kidneys. (more on homocysteine, it comes from building body cells from methionine an by product, for example it happens a lot during pregnancy it is known to make spider vines on legs). the issue is b vitamins are shared in the body for different processes. and one process takes from the other.