@@lesliegcline These guys kind act like a cult a bit mind you. They are an evolving group and Morley has soom good analysis but I can see things missing in their protocol. Will be good to see where they are in 2 years
He's great. Do you know the other super heroes than main stream allopathic medicine and alternative medicine don't know about? Morley Robbins, Ray Peat, Jason Hommel. Magnesium, copper sulfate, methylene blue, vitamin E also amazing. Do you know what they have in common?! If you know that, you're on track. If not, aye read up :) Some great rabbit holes you'll enjoy if you enjoy knowing the truth.
@@calvinzhobbes1977 I am not meaning to take away from Elliot but as far as overall understanding of physiology, as well as "the system", Ray Peat - boy, I don't even have a word. I am not familiar with the others you list, but am eager to look them up; if you are putting them in the same category.
oh my God, how I glad that I found your channel! I'm autistic person with ADHD. A few days ago I started Benfotiamine (750mg daily) and it's TOTALLY FANTASTIC! My sleep improved dramatically. Finally I almost get rid of huge procrastination and fatigue and now I'm able to work in a full concentration at least 3-5 hours a day for now, which is amazing result for me! Day to day I feel myself better and better. Many thanks! ! !
@@GG-bw3uz yep, I also still keep B1(200mg) in my schedule - I know it's the same as Benfotiamine, but after I skip B1 for a few days, I felt myself worse. And B2 (200 mg) - I take it with benfotiamine - helps me maintain good skin condition (I was surprised - effect is really noticeable !) and maybe affects my ADHD
@@Use69r Have you looked into nutritional yeast (not fortified) ? If not it's amazing because it contains the natural B complex. B6 etc, which is very important for nerve function & growth. B12, methylcobalamin (under the tongue) I'd suggest anywhere from 2000 mcg to 5000 per day. Because up to 10,000 has been shown to still be safe, because it's water soluble. And the body rids whatever's not used. Note to self - RDA is the bare minimal, way too low & purposely done. ODA = Optimal Daily Allowance. Benfotiamine should be taken with Fats for best absorption.
My GP said I was the worst case of fibro she'd seen, not just the severity but the longivity (50 years plus) I had nothing to lose so I started mega dosing, today is my 3rd day and wow, just wow!! No spasms, more energy, stable mood, still some deep pain in the hips and buttocks at night but what a difference. Every speialist has told me there is no chance of improvement...lying fools.
@@redmuscle99 use Benfotiamine, start on empty gut morning try to be fasted since super the day before, a fasted body absorbs well, so start at 300 mg, then go to 600 mg 2 x day, many take up to 2500 mg or more after a month or 2, We can not OD on any B Vitimins, we pee out what body doesn't want, our liver stores it too, take also a B Complex Multi B, BIGGY reduce sugar,carbs,startch veggies,beans,rice. Study Intermittent fasting U Tube Dr Jason Fung, Study clean Keto diet, take cod liver oil, enjoy,butter,eggs, clean meats low carb veg , Study Dr Gundry,olive oil, salmon, sardines, and study HIT exercise low impact, if I was you're coach I have healed from type 2 and chronic fibro in 60 to 90 days, and have even morbidity obese in excellent BMI in excellent order under 1 year good luck,
@@kokoyumz7820 You do not need to see a doctor to prescribe thiamine. It's a vitamin you can buy yourself. There are several different forms of the vitamin, and they all work differently for different people, so you may need to try them and see what works for you, and at what dose. The doses are all very individual as well. Some people can only take 10mg to start, some can take 800mg. So it's completely different for every different body. Make sure to take it with magnesium as well, and have a lot of food with potassium. There are more videos on his channel to learn what to do if you get side effects from the thiamine. Good luck
This completely cured my "Covid long haul syndrome." I noticed a change after the first megadose, a week later I was symptom free. It truly was a miracle.
@@jonmiksis Hi Jon! Symptoms were extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, tingling hands and feet, extreme mind blur, impossible to remember things, spells where my pulse, blood pressure and breathing rate would skyrocket, severe migraines, blurry vision. I'm am healthy, athletic, with no underlying conditions. I never worked up to the megadose, my wife read about it online and handed me 600mg (6 capsules). In less than a hour the intensity of the symptoms had subsided 50%. Within three days I was functional and out of bed. By day ten every symptom above had vanished. It's truly a miracle and worth a try if you are suffering!
@@jonmiksis After the initial 600mg dose I then went with 500mg with each meal, and I did this for ten days. The brand I used was called Vitamin Shoppe, but I have since moved on to a higher quality product called Pure Encapsulations. I used Thiamine hydrochloride.
@@miketexas4549 Hey Mike! Thanks for getting back to me 🙏 That’s such a miracle - so happy for you! As of today,?I am now at 1,000mg per day, so I am looking forward to making the jump to therapeutic doses. Are you planning to stick with small doses of B1 from here on out? I wonder when we can taper off these high doses. Best wishes!
I am currently being treated by a doctor for Fibromyalgia, chronic pain, and chronic fatigue. For the past few days, I have taken 1800 mg of Benfotiamine in the morning on an empty stomach, and I have never felt better. It has been years since I had this much energy and felt this good. Thank you for informing us about micro-dosing and the importance of B1 overall. You are the Best!
I was getting essential tremor so bad that I looked like a Parkinson's patient. I started taking 500mg of oral thiamine 3x a day and bam, steady hands all day long. Not only steadier hands, but better sensation overall, and all of my lifts in the gym felt stronger and more stable.
