Plus, the deficiency can contribute to malabsorption and malnutrition. It's a wild ride I'm on, trying to figure out how to get me (old clunker) working properly again!
I am aged 58 and I have been taking Thiamine nitrate 250mg every day for the last 3 months together with being on Keto diet and I can honestly say my adrenals are starting to heal, my back has straightened (vegas nerve) and my hair is getting wavy again (increase in hormonal production), my sinuses have cleared and my anxiety levels have considerably reduced. Totally amazing.
YES! Been waiting for this video. Best nutritional channel on youtube. I’m a former college football player with clinical POTS. Severe autonomic dysfunction, constipation, insomnia, tachycardia mixed with bradycardia, dehydration, low aldosterone...It’s only been a week of thiamine supplementation, but I’m seeing some improvements in muscle pain and hunger.
Also concider taking a look at the work of Dr Nemechek. He fixes autonomic dysfunction in a different way and explains it in a different way. Your background matches hit type of dysautonomia. Best regards.
I started B1 supplementation right away with benfotamine and super B’s and my energy went through the roof within 48 hours. Thank you! Will follow up with request for consultation.
@@MartineReed did it cause rapid heart rate? I have pots and tachycardia is my biggest symptom along with brain fog, bp is running a bit high currently
This is unbelievable .. there has never been a doctor who has adviced me to take B1 .. and I have been 'suffering' from anxiety and related heart-problems ànd fibromyalgia for many years. What is the matter with Drs nowadays .. don't they know any of the above ..? I shall start (and experiment with) B1 on my own .. and see where it will lead me. Thank you, Elliot .. you are amazing. 🙏
Rhea303 any updates? I'm 2 weeks into 2-3 tbps daily dose of high quality unfortified nutritional yeast (and the same amount of spirulina) and I'm finding that the need for my 10 year benzo rx is completely gone; looking forward to handing the half full bottle back to my dr and telling him WHY!
You clearly know your topic. I have a limited medical background and much of this is over my head. Please create a series that presents this at a level for beginners and or non-medical viewers and listeners. 🙏 we need more people like you who are willing to share their deep understanding.
I cannot tell you how much you’ve opened my eyes to my own health issues. I intuitively felt that it might be some sort of B vitamin deficiency, but wasn’t sure exactly which and how. Thank you so very much for such in-depth information.
Thank you for this. Benfotiamine has helped my husband so much. He still developed interstitial edema. Found out lymphoedema is involved in a arginine deficiency and a bad ratio of omega 6 to 3 fatty acids. Supplemented with arginine. We took him off seed oils and increased saturated fats. (Lots of butter) After 2+1/2 weeks the water started coming out. In three weeks he lost 51#. Thought you might want to know.
@@alivewithchrist777 yes but unfortunately that's only lasted a year. It has started again... I really wish he would give up carbs. Supplements can only do so much he needs life style changes.
I started the TTFD after 6 weeks I gradually ramped up to taking 3/day my night sweats and menopause symptoms have basically ended which is something you don't talk about. The reason I started taking the TTFD are also better, sleep is better, my skin is better, my body was pain sensitive to the touch, and a dozen different things have gotten better for me.
@@acjafrederick - It is a form of B1. Allithiamine is from Garlic and TTFD is a synthetic for of that. Synthetic usually makes people think it is bad but not always. I gave TTFD to around 10 people and everyone has felt much better. I can't mind what it stands for Thiamin tetrahyrdo flofyl deyhdrid lol something like that
Thank you for your videos they are so helpful. After struggling to find out what was going on with me for the last few years and my recent blood results have all come back normal, I decided to try Benfotiamine. Already I feel so much better after a few days! My energy levels, eye sight and mental clarity are the obvious things but also burning in my hands and feet has disappeared. I hope it continues to improve. Thank you!
I've been similarly struggling for years and have also found Benfotiamine helpful. May I ask, Lisa, what dosage you use? I'm currently using 300mg 2-3x daily. Perhaps it's too low a dose. Hmmm.
