mostlylurking
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Although Elliot, Dr. Marrs, and Dr. Lonsdale all swear by the wonders of TTFD thiamine (aka allithiamine/lipothiamine), I was unable to tolerate it because my glutathione level was low, which was caused by my lead poisoning. TTFD uses glutathione in its chemical function (some how, some way) so it made my glutathione deficiency worse and I suffered a bad headache from just one pill. Elliot Overton has a video about it where he suggests taking thiamine hcl to increase glutathione levels. So I stuck with thiamine hcl.Sorry, my hands are numb today and hitting wrong keys. Meant to say I watched one or two videos on the EO YouTube channel as well but hadn't seen anything related to the links you posted. I will definitely do a deeper dive in this area. Thank you so much for this info. Do you think hcl is the way to go vs lipothiamine or allithiamine (or benfotiamine)? May I ask what dose you started at with the thiamine and how often you increased? Thanks again for taking the trouble to provide the info you did!
I started taking about 300mg thiamine hcl (with water, not juice) October of 2020. I didn't have a doctor helping me so I took my time increasing the dose (increased it about every 7-10 days). I found Dr. Costantini's website in January 2021 and decided to follow his protocol. He explained that thiamine hcl has a poor transmission rate through the intestinal wall so higher doses are needed. For my size/weight his site recommends 2 grams/day, divided into two doses, one in the morning, before lunch, and one around 3:00pm. So the first of February 2021 I increased my dose from 1500mg/day to that recommendation and experienced major digestive tract normalization for the first time. It was obvious to me that I really did need that big of a dose. I use the bulk powder thiamine hcl from bulksupplements.com; purebulk.com also has it available. I've used both products.