@@fabriciooliveira3720 I get full panels, actually way full panels done, because I'm on TRT, and thyroid has conformed to what both scales suggest is within range.
Thank you for sharing. I was a bit apprehensive to start out with 500 mg even 1 x a day I also have these tremors so bad. Have been trying to get all things needed in me to heal what the drs have called DMCTD lupus, RA etc Your comment made me know it is good to start out as stated
@@marnijackson257 since it's water soluble, your biggest side effect of getting too much would be some mild diarrhea, presuming your kidneys don't clear it first through urine
Thank you. To keep things short I thought this might also be helpful: The year that the Americans won the Nobel Prize in for producing human insulin the Japanese had found the cure type 2 diabetes (cell resentence to insulin). They found that a standard increase in the oil soluble B1 (Benfotamine)would cure type 2. diabetes.
Thanks this is changing my life. No health care professionals have helped and I was basically bed ridden with pain and exhaustion .. I’ve been using your advice and I feel almost normal. I’m able to work and function and live my life ❤
I just started dosing thiamine (2000mg/day for two days) I immediately noticed a calming effect,, as if, irrational worry no longer creeps into my mind. I also got the best night of sleep in the last ten years of my life. I’m also having large/healthy BMs every 2 hours or so. There seems to be somewhat of a restorative period, assuming of course. I feel less tired but still mellow and restful. I’m going back to bed lol
I’m down to 1800 mg daily. I was exposed to Hg transgenerationally into my 30s. Spent much of my life in a state of chronic neurotoxicity - root cause. I removed my amalgam fillings, detoxed the brain and body while megadosing thiamine. I spent a week or two sleeping like a baby, awakened to a degree of neuronal function I had never experienced before. I feel much, much better though healing is a journey through the wilderness. Make sure you always address the root cause while replenishing nutritional and/or functional stores.
@@lakea.6218 thanks, nice to hear. I had my metal amalgam fillings taken out a while ago as well. I got TRS spray to detox heavy metals which I’ve seen mixed reports on - so haven’t really committed to using it regularly enough to see a difference. Yes I agree healing is a walk through the wilderness. Anyway I hope the improvements for you continue.
@@universaltruth2025 look into the True Cellular Detox protocol - there are three phases - prep,body, and brain - depending on how much mercury has gotten into the brain, you may have to do multiple brain phases. At the protocol’s core, you will be raising your glutathione levels while cyclically dosing blood-brain barrier penetrating chelators (ALA). Mercury doesn’t leave the brain when well concentrated, you have to chelate the metals out. It’s life changing. Good luck on the journey!
THANK YOU ELLIOT , had been on Protonix 40mg for the past 15 yrs. for G.E.R.D. (reflux) . Hav felt deficient an fatigued. Discovered your video on mega-dosing with B1 and started taking 1500mg per day plus 300mg of ttfd thiamine. Did this for 43 days only and Problem Solved ! No longer taking anything for heartburn or reflux as the condition no longer exists . Funny . . . . My doctor would not even acknowledge this . Am 3 full months healthy now and can actually feel my stomach digesting food as can remember this feeling from many years ago before taking reflux medications . Still take 500 mg B1 and 100mg ttfd a day to maintain . You , my friend , have changed my life and I am deeply grateful . Blessings to You and Yours ! Thanks once more for Your HELP !
@@lionessfoodie1640 the guy doesn't seem to reply. I will tell you what I am doing. I like to have multiple sources. I have nutritional Yeats on my food, magnesium glycinate, Ttfd 200 mg, benfotamine 200-500 mg , thiamine HCl 2000 mg and a synthetic B complex with methylated forms. For me the biggest benefit is that I can handle stress so much more better then before and anxiety is greatly reduced. Energy wise I don't feel much of a difference, maybe other people will. I take mega doses of b1 especially for stress and anxiety management. It's interesting that certain plants produce more Thaimine when they get stressed to handle it.
I suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury and the started having problems with oxalates - taking Benfotamine has literally changed my life - the information in this post is absolutely spot on.
@@sandybrown3879 no I just take 300 mg a day - 2 x 150mg capsules, which isn't really a megadose. But I have learnt it's wise to start small and gradually build up but I'm not sure I need to take any more.
I love the way you explain it methodically, first in a scientific way then in lay men’s words. It’s very educational that way. I have been using thiamin e for a few years now, 2x 250 mg, breakfast and lunch. I had chronic fatigue. It helps me through the day. When I don’t take it, or not enough I need a nap in the early afternoon.Recently my functional doctor advised me to add B3 to what I already take ( it’s a lot, high dose b12 shots, 10 mg a week, vit b co-enzymes complex, vit a, D, c, zinc, magnesium, selenium and what else I forget to mention). I don’t like the flush I get from niacin so I took nicotinamide. High doses as well,and it cured my gum disease and a lot of food allergies and intolerances. But then I tried niacin flush free. I take one capsule instead of four of 250 mg of the nicotinamide and feel much more energetic. Gum disease is now completely gone. No plaques of tartar it seems, and I had it a lot. B-vitamins work in conjunction and to me they are all important for energy levels. No regular doctor ever told me I needed b12 shots, I had to find that myself and ask for a test AND find out what the levels should be. I pay for it myself. It’s incredible how much we pay for pills and therapies that are downright destructive through insurance. The real cure you have to find, buy, and pay for outside of insurance. I do prefer to take care of my own health. I thrive on it.
@@roygriend5143 Thanks, I read that B3 can cause liver problems. I have experienced pain in that area and I don’t tolerate alcohol anymore. . So it’s the flush free... No I don”t think it’s time released. I have reduced it recently after reading B3 can cause liver disease. Too bad... I’ll try to find a time released niacin flush free.