@@yassina-r6806 I was taking 300mg with each meal, 300x3, so yes, 900mg. Although, now I'm taking 150mg x3, or 450mg per day. It varies. I think I was getting mild headaches from the benfotiamine, but no longer do. I didn't test that scientifically, though, because a mild headache wasn't a new thing and paled in comparison to my other issues.
@@dianavp9054 thanks much. I think I need more. When you first started taking it did your symptoms ever return? Also, they say potassium is needed. Is this true? Thanks. Yiu are helping me a lot
@@yassina-r6806 I have not experienced burning in my feet since taking benfotiamine, and my cloudy vision in one eye has mostly cleared. While I realize that every BODY is different, I suspect that many of us are deficient in minerals, including potassium. The challenge is finding the balance. Without sufficient thiamine though, the body has trouble holding onto potassium. I supplement these minerals daily: 1200mg MgCl, 600mg CaCl, 3000mg KCl, 1-2 tsp Redmond Salt. I use a ridiculous number of other vitamins as I try to address malnutrition from years of malabsorption and GI issues. Meanwhile, the years tick on. 🙄
Hey man you make great videos 10/10 as always. I don't get why your channel isn't growing faster, I'm sure the views will eventually catch up to the quality.
According to this info I am end stage Berri Berri. I have started mega dosing with B1 and the supporting compounds Elliot reccommends, today is day 17, it seems to be working in the right direction.
This information is fascinating. You present it in a way that is so simple to understand and answers many unanswered questions. Thank you for sharing...
great job elliot, you should get this out to the ex vegan crowd trying to recover from veganism, so much you describe, including the b1 issues fits what they are suffering from...
Enough with your anti-vegan tirade. Vegans live longer and has significantly reduce risk of CD and mortality, regardless of B1 status. You're overcompensating for your guilt with a fad diet
I started a B1 mega supplementation after listening to your videos and recently been having a bout of psoriasis so went to my naturopathic doctor. She had me go off all supplements for one month! This video has helped me greatly to know I can not do that for a while! ALL OR most of those symptoms I was having after stopping! I returned to taking and last nights sleep was much better!!
@@torilaurenmarie3674 Biotin is very important in the making of collagen. I have been deficient I think for almost my whole life. Dry scaly skin, thin brittle hair, weak thin nails. I have been supplementing and see greater improvement than I have seen before.
@@carrikartes1403 thank you!! Did you have a weird pain in your inner tendon in your leg like if feels like it’s about to break in the middle. I can’t tell if it’s biotin or sulfur deficiency.
@@torilaurenmarie3674 not me but my husband has been saying that he is getting that pain... Did you get the infusion remdesivir for covid? He has been having weird pain and many of his health issues have worsened. Or it could be long covid.
Hello, a med student here! This explanation is on spot. You've mentioned all the important mechanisms along with explanations in a very short duration. Hats off!
The way after all the doctors out there dont put into action what they learned????? Is there a big reason why? I'LL answer this one, lets say is forgotten or the doctors where told nutrition have to do with health issues?? My mother passed away because doctors refused to give he high doses of thyamine intravenously, even though I TOLD, I ASKED, I BEGGED the doctor to so, I told and explained the reasons she was having heart failure, why she was having difficulty breathing, why she was having high lactic acidosis, why it was progressing to sepsis, why he kidney was failing etc....she was type 2 diabetic and was on Medformin for more then 2 decades, she was on DIURETIC for more the 2 decades, on blood pressure meds for more than 2 decades. . She was on at least 6 different drugs, wich one have their bad side effects and contribute to her heart failure, to kidney failure, to breathing problems, to the EXCESSIVELY urination prior to hospitalization. She had very obvious edema, every where: her entire body edma, enlarged heart, enlarged liver, enlarged pancreas. How those doctors missed to diagnose BERIBERI??? I did told her doctor that she had all signs of BERIBERI, but they refused to listen I told the doctors that the only way to survive was to administer VERY HIGH DOSES OF THYAMINE, minimum 500mg tree to four times a dia intravenously for 4 days, then smaller oral doses of 200mg continuously for a few months. They refused to think outside the box, even with all CLINICAL SIGNS OF BERIBERI. She ended up passing way 2 days later. 😢😢 very sad how the medical " industry " think they know better their many people. I did more than enough research to know what im taking about. Several thousand of people dying every second of the day BECAUSE missed diagnosis, over diagnosed, treated INCORRECTLY, not treated at all, doctors not whiling to tink outside the box.
