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    Here's the links to the book about Niacin and the vitamins..... Dr. Holder's book on Niacin.... https://www.amazon.com/Niacin-Story-Wonderful-Healing-Properties/dp/1591202752/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=niacin+dr.+hoffer&qid=1594125580&sr=8-3 Life Extension Niacin 500 mg (Must get the kind that flushes for best results...
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    Please call me Kitty. I'm paranoid another K will slip into your abbreviation and then I'll really be in trouble! 😸 I think doctors and especially gastroenterologists should be taught about vitamins and deficiency diseases. I learned about them in the premed courses I took at university. Why couldn't they? Because Big Pharma is in control of ma...
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    Sorry, so much information I wanted to impart. The difference I felt was within hours of taking that first 500 mg dose of thiamine. Took another 500 mg at lunch. I kept feeling better and better. I realized I could take 300 mg or 400 mg with each meal and get the same effect. Three or four days later, I didn't feel an improvement as obvious as when...
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    Wanted to add.... Thiamine needs magnesium to work best, so I take Doctor's Best High Absorption Magnesium. Years ago, I read this book... Niacin, the Real Story... by Dr. Hoffer and it really helped. I had returned to normal niacin intake, but I felt something missing after correcting my thiamine, so started taking Niacin as described in Dr....
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    I'm currently taking LifeExtension Benfotiamine with thiamine 100mg capsules (fat soluble form of thiamine) which helps my diabetes. Once or twice a day. And I currently take Now B-1, 100mg tablets, one with every meal. I've tried several fat soluble forms of thiamine like Benfotimine and these two others... I have tried Ecological Formulas...
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    I found niacin therapy helped me with my PTSD. I read this book by Dr. Hoffer https://www.amazon.com/Niacin-Story-Wonderful-Healing-Properties/dp/1591202752 Here's a site... https://medium.com/@jonathanroseland/vitamin-b3-niacin-a-vitamin-of-hope-for-a-hurting-world-a345bd76c711 Many Celiacs suffer from vitamin deficiencies. I had several...
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    High dose thiamine means 500 mg of thiamine a day or above. Some take 500 mg three times a day for several days, then a maintenance dose is set. Thiamine has no upper limit. It is safe. It is water soluble, any excess is flushed out in urine. At most, you may get nauseous. If so back down the amount. The RDA's are minimums to prevent illness...
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    https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Thiamin-HealthProfessional/ "Levels of thiamin in the blood are not reliable indicators of thiamin status. Thiamin status is often measured indirectly by assaying the activity of the transketolase enzyme, which depends on TDP, in erythrocyte hemolysates in the presence and absence of added TDP [3]. The result, known...
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    Kate333, Unintentional weight loss is a classic symptom of Thiamine deficiency. Muscle wasting is a classic symptom of Thiamine deficiency. Your body needs thiamine to turn carbohydrates into energy. Without enough thiamine, your body burns fat and muscle as energy sources because this route doesn't require thiamine. Please read this article...
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    I found this study on vitamin D deficiency and breast pain.... https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/vitamin-d-supplementation-in-the-treatment-of-noncyclical-breast-pain-2167-0846-1000330-105212.html Many newly diagnosed Celiacs have vitamin and mineral deficiencies, including vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D acts as a hormone...and helps...
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    Corn and rice do contain peptide chains that resemble segments of gluten peptide chains. Casein in dairy, yeast, and chicken meat also do, too. You still need thiamine to help digest them. Read this.....same symptoms.....wired brain, etc... https://www.hormonesmatter.com/connecting-symptom-dots-discovering-thiamine-deficiency/ And...
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    Aaron275, I found this book by Sarah Ballentyne, The Paleo Approach Reverse Autoimmune Disease And Heal Your Body, most helpful. It explains what's happening with your body in autoimmune diseases and all about the diet. https://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Paleo-Approach-Reverse-Autoimmune-Disease-and-Heal-Your-Body-9781936608393/22897626 Sarah...
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    Looks yummylicious! What's the filling? Is the coffee ready?
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    Chris H, I needed extra thiamine and niacin at the beginning. Thiamine and niacin are B vitamins that your body needs to turn fats and carbohydrates, like bananas and sweet potato, into energy your body can use. Signs you're not getting enough Thiamine and Niacin are feelings of tightness and edema (swelling) in your lower legs and tingling in...
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    Hi, Bonbena! Welcome to the forum! Glad to have you! Sorry you're feeling so poorly. Many newly diagnosed Celiacs may not be able to absorb all the vitamins and minerals they need. Checking for nutritional deficiencies is part of follow up care. Talking to a dietician or nutritionist may be helpful. Look into the AutoImmune Paleo Protocol...
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    Larzipan, Welcome to the forum! I hope you will find helpful suggestions here. We're not doctors, so we can't diagnose, but we can tell you what we have found helpful. Yes, I've had problems with Bruxim. I used to grind my teeth as a child. As a teen and young adult, migraines would follow nights of grinding and jaw clenching during the day....
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    When I get glutened, my blood sugar spikes and I get a fever due to the hyperglycemia. The fever stays around until my blood glucose levels start coming down which may be several hours. I drink water to stay hydrated. I also take 100 mg each of thiamine and niacin which the body needs to process those extra carbohydrates.
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    I also get Opthalmic Migraines or Ocular migraines. Here's an article that explains.... https://americanmigrainefoundation.org/resource-library/understanding-ocular-migraine/ Triggers include computer screens. My ophthalmologist said the flashing or refreshing of computer and tablet screens are registered by the optic nerve, overwhelms it...
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    Keight, Without enough thiamine to turn carbohydrates into energy, the body uses a shortcut that uses less thiamine and turns carbohydrates into fat. This may be the explanation for the increase in obesity and NAFLD. High fructose corn syrup has to be processed through the liver, just like alcohol, and depletes thiamine stores and causes NAFLD...
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    I have experienced thiamine deficiency. The fatigue and heavy, tingling limbs, and the mood changes, anxiety, depression, and insomnia, the elevated liver enzymes, adrenal fatigue, and the intolerance of starchy vegetables or carbohydrates are all symptoms of thiamine deficiency. I lived through thiamine deficiency. It began subtly, but symptoms...
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    Yes, I did get my metal roof repaired! And the squirrels are out of the attic, too! I had near sightedness, but I developed optic head swelling due to thiamine deficiency (described in that second article) during a Celiac Crisis. By the time the doctors figured out what was going on and I got the official Celiac diagnosis, it was too late, the damage...
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    I am legally blind due to vitamin deficiencies associated with Celiac Disease.
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    Eye problems can result from vitamin and mineral deficiencies which result from the malabsorption associated with Celiac Disease. Here are some articles that might be of interest.... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4768497/#!po=18.9655 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4039400/ Hope this helps!
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    Yes, I was aware that article was funded by the Cattlemen's Association. Every Celiac is different. Celiacs can react to different gluten peptides. Celiacs can have different tolerance levels. This might explain more thoroughly.... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6949940/#!po=8.50000 The final decision about what to...
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    The AIP diet, the Paleo diet, is good for healing. It can take eighteen months to two years to heal. Some people stay on it long term. Some go back on the AIP diet after gluten exposure for weeks or months until they can tolerate a more expanded diet. It's really up to you and what best works for you. Here's some articles you may find helpful... ...
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