@@roygriend5143 That gives me terrible flush. Nicotinamide is not as effective for fatigue. It is good for parodontitis though. I read somewhere that the flush might get better after a while. I could try to introduce it slowly. Thanks a lot!
Thank you so much. I suffered from severe pain in my right shoulder and knees I spent large sums of money on physiotherapy, massages and acupuncture to no avail. I also took large doses of painkilles no luck. Started taking thiamine and two years on no pain no painkillers
B1 turned out to be the thing that finally normalized my BP. Magnesium and potassium each helped for a time but B 1 was the key. I took 150 mg of bentofotiamine every day for 10 days then the effect took hold. Now I take 150mg every other day.
That is fantastic! One thing I'm finding amazing in my current exploration of the B vitamins, is that if they are going to help something (or make it worse), it will happen fairly quickly, so you know right away. Have you hypothesized why? I wonder if it has something to do with activating the parasympathetic NS, by increasing acetylcholine. I think this is a huge potential the Bs - particularly B5 and B1 have - they increase it's production, and there aren't a lot of ways to increase parasympathetic tone, so we mainly focus on decreasing the sympathetic NS. But this would be a way to actually influence it, which is cool. That would decrease the BP. Just rambling.
@@oliviad6713 I think in the case of BP its all in the parasympathetic NS. I saw results before 10 days but kept at it for the 10 days then changed to alternate days. It also helped some with some peripheral nerve pain due to injury as did magnesium. Everybody is an N of 1 though in dose and duration. I prefer to get stuff from food but getting high quality food isn't easy.
@Taiwo Omotosho good points. I take Life Extension B complex on the days opposite of the days I take doctors best bentofotiamine 150mg with ALA. I take my Bs in the morning for energy throughout the days and to avoid sleep issues. I take mag citrate in the morning and mag threonate at bedtime. I drink mag bicarbonate water throughout the day mixed with bottled water. I use potassium chloridee salt on food to get my potassium.
@Taiwo Omotosho I'm a more carnivorous low-carber. The only greens I eat is the occasionally lettuce wrap on a burger or green beans. I avoid veggies due to oxalates and lectins. I've tried reintroducing things and it is never good.
@@bartginger123 I take Thiamega. I also take other supplements. I had mental confusion, got lost in familiar places. Thought I had dementia. Shortness of breath, no energy, pain, POTS, inability to concentrate. I had to give up work.
@@KarenGuzman-uv9jb please see reply. Sometimes I think I am completely better but it's not the case. I still have to pace myself. However, I am a lot better than before.
Elliott thanks so much for this amazing and very helpful video. I started losing my hair at age 17 or 18. I've seen countless doctors, took untold supplements over the years and NOTHING helped. After watching this video I ordered the ttfd B1, and my hair stopped falling out. I was already taking B complex, B12, and biotin but the 50mg ttfd 3 times a day did the trick. Now I'm hoping my hair will get thick enough to go in public without a wig. I've only been taking it about three months so fingers crossed 😁
Absolutely the most supportive and informative health discussion out of years of personal research! Thank You for breaking this down and shining your light! Hope this helps countless people 🌞
Thanking God for this information. I’ve been struggling with ADHD, autism, extreme menopausal symptoms for decades, lately falling asleep all day, fatigue, complicated grief, pain. I started 300mg of cheap B1 on Tuesday with a B complex and some magnesium, and the next day I began to live again. I am catching up on yard work, I cleaned the cellar ( after 4 years unable) , I don’t need to sleep all day, not fighting sleep, not taking naps, more cheerful and hopeful. I have a pretty good diet already... thank you!
So nice to hear positive experiences. I had similar benefits, but then seemed to have some of the paradoxical issues (fatigue, bloat, constipation). I'm doing the cofactors and added potassium & vitamin C powder (bowel flush) and the constipation is gone. I'm wondering if you had continued benefits, or if you've experienced some "ups and downs", too. It can be a little tricky.
@@bartginger123 I used to fight sleep all day every day. That is over. I am taking benfotiamine now and I am still awake. I might take a nap on afternoons when I have been more active . I feel normal!
@@pattysherwood7091 Happy for you that you have had sustained success! I am interested in how much benfotiamine you take and at what times of the day. I am fairly new and still tweaking.
@@bartginger123 hi. I take 250 mg per day, a multi B, selenium, and I drink goat milk and eat a lot of eggs. I would not consider myself a good example. But I try to avoid all junk food and cook from scratch, and try to get organic stuff. I have to eat dandelion greens and beets and radishes, things like that, because my gallbladder was acting up for a long time. I think it has calmed down. God bless you!
@@pattysherwood7091 Thank you! Look into Ancestral Supplements Grass Fed Beef Gallbladder Supplements with Ox Bile and Liver. I've heard so many positive stories where people saved their gallbladder etc. I take some of their other supplements and love them because they give results. Don't pay too much attention to the price because you don't have to take much for effect. That is... if you live in the states? They are sometimes available outside of U.S., too. Also... their liver supplement is natural B's and other nutrients.
Also inhibition of Histones. Ie less chance of cancer the less histones. LOVE this Elliot. You are in my top ten list of most underrated specialists out there. Never quit, the world needs you more than you know.
Mr Elliott may God bless you ,the precious knowledge you are dispensing is not being used by 95%of practicing doctors or even in hospitals ,may be because most of its in realm of nutrition, but whatever the cause may be it's simply excellent and in my view is the future of functional medicine.