ELLIOT! Thank you! The Great Mimicer is highly involved in Long Covid. This explains so many of the crazy seemingly unrelated symptoms. I have tested mega dosing B1 with magnesium on myself AND high dose vitamin C, vitamin D with K2. I am getting much better quickly. And when I was recently exposed to covid I didn't fully sucomb like every other time. This time hardly any symptoms and done in two days. Can't wait for my daughter to get started. She has severe long covid. Crazy symptoms all point to beri beri and now, suddenly illiacvein collapse. This video finalizes where the answer will be found. Thank you!
New subscriber , wow this is so me, my dr was no help , all my heart scans were normal showed strong heart so I would get discharged. No where to turn but change my food again. Went harder carnivore , my tachycardia went away until I slip with almonds. Also supplement potassium and B1 huge improvement. Ww2 bery bery was issue thats hiw I learned about it. Dr Berg. Thank you so much you help saving my life and others , blessings
Thank you, Elliot. I am really enjoying 😊 your videos and I am sharing them with others. I feel this information gas really helped me as I have been fell tired and I ever seem to do id go to work and and sleep. Having watched the videos, I realled that I have not been taking my B complex vitamins for quite some time now. So I have resumed taking those. Thsnk you again. Ash
This Video is a GOLD ! I have most of these sympthoms - escecially related to Hrat rate, brain fog, weakness, Insomnia, blood preassure asymmetries. I am buying benfotiamine right now ! Thank you !!!!
I started ttfd 2 days ago. Today, I took 100Mg of Allithiamine TTFD and I started to get anxious and very jittery today. Anyone had this? Do I drop the dose or just stay with it until my body adapts to it and up it? My goal is to go up to 200mg. I started taking it for constipation and air hunger. This started to happen after antibiotics 😢. I also have other weird symptoms.I hope it works 🙏. I really feel that I am very deficient on B1. I'm also taking Nutritional yeast Non-fortified and taking magnesium foot soaking. Update: I started taking NAC with Allithiamine ttfd 100mg. I think this is helping me tolerate the ttfd a little better. I'm also taking Nutritional yeast Non-fortified and B12 with methylfolate. I will update on my RU-vid channel in a month from now. I hope B1 helps ALL OF YOU 🙏💯.
You sooooo correct about all the simptoms of end stage of Beriberi, my mother die from heart failure, shorten of breath, edema in lower legs, congestion heart failure, swallowed upper body, purple bruises in her arms, enlarged heart, fatigue, acidosis and progression to sepsis....all the drugs given to her at hospital did NOTHING , I bagged the doctor to give her IV high doses of thiamine and vitamin C, but he refused to do it, even though I said there study that prove it works, he didn't do it and let she die, said there was nothing they could do for her. It's so sad knowing that its totally possible to reverse the cause of Beriberi with high dose thiamine.
Maybe I have been deficient for a long time. -Reynaud disease/cold feet -Arrhythmia, palpitations -heart pain -moving nerve pain around the heart and elsewhere (now) -brainfog (but have.other reasons -low mitochondrial energy (now)
Hey man I have a suggestion for you. You’re welcome to take it or leave it. The chances are, you’ve already thought about this. As for someone who’s been researching stuff like this for nearly a decade, this is my kind of jam. I can understand and relate to everything you say at least on some level. Let’s say someone who’s studied biology no more than in high school, this high level of information could be a turn off. Even with your delicate spoon feeding way of explaining things. Most people have a tendency to hate or dismiss things they can’t understand. I think if you had like a dummy edition, it would attract the number of viewers that you truly deserve.
@@maggieboo8142 I'm not a doctor and this is not medical advice but I take alpha lipoic acid and benfotiamine with no problems.... I have psoriatic arthritis and have to take Methotrexate which gives me neuropathy symptoms.
