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  1. knitty kitty
    Benfotiamine is a good form of Thiamine to take. Yes, take a multivitamin and a B Complex and Benfotiamine.
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    @RDLiberty, Yes, do keep us posted on your progress! Best wishes!
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    Thiamine should be given in septic shock. Insights Into Thiamine Supplementation in Patients With Septic Shock https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8832096/
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    @RDLiberty, My mom had Hashimoto's, then thyroid cancer and removal. I had the painful hysterectomy. Vitamin D deficiency caused my endometriosis but only learned later Vitamin D supplements would have corrected it or prevented it altogether. Be sure to get plenty of Vitamin C! It's important to wound healing! My incision tore and didn't heal...
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    Our prayers are with you! Do keep us updated!
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    @RDLiberty, I understand how you feel. I had health anxiety and a feeling of impending doom. I chalk it up to vitamin and mineral deficiencies. As soon as I started supplementing with the essential vitamins and minerals, my health improved and that feeling went away. I figure it was my body trying to tell my conscious mind something was seriously...
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    @RDLiberty, Benfotiamine helps is great for diabetes. It helps with insulin sensitivity, prevents retinal damage, improves polyneuropathy. 80-90% of diabetes are thiamine deficient. Benfotiamine has helped me lower my blood glucose levels and lose weight. I would advise getting an endoscopy WITHOUT a gluten challenge beforehand. The Hippocratic...
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    @RDLiberty, That's great that you've identified the high histamine foods in your diet! No, not everyone has gastrointestinal symptoms. Many other autoimmune diseases are found frequently with Celiac Disease, like Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and Diabetes. High histamine levels are problematic in all three. High histamine causes inflammation...
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    @RDLiberty, No, that one has thiamine mononitrate which is not readily useable by the body. Thiamine Hydrochloride is better, like in this one. It doesn't have rice flour as a filler which is good. https://www.lifeextension.com/vitamins-supplements/item01945/bioactive-complete-b-complex?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrcHYjL7TgQMVGjfUAR1z_wClEAAYASAAEgL...
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    @RDLiberty, If the family you're living with are first degree relatives (parents, children), they need to be tested. Celiac Disease is inherited. Good to know that Gliadin X is good for regular use. DAO will help to break down histamine released when you do get cross contaminated, and if you eat high histamine foods. I encourage you...
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    @RDLiberty, Yes there are eight B vitamins. Look for a B 50 Complex or a B 100 Complex. These have higher levels of the B vitamins which should replenish your stores quickly. Thiamine needs magnesium to make enzymes, so you might want to add a magnesium glycinate supplement. Magnesium citrate is good, also. Magnesium oxide is not absorbed...
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    @RDLiberty The Erythrocyte Transketolase test may give more accurate results concerning Thiamine utilization by the body than serum levels. Blood serum levels can reflect any vitamins you've been talking, so don't supplement for about eight weeks prior. Blood serum levels are not accurate. The body will deplete stores of vitamins inside cells...
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    Welcome to the forum, @Sultana! I have Type Two Diabetes and I take Benfotiamine, too. Several minerals like to work with Thiamine including magnesium, manganese, and chromium. These all help with various aspects of diabetes. Helpful reading... Effects of Chromium Picolinate Supplementation on Cardiometabolic Biomarkers in Patients...
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    @RDLiberty, The lymph nodes are part of the immune system which helps us fight off pathogens like viruses and bacteria and other antigens like pollen and gluten. Nodes can swell during these times. Release of histamine by mast cells is part of the immune response to fight antigens. Histamine release can affect the thyroid. Thyroid hormones can...
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    @Kojacs mum, I'm glad you went to see the doctor and are feeling a bit better. Wernicke's Encephalopathy is the altered brain function psychosis which is a symptom of Thiamine deficiency. An Erythrocyte Transketolase test for Thiamine deficiency while at the doctor's would have been helpful. If only to rule it out. The Erythrocyte Transketolase...
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    While healing and histamine levels remain high, you may develop sensitivity to other foods.
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    I found the Autoimmune Protocol Diet very helpful. The book The Paleo Approach by Dr. Sarah Ballantyne explains how to decrease inflammation and promote healing in the intestines by changing one's diet. It's more restrictive than the low Fodmaps diet, but it works better. I felt better within three weeks on the AIP diet while I had been miserable...
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    https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/immunoglobulin-a-deficiency
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    https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/how-long-are-your-intestines#comparison
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    Apply your heart to understanding and your ears to words of knowledge. ...Proverbs "Prejudice is the emotional commitment to ignorance" - Nathan Rutstein. The concept has been around a long time and used by many people. Hiding in Plain Sight: Modern Thiamine Deficiency https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34685573/ And... Thiamine...
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    I did not attribute it to anyone. I thought "we are not meant to chat", quoting you.
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    @Kojacs mum, I believe you. Sphincter muscles like the anus need Thiamine and magnesium to relax and open. You said you are feeling weak so you're not getting around much. Feeling that weak is a symptom of Thiamine deficiency that signals to me you need to seek medical attention soon. Ask your doctor for an IV of Thiamine and glucose...
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    There is no wealth like knowledge, No poverty like ignorance. Goodbye!
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    @Kojacs mum, Welcome to the forum! I understand what you are talking about! Same thing happened to me! I got really sick and was repeatedly told it was all in my head. It wasn't. I had undiagnosed Celiac Disease, which causes malabsorption of essential vitamins and minerals. My doctor had prescribed medications to treat symptoms of undiagnosed...
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    @frankenstein, Constipation is a symptom of Celiac Disease. Some of us have the classic diarrhea, some have constipation, some have both. Constipation and diarrhea both can happen in thiamine deficiency, too. Gastroparesis where it feels like nothing is moving can happen in Celiac. Gastroparesis is also a symptom of Thiamine deficiency...
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