Functional Medicine is a dirty word to so many traditional doctors because they know nothing about it and have not even been versed on benefits of food. food can heal!
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART for this teaching video !!!! I *WILL* add 1800 B1 to my regime at once !!!! This gives me HOPE for getting my life back !!!! Fibromyalgia, severe scoliosis, w chronic pain all my life, concussion, broken bones, cdiff brought on by severe antibiotics for a year ... pain & fatigue so severe i can barely lift a carton of milk ... Bless you, for this !!!!!
Elliot: Appreciate your lectures very much. Poverty is a disaster for our access to nutrition and subsequently to our health, never mind people being too exhausted . Many more people are going to be getting sick from now unless we can turn around the economics and the toxic exposures. Those who can will do our best.
@ale. jandro It’s not always that easy. Chronic poverty is life destroying in ways you can’t imagine. I can’t count how many times I’ve created glorious gardens of food and herbs only to have to move house. Poverty is an evil that society allows. It’s soul destroying.
@@frankboff1260 Now it is the evil cell towers, solar farms, and wind turbines. They are destroying many lives including plants and animals. I have been ultra healthy for years. 2 upgrades to nearby cell tower and I can not walk without canes. People around area soaring cancer and neurological disease( some have died). Solar farm area complaints rising of similar symptoms.
after suffering for 13 yrs with debilitating neuropathy and begging for help DR.GOOGLE sent me to your site where you gave me the info I needed to stand tall , ask and pay for B1 testing . I now take B1 thiamine daily and have been on a path of healing . 75% of my pain is gone and I look forward to each day , even my fibro pain has diminished . Thanks for the info. you provide
I think you should mention alcohol's relationship with thiamine deficiency. Alcohol is a carbohydrate which depletes thiamine and it also *greatly* inhibits the body's ability to absorb thiamine, so anyone who drinks a lot or binge drinks (most of the UK population) is at great risk of thiamine deficiency which will eventually cause damage to the body, and is not rectified by adequate levels of thiamine in the diet. I think this is a major reason why so many people find benefit from megadose thiamine supplementation. I would be interested to hear what kind of dose you think would be appropriate to correct alcohol-induced thiamine deficiency. In people with alcohol misuse disorder thiamine deficiency can even lead to something called Wernicke's encephalopathy, which causes lesions in the brain and neurodegeneration, and which can be reversed by megadoses of thiamin or intravenous thiamine.
Yep, when B1 is deficient in an alcoholic individual they end up with Wernicke - Korsakoff Syndrome . I was malnourished 5 1/2 years ago from some intestinal problems I ended up getting B1 deficient and then got Acquired Nystagmus which is a side effect from B1 deficiency, which is not a fun condition to say the least.
Found EO last week and had symptoms of fibromyalgia for two months but with other issues going back years like UC, peripheral neuropathy etc. Took 600mg benfotiamine at night and the next day 99% of the muscle stiffness/soreness/cramping was gone. 52 yo and 100kg, feel great. No doctors have mentioned B1 and it makes me think it's true that they really don't want people to be healthy.
Yes its horrifying what's become of practitioner's. Sadly like so much of America it's about treating the Dr's and insurance companies pockets not the human being suffering before them.🤬
Did you see ANYONE, including Fauci recommend taking vitamin D3 during C0vid even tho a significant amount of people who died from C0vid had subpar amounts of D3 in their bodies? When CONFRONTED, FAUCI admitted he took D3. Why didn't Main Street Media make a big deal of that?! CNN Paid for by ... Pf1zer... The Royal Wedding ... Paid for by Pf1zer etc etc
My wife is just starting this stuff. She found the idea through this channel. She had a major flare up in her fibromyalgia for a few days. Still bad but the pain is easing up a bit.
I one of his other videos he talks about paradoxical reactions at the beginning. (Briefly seems to get worse before it gets better.) I hope she pushes through and finds great relief.
Have M.S. The entire right side of my body went totally numb from top of head to bottom of foot. I took 1 gram of B1 every 4 hours and it started getting better in 3 days - took about two weeks to be 80% better. I started following the Klenner M.S. protocol 4 years ago. Doing a little better all the time. Update 9/29/21. Found out I have Bartonella which may be the root cause of my M.S. on treatment now and M. S. Symptoms are slowly disappearing. Please RU-vid Dr. Steven Phillips who wrote CHRONIC and read his book.
@@pawelukoThese are the basics of the Klenner M.S. protocol: Thiamin HCl (Vitamin B1) one gram (1000 mg) taken thirty minutes before meals and at bedtime. Nicotinic Acid (Niacin; Vitamin B3) 50 mg to 300 mg, depending on flushing of skin, thirty minutes before meals and bed time. Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) 250 mg after meals and bed time. Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) 100 mg after meals and bed time. Calcium pantothenate (pantothenate acid/Vitamin B5) one gram after meals and bed time. Lecithin. 1200 mg one capsule after meals and at bed time. Vitamin A (palmitate) one 50,000 unit capsule after breakfast and supper. Vitamin E (d-alpha tocopheryl acetate) 400 I. units. Four capsules at bedtime. Niacinamide (Vitamin B3 amide) 500 mg. tablets. One after meals. Magnesium Glycinate 300 mg tablet. One tablet after meals and before bed time. MethylFolate. Two milligrams after each meal. Zinc gluconate 10 mg, three times each day. Take several hours after vitamin B2. Protein supplement containing eighteen amino acids. At least 10 - 20 grams of vitamin C daily orally or by IV. RNA and DNA tablets (100 mg of each, taken one to three times daily) are helpful to some patients. 500 - 1500 mg of inositol.
