A Vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency may be the cause of the serious vascular side-effects found in diabetics. Concentrations of this vitamin were 75% lower in the group with diabetes compared to placebo. Thiamine works by helping to protect cells against the effect of high glucose levels, which may be why it is used up and found to be lower in the serum in people with high blood glucose levels. Lead researcher Paul Thornalley said “Supplementing diets [with thiamine] could be an effective way of minimizing the risk of these complications.”
Let’s hear it for the vitamins. Safe, effective, inexpensive.
Here’s the source (it was too wordy to put it at the top!):
Diabetologia. 2007 Oct;50(10):2164-70, Epub 2007 Aug 4.
High prevalence of low plasma thiamine concentration in diabetes linked to a marker of vascular disease
Thornalley PF, Babaei-Jadidi R, Al Ali H, Rabbani N, Antonysunil A, Larkin J, Ahmed A, Rayman G, Bodmer CW
University of Warwick, August 2007
My doctor says I can get all the vitamins and minerals I need from my food. What is your opinion on this?
I used to say the same thing to my patients, back in the days before I studied healthy alternatives. It is the party line of allopathic medicine, although that is starting to change. Here's the bottom line, and I'll follow up with some info on what allopaths are now doing:
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