Benfotiamine

Hi MoG.

If I was you I would keep taking the supplement and cut back carbohydrates .

The reason that I knew about Benfotiamine was my friend Gerry who is a Type 1 diabetic ( for ever ) and also a coeliac , he has neuropathy and has had 15 eye operations relating to retinopathy ( he didn't pay any attention to BG levels when young ) . Whenever I saw in print or the BBC etc anything relating to diabetes , I kept and printed a copy for him and also sent details to other friends who had diabetic friends , so when I was diagnosed as having diabetes decided to take benfotiamine ASAP . Surprisingly it reduced my 2 hour BG by up to 50% . It also immediately ammeliorated my neuropathy . further internet research led me to MethylB12 , these two supplements have reduced the neuropathy to nearly zero . I also used to get drowsy in the afternoons , now no drowsiness . I didn't realise this was a diabetic problem until Gerry said it was . I also had other slight long term medical problems together with neuropathy , slight bleeding nose , itching and skin infections , ALL of these have remitted since taking these producsts .

My friend Gerry didn't take the advice in the BBC article until now when I have described the changes in my health . he is now taking both Benfotiamine and methylB12 after discussing both products with his GP and also his hospital consultant , neither had heard of Benfotiamine ( ostrich with head in sand comes to mind ) but they said as it is "only B1 and B12 it shouldn't be a problem "

So he has started taking both , 80 mg Benfotiamine twice a day and 1,000mg MethylB12 every other day , he said the results were startling , he said he could feel a change in his blood flow , his muscles became tight , unpleasantly so and talked to his brother who he knew took methylB12 for anaemia , the cure for the tightness was a Magnesium supplement , he also said that his vision became immediately clearer , he aslo felt much more " alive " and at first had problems getting to sleep

All of the changes were unquantifiable , they were just feelings , AND he had no changes in his blood sugar levels , but he felt so much better he intends to continue

Another ratty tale http://ihealthbulletin.com/blog/2009/04/23/benfotiamine-vitamin-b1-prevent-blindness-uveitis/

Better still use the search form on the main home page , this produces many Google ads for it , which presumably when you click on them generate income for the site owners and help pay for the site being here , it has to be the home page search though as the Search on other pages doesn't seem to do the same thing for some reason

Edited.

If vitamin supplements such as B1 or C cause BG level reductions surely this implies a shortage of these vitamins and that the correct response would be to take the supplement and reduce your other medication( insulin or other ) to compenaste , it seems to me that vitamins are better than meds !

also put in an airy fariy sideing