@@shanaspooner thank you for sharing the protocol. Have you been taking all of this daily for the last four years? Have you done any conventional treatment as well? Have you modified your diet in any way to support the process?
Functional practitioner here learning from your great videos! Would live to see you offer a comprehensive certification or similar program for practitioners to share your knowledge. I have more questions. Like how do I safely dose the other vitamins in someone I know is deficient in several (other Bs etc) after chronis illness etc. You are such a great teacher. Such a program would be so successful.
This effect seems very similar to how potassium bromate (bromate) added to flour to improve baked goods, poisons people by blocking Potassium Iodin receptors on cells and if you take a similar large amount of Potassium Iodin it can flush away or wash away the bromate blocking the receptors. So there is probably a toxin blocking Thiamine receptors that can be flushed away with large amounts of Thiamine clearing the receptors and restoring there function.
@Katherine Gordon I asked a simple question, where did he ever say to take it all in one dose? He never specified that, hence why I'm asking. Where did I negotiate with anything?
I just started taking thiamine B complex and D3 in higher dosages. Its really reduced my heart palpitations and anxiety that I’ve had for 20 years. I think I was also C deficient as well. We can’t rely on the foods we eat nobody eats perfectly considering the state of the food industry, and being on and off anorexic, I was deficient in a lot of ways. Also you are a beautiful looking man, aesthetically speaking, got that halo effect😊.
I do believe you’ve given me a much needed direction and I’m going to try increasing B1 for a while and see what happens. Thanks so much for sharing your insights.
Thank you deeply for your research I will try this therapy for my major brain traumas. I suffer from severe depression, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, osteoarthritis, low thyroid for which I take armour. I used my adderall to keep me working. Now my doc says I’m too old to take the ADD medication. I hope this will bring me back to life 😊
get a different doctor. you are not too old to take anything. that's BS. if you need a brain stimulant, Ginko Biloba may help. doctors are not trained in common sense.
Hi.same situation ,but not been diagnos with add yet . Are you feeling better by adding thiamine ? Im curently in for 2 days by250mg a day , too early to notice anything .... please share your jurny ,it helps others as well..
Thank you. I feel a new hope today. I have been working for years on fatigue and brain fog. I solved the fibromyalgia and arthritis but those other two symptoms never budge. I have felt that some anesthesia "broke something" in my body but no one has ever suggested what, or even if that concept is valid. By broken, I mean that no matter how I worked on nutrition, detox, etc, something couldn't ''connect''. As in I could put all the gas into the tank that I wanted, but the engine wouldn't run. I feel like what is described here is what I have instinctively felt is wrong with my body. Thiamine may not turn out to be my answer, but I think I see now how something could indeed be broken in my processes. I'm going to listen to this a few more times, take some notes, and get going again (I had recently felt I should give up).
Thank you for this!! I’m struggling to walk. I was told i have a b12 deficiency, but I wasn’t improving at all with b12 injections after 2 years. You are a lifesaver!!!
Sad thing is, you only find b12 everywhere. Google is full of it, try to find so much info about b5 or b1. The problem is, those are equally important, if you now have b1 and b5 low and your b12 is good but you get b12 shots, which are often really high and more than one dosage - you depleted the others even more.
I had depression for year .doctors prescription was ssri every thing which in the long-term didn't help me only for a while because had underlying vitamin B1 deficiency but the doctor didn't bother to check me for that I had to find out myself by reading books reading online in fact the doctor didn't even ask me to do a blood test when I said I was depressed he just gave me ssris tablets right away, but when I discovered I was deficient in the vitamins, I stopped drinking coffee and alcohol vitamin B1 and I didn't have to taketablets that doctor gave any more
I took b complex for over a year but I didn't notice a massive improvement in my health. So I tried taking 100mg B6 and my skin finally startet to heal. So now I want to try B1 for my axiety in panic disorder. Higher dosis make a huge diffetence. Thank you a lot.
Just a heads up to you and anyone that may read your comment. B6 Is the only b vitamin that's not water soluble and can become toxic at high doses, so be extra careful with B6. The other b vitamins aren't a problem.
Thank you for going into such great detail. It is amazing to see Functional Medicine and Functional Nutrition beginning to take hold in the UK. Looking forward to more content !
I remenber a Dr Ribner in NYC treating psychiatric issues with vitamin b shots. He was a practicioner of 'orthomolecular medicine" . Its the practice of normalizing the cellular processes by giving thw peoper molecules nessesary to correct deficiencies and a belirlef that some people need more than the recomended doses due to a metabolic block. Facinating!!!! This supports the theory!
@@The-J Yes. Dr. Andrew Saul, PhD is brilliant. For those who don't know, he has a website, movie on vitamins, and has many of his seminars uploaded on YT.
Very high quality presentation ... really exposes the reason behind the pharmacological benefits of vitamins depending on genotype and on environmental effects. Superb!
I could believe this. Because, I learned that when having cortisol issues like mine, there is an imbalance that means that the thiamine is not being used in the most effective manner needed for, you , things like sleeping and sanity. So, I got some B1 and I started taking it. And, per what I l learned, I took more every time I started to stress out. And, I have been taking quite a lot of thiamine, and am starting to feel better. I mean, not just at the point of taking it.
Thank you Dr. for this amazing information! I suffered a traumatic brain injury and I was having problems with oxalates. I started taking Benfotiamine and it helped me tremendously!
Great work Elliot. You should consider contacting Dr Been on RU-vid and appearing as a guest on his show, to explain the importance of metabolic health for his cohort of COVID Long Haulers. Many are still deteriorating with time - and I wonder if this is relevant.