I’m 99% positive I’m suffering from all three types of Beriberi after going through your videos. I’ve been Carnivore for almost a year and I’m still having problems. I’m very concerned about supplementing B1 because of my leaky gut and my bad reaction to almost all supplements. I will be calling for a consultation next week when I get back from holidays. I’ve been living a nightmare for the last three years after a car crash. Excited to figure this out and get on with life. Thank you for these videos 🙏
Josh Lockie I’ve tried repeatedly to stick with carnivore. It ended up making me worse. I think thiamine deficiency and POTS disease made the diet unsuccessful for me.
@@mattdarwin6497 For those who are heavily deficient, a carnivore diet is not enough to resolve the issues. In fact, I think for some it can make them worse! Meat is fairly "average" for thiamine content.
EONutrition I agree. Unfortunately, the attitude of most of the carnivore community is “you get all you need from meat”. This mentality hurt me in the long run. Even liver, which is high in thiamine, does not provide enough for someone who has been chronically deficient like myself. I’m doing much better including some sweet potatoes and rice along with meat, liver, oysters, and thiamine supplementation.
Sveinung Røsaker I ate a Peat diet for several months and got worse off that too. He recommends high sugar intake which is the antithesis of what someone with thiamine deficiency should be doing...
This is such a serious thing yet it is never tested for (I know you can't directly test for B1) and so many people suffer from it. And it's not pretty when it unnecessarily progresses. Dang medical doctors.
You can buy Objective Nutrients brand Thiamax on Amazon. It is often sold out so you have to keep checking back on it. I believe it's the brand Elliot recommends.
Elliott, please assist me with the following: I don't understand how to get further than the "password" requirement when looking to set up a consultation with you. There's no where to create a password on the page. Thank you in advance.
I'm B1 deficient I'm taking benfothiamine 300mg twice a day with b1 100mg twice a day and a b complex once a day, in the evenly i take a magnesium Glycinate 400mg once a day with d3 10000iu once a day with mk k2 and fish oil from omega 3 once a day, am i taking these vitamins right? Should i add other vitamins to what I'm taking already?
Hi Elliot, I like to ask your opinion on unfortified nutritional yeast? is it good to supplement with on carnivore's diet in general just to maintain balance in thiamine? Is it high enough potency ?
Started benfotiamine at 300 MG total daily. For the first 3 days. Felt 👌 super. Immediately helped with energy and digestion. By day 5 I was back to my lactic acid build up feeling and fatigue. I started benfotiamine because I felt a major drop in strength and endurance in the gym. Also, I couldn't recover and always has this crazy lactic acid pump fatigue feeling that didn't go away after the gym. I wonder is i need to take more benfotiamine.
@@dianavp9054 so my b complex should be here tomorrow, I just started magnesium/potassium today. I am taking about 300 MG or benfotiamine but I will take more once I have the B complex. I'm still trying to figure this out. I have a horrible lactic acid buildup , fatigue. This went away for the first few days of benfotiamine and my digestion was greatly improved. Digestion still good but I got tired again and the lactic acid feeling came back.I did notice I felt much better after taking magnesium and potassium today. It's weird how these things just go away and come back. Trying to figure out my sweet spot. Thanks again
@@Dann.73 I am feeling much. I notice I have to take high amounts of it. Benfotiamine. About 4-500 milligrams daily. Especially after hard workout days.
Do you think a child can have symptoms of wet beriberi? Suffered with SOB, LOW BP upon standing, Tachycardia all my life. Eventually developed edema, more SOB so much more.
What is the prefered Dosis by Polyneuropathy. I take between 900 - 1200 mg Benfothiamine and Hydrochlorid Thiamine per Day. What is the longtherm safe Dosis ?
I should be dead already. After watching this and reading the comments I wonder how on earth people get a diagnosis. My GP just says you are getting old what do you expect!
I’ve been told the same by MDs. It’s so dismissive and untrue. Finally after my own proactive approach, I’ve learned to take thiamine and b-complex supplements “religiously”
I use AOR Benfotiamine which is fat soluble B1 which is better absorbed than plain water soluble B1. I take one 120 capsule morning and one evening. Always buy high quality supplements or you will be wasting your money.
