Diabetes and B1
Aug. 7th, 2007 05:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lurkittyI usually take reports of vitamin therapy for major chronic diseases with a large grain of salt, but these findings appear significant.
Researchers at Warwick University have found that both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics expel vitamin B1, thiamine, from their bodies at 15 times the normal rate. Their research indicates that thiamine concentrations are 75-76% lower than people without diabetes.
The mechanism by which thiamine helps is well known, working on a cellular level to mitigate the effects of high glucose level and prevent vascular damage. The reason the deficiency has not come to light is that the new study used a more sensitive testing method.
But don't run out and buy vitamins yet. The study about whether diet and/or supplements will correct the deficiency hasn't been done yet.
Researchers at Warwick University have found that both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics expel vitamin B1, thiamine, from their bodies at 15 times the normal rate. Their research indicates that thiamine concentrations are 75-76% lower than people without diabetes.
The mechanism by which thiamine helps is well known, working on a cellular level to mitigate the effects of high glucose level and prevent vascular damage. The reason the deficiency has not come to light is that the new study used a more sensitive testing method.
But don't run out and buy vitamins yet. The study about whether diet and/or supplements will correct the deficiency hasn't been done yet.