Hello Anthony, Margaret here. 🌲 always appreciate your thoughts and questions during DrBeen lectures/interviews. Thank You, stay safe and healthy always🌎🌏🌍
Elliot your TTFD is AMAZING and markedly different to all other supplements I have tried. I recommend you push it more! Just as long as you don’t sell out so I can keep getting mine! ;) Also bicarbonate of soda has made a huge difference in counteracting (i believe) the lactic acidosis that was crippling me. Worth looking into also! Thank you for this incredible work. You are healing the world... ✨
4 days ago I received my order of Thiamax & Thiamega… I can see huge differences in my energy levels, joint & muscle pain reduction already. Oh & brain fog lifting slowly too! I’m going to order the methylated b vitamin complex next. Thank you Elliot. ❤
After watching EO Nutrition...I am taking both Sulbutiamine & TTFD together and recently taking only Sulbutiamine...so I am experimenting...Right now I have increased Sulbutiamine dosage to 800 mg/day & also take B6/1000 mg/day (empty stomach)...It is important to take Nutritional Yeast - Magnesium - Potassium - Ubiquinol ...I recommend trying this for people with Neuro-Degenerative /Sibo / gut motility disorders !!
I just received my thiamax order today and I’m so excited to try it. I’ve been feeling a lot of symptoms that you’ve described of a b1 deficiency so I’m hoping this will help.
Thank you for the information. You are incredible. Your insight is fascinating, easy to understand and of course useful in a practical way. Thank you and I will continue to watch and support this channel.
Only doctors and scientists would understand this. Normal people like us would like to know the prescriptive dosages upper limits especially. People with digestive issues and fatigue will benefit a lot from knowing the dosages.
Many are not taught this, the big Pharma teach what makes them profit, I studied herbs and supplements to extend my life, so far so good I'm still typing lol
Fascinating! So well explained and most compelling. As someone who has studied and experimented with natural supplements over the course of 5 decades, this is as exciting as anything I have ever come across. Thank you so much for this!! I wanted to purchase Thiamax but it appears to be out of stock. Will there be more available soon?
@kaycee A hidden toxic mold exposure is what caused my Fibro symptoms. Getting in a clean environment (my house looked like a show home, but there was a hidden toxic mold issue) and doing infrared sauna and PhosChol really helped me. Thankfully my symptoms are gone unless I travel somewhere that has a mold issue. I hope this is helpful.
@@ShandaMichelle1 me too... After mold we also need B6. I take P5P and avoid nerves pain as long as I do. I also a related oxalate sensibility... B1 also cares for this!
Aluminum can be removed from the body using high-silica water (Fiji is one brand). Dennis Crouse, PhD has a ton of info on this. Aluminum can also be measured in urine 24 hr collection so you can measure your progress. Useful for Alzheimers, autism, ADHD, etc.
This is fascinating. It begs the question of just how many people could benefit in some shape or form from megadosing thiamine or other nutrients like it (perhaps not necessarily “mega”-dosing in every case), considering how many people could be considered to have accrued “injury” or metabolic damage in the past, or inherited dysfunctional mitochondria from their mother, etc.
So I just came across this because I literally just figured out the root cause of my neurological issues that I have had since getting out of the military. I had a Brain MRI and my neurologist noticed the lighting up of my mood center and told me that he usually sees that with Wernickes. I showed low normal in my lab work after he ordered it. But I was having gaze nystagmus, neuropathy, and episodic dizziness. I went out and bought 100mg Thiamine tablets and started taking 200mg twice daily. Well, my symptoms have completely waned. And another issue I didn’t realize I had was my anxiety completely ceased. I’m not sure of why this happened to me. I’m not a heavy drinker and actually workout 5-6 days a week. I even took a B complex. Thanks for your video.
That's a good question. HCL is quite different than the TTFD forms, and they both work in different areas of the body. my experience is that TTFD contributes to the brain function, while Benfotiamine works with neuropathy. HCL is not that efficient, but many prefer this form. Suits best as the first thiamine you take, and then proceed to TTFD or Benfo. When it comes to doses, this is a question of trial and error. We are all different, have different needs/issues.
Looking at myself for this need. I was just tested for titanium. Thank goodness! Small amounts of of arsenic lead And Mercury. GROSS. I took thiamin many years ago. I could tell the help it did. Im 77 now and received bottle of it two days ago. This is a very good and knowledgeable teaching. I Thank you for it. I wish b-15 Pangamic Acid was prevalent. Its a very wonderful helpmate for acquiring full breath inhaling. I must have minor heavy metal (🤘 🎸 )[NOT], enzymatic weakness. One thing, I am able to understand your Australian accent easily cause Of watching the Mystery Road Series with Aaron Pedersen. Anyway, Thank you. Earth needs ones who figured this out and can share. In 1969, I began a vegetarian life and my family!!! And I began using herbal medicines when they became ‘dis-eased’-not at ease. You make so much sense. Thank you 🙏 for teaching the why!
Have a question. Since it is not about nutritional deficiency but rather a functional deficiency, is supplementing going to be a lifelong requirement? Or that enzymatic activity somehow will get back to normal levels?
Absolutely fantastic information and clearly presented! You mentioned that some benefits start at 500 to 1000 x usrda, which for men is 600 mg to 1200 mg. You also mention what happens between 1500mg and 1800 mg for some severe cases. Can you expand on the differences between those two sets of ranges?
Thank you so much for this info. I've been exposed to mold 5 years ago and have a hard time recovering. I will give thiamine a try (will start slowly).