Ok this is all great and complex ,.the other parts that are missing is the other nutrients and how they work with b1 . B I will decrease your potassium , I know this from what he teaches on other lectures , the symptoms of High B1. So if your low on potassium you are going to make it worse with B 1 because weather he knows it or not b 1 helps regulate fluid , water in your body with B 6 and b 2 . All nutrients work together . If your bi deficient I bet your deficient in many nutrients .I know . Have been slowly rebuilding . You cannot take high doses of one nutrients to fix it . Go slow and build . B 1 can cause a deficiency in potassium .and salt .
Thank you for your post, Nancy! I cut back my benfotiamine from 300mg 3x/day to 150mg 3x/day. Was already deficient in potassium and struggling to balance electrolytes. This clears up some issues for me. 👍
@@imsaltylit3101 I use NOW brand potassium citrate powder. I also use ReMag, the best magnesium imho. I don't know about chia, as I eat mostly carnivore. No grains or legumes. Too many anti-nutrients for me.
Sir, I am taking thiamine rich food from last 6 years, for constipation problem. Till seeing this video, I don't know, how much benefit I got, from thiamine.
It is my experience, that if abserving capacity of instetine is good, thiamine certainly abserved. We Indian have ayurvedic medicine called panchkalparist, which improve abserving capacity.. Now, most of food has less thaimine, that's why we do not get sufficient amount. That too our requirements increased as compare to old days. About 50 year ago, most of people live in Village, doing job requiring less brain activity. Today, engineers, drs., CA are increased, requiring more thaimine.
Robert Kowalski can also be due to hole between the chambers. Some part of the heart work more than it should an get bigger due to ' muscle training' on that part. Not a good thing, but should be easy to sort out in a suitable hospital.
Is thiamine deficiency any way related to arteriosclerosis? Also can poor peripheral circulation be related to male pattern baldness? Is thiamine nitrate better than thiamine HCL?
Do you have a video on what to expect when taking thiamine. I know Dr. Lonsdale mentions that when you first supplement your symptoms might get worse. I'm having the problem now. My water retention edema is worse. Wish I knew how to help it along. Any tips??
How long do you find it takes your clients with POTS to see improvement in their cardiac symptoms? I purchased and read Dr Lonsdale’s book. He seems to indicate that improvement in POTS can take quite a while (weeks to months). Is this your experience?
I had it for a week anytime I would get up the room would spin, I took about 600 mg of TTFD and it went away. I did a fast for 4 days and POTS came back, I took the same dose and I've never had it since. I do take large doses everyday and IV's. @@mattdarwin6497
4 Sure!… This Video Has Opened By Eyes 2 Wats Goin On With My Own Hubby!…He Suffers With (Congestive Heart Failure) After Havin 2 Many Yrs Of Type 2 Diabetes And H.B.P…..But, How Do U Convince Them & Their Doctor?..My Hubby Is Not Interested!..I’m Sure Some People Die From Their Own Ignorance Of Not Wanting 2 Inform & Educate Themselves!
Some people do not want to give up things they like which are bad for them. Sugar can be addicting. What you can do is have only healthy food choices at home. What you can't do is make him change your husband's eating habits away from home. Nagging is probably not going to work. It's attention and negative attention at that. His doctor has probably counseled him to stick to the diabetic diet, avoid alcohol, lose weight and exercise. I had the same problem with my (former) husband. His weakness was alcohol. I finally refused to go on beer runs for him or act as his designated driver so he could go out to drink in bars. As the saying goes "In vino veritas" or "In wine, lies the truth." When people drink too much all the ugly things they would never say when they are sober just spill out. Eventually the consequences of his drinking caught up with him. That was long after our marriage ended. He is watching his health which includes not drinking alcohol and is much happier. My advice to you is to take some time daily to take care of yourself because there is only so much you can do in this situation. I would start making sure that your joint finances are in order so that you don't end up impoverished if your husband does die.
Paul Marik, MD, uses thiamine in his highly effective sepsis protocol, FYI. Don't know if he mega-doses it though. But it makes sense to me that sepsis is going to burn through a lot of energy and so you'd need thiamine to shore-up energy to calm down the immune system.
