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Thiamine......a missing piece in the puzzle?

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Hi all

As we know thiamine is very much a hotly debated topic in many of the communities (not just Parkinson's) and one of (if not THE) the main reasons is to do with dosing and the various B1 derivatives.

I've been doing some heavy research myself in the last few weeks and decided to go back to the original work in Japan on allithiamine (natural form of TTFD) which is generally regarded as being optimal in terms of effects but having quite severe side-effects in some people:

jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jn...

What leapt out at me was the topic of allicin, the chemical component of garlic that when naturally combined with thiamine forms allithiamine.

And furthermore, as quoted from the paper:

"Garlic and onion have been used widely as a tonic in the world and from time immemorial. But, is the scientific significance really the formation of allithiamine in the body?"

So here is my hypothesis....

Is the simplest solution to the ongoing dosing and B1 HCL vs benfotiamine vs TTFD - efficacy vs side-effects debate, just to take allicin ?

The chemical conversion of allicin to allithiamine is an entirely natural one in the body with virtually no side effects. Allithiamine is after all the natural version of TTFD.

You take the one product, start with a low dose and work your way up.

Any thoughts? I am not aware of anywhere that has proposed this elegantly simple solution! 🙂

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dadcor

Theoretically it could be the solution. The simpler, the better.. However, only the testing can prove it. We try so many things, why not this one as well.. Some of us are already used to the role of a guinea pig. 🙂

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Dragona in reply to dadcor

My husband gets terrible palpitations with allithiamine even at low dose but I’d love him to be able to take it

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dadcor in reply to Dragona

How low please..?

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LAJ12345

If you are looking for a concentrated form of allicin try allimed. My hubby has taken it in the past with berberine to get rid of acne and rosacea allicin.co.uk/product/13/23...

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Dragona

About 15mg I split a 50mg tablet

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dadcor in reply to Dragona

I had almost the same problems, but went down to 10mg, three times per week and felt much better..

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JCRO

I’m having recent heart issues as well as a range of other possible autonomic problems. I was due to start TTFD but postponed it until I’ve seen a new neuro specialising in dysautonomia. Too risky for now to try TTFD. Thiamine in quite low doses made me worse. 500mg.

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Gioc

Very interesting, thank you.

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