I was exposed to mold a couple of years ago. Pure gum spirit of turpentine cleared it up in no time. If you try it buy diamond G Forest turpentine, it doesn't taste bad. Take 1 teaspoon every other day for two weeks. After that two or three times a week until symptoms are gone, shouldn't take more than a month but it's good for lots of things so you might want to take it longer.
@@micaonyx5301 thank you so much for the info much-needed severe myco toxic mold poisoning 2 years ago still recovering are there any side effectsFrom taking turpentine to be concerned about? I had read about it a year ago and was concerned about side effects
@@terigarrison I've been taking it for over two years and I haven't had any problems. I started taking it every other night, after getting a stress test and failing it badly. Six months earlier I was running, lifting weights, tennis and the likes. Then all of a sudden I couldn't get off the couch. My stupid doctor told me I was just out of shape. I was 5'4 120 at the time so I knew that wasn't the case. I'm a land lord and one of my units flooded which is where I think I got the mold. My symptoms started after that. I was very weak and my heart rate would suddenly go from 70 beats a minute up to 190. I had the turpentine for 5 years afraid to use it, because I thought it was insane. I decided to try it out of desperation and figured since I was slowly dying anyway I figured what the hell. I took it and the next day my heart didn't race as often or get as high. In less than two weeks my heart rate was back to normal and have been since. I was SHOCKED at the amount of parasites that can out of me as well, which was a added bonus. I now use it once a few times a month. If you try it makes sure to cut your sugar intake and make sure you're having good bm's or you won't feel too good.
@@micaonyx5301 Same here, but could never get down more than a 1/4 tsp so moved to a topical application with great result. Now make a liniment with it that also releases parasites. Dr Jen has many videos on taking turp w/ sugar.
Subscribed and then bought thiamine mononitrate right away. I want to try for stress , nightmare weight gain and eyesight improvement. Thanks for such a detailed analysis.
Love his work. He's not the only person going foundational. Look at Jason Hommel and Morley Robbins with their work with Copper Sulfate and cerruloplasmin. Ray Peat, Matt Blackburn, check out Methylene Blue, Magnesium (required for over 3700 enzymatic processes.) There is a fair amount of legitimately foundational minerals and supplements that are game changing and they are being slept on. There is alternative medicine and there is alternative-alternative. If you're still taking fish oil and oral D-3, if you think keto and intermittent fasting is the thing, if you take calcium and iron, villify dairy....you're being left behind.
I fully agree on some of your points (esp. the taking of calcium and iron supplements), and honestly can't comprehend some of the other. (due to my current deficits in understanding and knowledge). Recently, I've replaced fish oil with Krill Oil - hoping it will be a better practical solution for myself, for taking along w/ food everyday, to increase Omega-3. Dr. Mercola brand for the krill, BTW. I had a question for you: For certain health conditions, involving metabolism problems, do you think quicksilver scientific liposomal glutathione might be a good thing to take? Or are there potential problems with trying to ingest Glutathione (liposomal form) directly in high doses? As opposed to taking other supplements, and foods, to increase the body's natural production of Glutathione? AND -- If this is not your area of expertise, that's OK , :)
It's interesting that thiamine is neuroprotective _before_ a TBI, maybe somebody tell the NFL, but is it or anything else alleged to aid in recovery after brain injury?
I agree with you absolutely, and supplementation may be necessary. Ideally we get what we need from food, but maybe it's not possible. The negative side is that the supplements themselves have fillers, etc. I know I was only able to get my vitamin D level to optimal with supplements, for example. Since I've delved into researching. In the U.S., the dietary requirements, and lab values are not really that meaningful. They are more like - 'you won't have scurvy"., not this will be enough to make you healthy. What mainstream medicine considers "normal" , might mean you aren't dying, but still might not be an optimal level (and it is also individual). I was told my Vit D level of 37 ng/ul is NORMAL, so I'm fine. However, I believe that level of determined based on what is needed for bone, and now we know vit D does a whole lot more; and a level of 60-80 is needed to get healthy sleep and repair your gut microbiome. Also, mainstream medicine considers my B12 level of 250 to be "normal" , but my more wholistic minded dr says 500 minimum to feel decent. SO , just 2 examples of areas where I can really benefit from supplementation (and would not be able to increase those with food) - and I believe these alone will make me feel a lot better. I never would have known had I not ventured away from allopathic medicine. And these are cheap, easy things to do. Very nerdy (I am :) ), but I just found this paper in Nature, about the TTFD increasing dopamine production in the pre-frontal cortex. I knew it worked on the dopa in the striatum, which is affected in Parkinson's. Dopamine in the PFC is associated with motivation, this is how amphetamine acts. Seems like the TTFD worked a bit like a little meth for these rats, without the negative effects, I'm very excited to see if it can do that for me! www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-28462-2
@@stephen3654 I took the brand of thiamine that Elliot sells for a month and did not notice any change. I might not have the type of problems that people seem to report being helped by high dose thiamine - seems to be Parkinson's Disease and other neurological diseases. I was hoping to perhaps notice an increase in energy - but did not. I don't remember the exact dose I went up to, but I did increase it every week, above the standard dose suggested on the product. I am not saying anything negative about the product at all - so do not misunderstand, just that it didn't do what I had hoped. I think we are all very different, metabolism is so complicated and there is no one size fits all. I continue to take vitamin D, a B vitamin supplement, and extra B12 because my levels were low for B12 and D. It is always hard to know if things are helping or not - I might feel worse if I didn't take them. I did have my Vit D level checked last year during the winter and it was good - 69, so the supplements raised it, however; I didn't feel any better. I don't know if my B12 level is better. It is hard to know with something like thiamine because there is no way to measure it, so you can only go by how you feel. After reading through the comments again, I could go back and try a higher dose, or just regular thiamine as some folks here have. I try to just do one thing at a time to know what is working (or not). I hate swallowing pills - even supplements. If I don't see results within a couple of weeks to a month at the most, I don't continue. My theory is if something is going to help, I should notice it very soon. I admit to being envious of people who write about taking a particular supplement and finding a dramatic effect :). So far, nothing has helped my severe headaches and fatigue. Back to the drawing board.
