messtafarian
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I've been reading testimonials and studies about thiamine and its relationship to diabetes. Some studies really like benfotiamine for neuropathy and I can attest that after supplementing with about 600mgs a day of benfo I felt some of my symptoms abate nearly instantly, like the next day.
I also had good success clearing up what was starting to feel like IBS with MASSIVE doses of plain thiamine at about 1500 mgs a day.
Then there is allithiamine, which I've been taking at a dose of about 300 mgs a day in divided doses.
So my goals are to try to stave off what's seeming like an incipient case of diabetes, but also keep working on nerve regeneration and neuropathic symptoms. In the literature, people really like benfotiamine for this but I've read some negative things about it as well.
Taking really high dose thiamine was really helpful but I am having a hard time keeping my potassium levels up when I take a lot of it.
Is allithiamine a good strategy for my goals and and what doses? Would it be better or more helpful to stay with the high dose thiamin regimen and for how long?
Is benfotiamine safe or is allithiamine a better choice? Could I take all three?
I also had good success clearing up what was starting to feel like IBS with MASSIVE doses of plain thiamine at about 1500 mgs a day.
Then there is allithiamine, which I've been taking at a dose of about 300 mgs a day in divided doses.
So my goals are to try to stave off what's seeming like an incipient case of diabetes, but also keep working on nerve regeneration and neuropathic symptoms. In the literature, people really like benfotiamine for this but I've read some negative things about it as well.
Taking really high dose thiamine was really helpful but I am having a hard time keeping my potassium levels up when I take a lot of it.
Is allithiamine a good strategy for my goals and and what doses? Would it be better or more helpful to stay with the high dose thiamin regimen and for how long?
Is benfotiamine safe or is allithiamine a better choice? Could I take all three?