Hi Olivia, I found your original post - and answer to Stephen (below, about 5 months ago) - very helpful. Thanks for sharing it. On a somewhat separate, but possibly related, supplement matters question, below is something that I replied to someone else (on this Comment board). The part about Glutathione is what I think you'd likely be most interested in. It's an expensive supplement, if taken in Liposomal form, and from the best companies (of which there are very few, it seems). But it might be a profound energy booster, and/or help some people through a particularly tough health challenge, I believe. ~ Now, here's what I asked another smart-seeming person, elsewhere on this Comment board: "I fully agree on some of your points (esp. the taking of calcium and iron supplements), and honestly can't comprehend some of the other. (Due to my current deficits in understanding and knowledge). Recently, I've replaced fish oil with Krill Oil - hoping it will be a better practical solution for myself, for taking along w/ food everyday, to increase Omega-3. Dr. Mercola brand for the krill, BTW. I had a question for you: For certain health conditions, involving metabolism problems, do you think quicksilver scientific liposomal glutathione might be a good thing to take? Or are there potential problems with trying to ingest Glutathione (liposomal form) directly in high doses? As opposed to taking other supplements, and foods, to increase the body's natural production of Glutathione? AND -- If this is not your area of expertise, that's OK , :)
2 years ago I started feeling weakness in the legs fatigue brain fog heart palpitations lethargy and no amount of food or sleep would make me feel better. I have tried everything, vitamin d3, C, Zinc, ginseng,been to 10 doctors, all the blood tests are perfect. No one could help me. I literally can feel my nervous system is not happy. Thiamin is my last hope to find myself and my energy back. 😊
Look into magnesium...and your electrolytes...and you need mag for vitamin d to be efficient. Listen to Dr Bergs interview with Dr DeNicolantonio on tube Feb 21/21.
@@Supergirl-ey6fq Btw Dr Berg and Dr Ken Berry have lots of good videos. Dr Berg has covered just about every topic under the sun...if you search his tube channel.
@@susanann8741 I have searched all the doctors on RU-vid. I like dr Berg but recommending 5 eggs a day is not sitting well with me. When I was eating 3 eggs a day I was feeling inflamed, cut out eggs feeling better. Now I’m listening to Anthony William medical medium. Have you heard of him ? So many different opinions and studies, It’s not easy.
Been watching your vids for a few days now, loving it. I'm just curious: did you acquire this knowledge through standard classes (of either nutrition, or functional medicine) or did you need to go your own way and search deeper to put the pieces together from what you'd already learned through regular classes ?
I have only just found this though it’s a year old. It’s refreshing to hear a different perspective on trying to help those who need it. I’m not one for relying on drugs or tablets containing vitamins and minerals, but I am eating such a great variety of healthy food and is still suffering from chronic exhaustion because of fibromyalgia. I am going to go against the grain and try to take Thiamine in a high dosage. What the clip does not say is for how long unless I missed it. Thank you Elliot.
Mega dosing can be done with thiamine hydrochloride. If using TTFD, which is generally the form I recommend to many - much lower doses are necessary. 100-400mg roughly. I will make a video on this
@@daleval2182 hi . I didn’t . Not sure if I’m this video it was stated by Eon you should suplement with magnesium as well . Then I found out you will run into problem if you Suplement this way as it leads to imbalance with other minerals.. so if I want minerals I try to take complex . And. Same thing can happen with b vit. I also heard not to use b vit constantly as gut makes them . Dense nutrients diet is good. Avoiding foods and things that deplete nutrients. Hovever .. one thing that has helped me is vit d 3 supplement.. I’ve done a mega dose for a month or so. I was sluggish that days and bearly could do any work on first day maybe minutes afer mega dose I stared dancing and. Had energy back . I think energy can be. Low due to any nutrient being lost . Soil is depleted of minerals so I would try suplementing this from time to time. Smth that I want to do research more into is about mitochondria uncoupling. It’s where energy is produced . Not sure the name of the doctor that I saw interview with I think dr Gundi .. anyway I will try to update it . He does preach about lectin and leaky gut connection and he was talking also about mitochondria on this new interview on Tom bileu (sure spelled wrong the surname, don’t remember) dr Steven Gundry it is . Tom bilyeu .. by the way I tried Thiamin for one day and. Then again once more with less of it and my heart was pounding fast so .. I didn’t want it, or not had any at home, I did crave some more food instead. I had given up then. I want to try suplement b complex on some food green powder or synthetic for a while. Synthetic ones are made based on petroleum . Some of synthetic ones aren’t in same form as natural. It’s hard to know as there are so many forms and I have never get to any literature that would explain all about synthetically made nutrients. How they are made etc. recently
Take some time off coffee and see what happens. I think that alone is one big thing to try. It's winter now and my hands and legs get dry and cracked. One week off if it and it has made them less itchy and look more hydrated. I've chugged water with coffee and it didn't make any difference. Or salty water too.
