Thiamine Deficiency Exposed: Why Your Diet and Medications Are Putting You at Risk!

Thiamine deficiency is more common than perceived, even in developed countries like the U.S. Risk factors include obesity, diabetes, high carbohydrate diets, and certain medications. Obese individuals show a significant prevalence of thiamine deficiency, which worsens post-bariatric surgery. Diabetics have notably lower thiamine levels due to high blood sugar and medications like metformin.
Additionally, processed foods, alcohol, and tobacco can impair thiamine absorption. The modern American diet, characterized by high carbohydrate intake and low protein, exacerbates this issue. Chronic use of multiple medications (polypharmacy) further contributes to nutrient depletion, highlighting the need for dietary balance and awareness of medication effects on nutrient status.
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[@teresaoftheandes6279]

Thank you for putting this out. It's a serious problem, especially in the elderly. I'm pretty sure the out of control obesity issue in this country is due to a thiamine deficiency to begin with.

[@Acts-1322]

I'd like to add that the obesity is just an outward marker of the history of their high carb high sugar consumption, which likely caused a B1 deficiency. As the author Dr Osborne quoted (Dr Derrick Lonsdale) put it, obesity is "high calorie malnutrition" most often from high processed carb intake.

[@ezvahedi1387]

one of the most informative channels on KZbin. thank you, dear dr Peter Osborne

[@BacknRC]

Great info here. As I learn more about nutrition, I believe many issues people are experiencing today (be it mental, emotional, autonomic, etc.) are a result of nutritional deficiencies that standard doctors are not addressing. Thank you Dr. Osborne for teaching us what standard medicine won’t.

[@ianstuart5660]

No question about it!

[@Acts-1322]

Omg that's been my journey too, as a physiotherapist. It's sad because I can only briefly mention importance of healthy food/ lifestyle so they don't feel I'm treating them as a dietitian. Even so, my coworkers and friends still scoff at me

[@AdAstra870]

People undergoing refeeding syndrome while recovering from anorexia or cachexia are also under particular risk for Thiamine deficiency. Some predict that up to 6% of the population are affected by anorexia or bulimia.

[@robzreelz]

I got a B1 deficiency from exposure to mold. It apparently chews through your B1, and I was likely low in B1 before exposure. It caused or contributed to extreme exercise fatigue and intolerance, neurological pain in my chest that mimics a heart attack, peripheral neuropathy (minor), breathing problems, autonomic nervous system dysfunction, constipation, IBS, stress intolerance, shingles infection (recurring), low stomach acid, thyroid issues, food intolerances and new allergies, pains in my legs, blueish nails when cold etc... I've also been skinny most of my adult life, despite eating like 3 times as much as my fat family members, and I learned B1 can be involved.. So I think I may have been low in B1 for a long time now. Currently supplementing with it and if I am exposed to mold and I get winded for days my recovery is much faster.

[@danielscarbrough4363]

I suspected B1 deficiency with many of the same symptoms you described. For several months now I take 600mg BENFOTIAMINE daily. Not all but several of the symptoms have resolved.

[@robzreelz]

@@danielscarbrough4363 Good stuff. I also do 'The Copper Revolution' protocol which address copper, zinc, vit c, iodine and a host of other nutrients most people are deficient in. I think this is all necessary to return health. Also avoiding the obvious bad foods, and making sure you're not exposed to mold. The mold I was exposed to was in my car underneath the carpet from a juice spill several years ago.

[@jackszumski7118]

🙏Great video once again! You are a gift ✨ to Humanity. Just a note for others, In a ✨Hospital Setting ✨ Thiamine deficiency can become a very serious situation as many hospitals do not provide vitamin supplementation by default. Critically ill patients have increased thiamine body consumption (associated with hypermetabolism) and dextrose-based IV fluid increases thiamine cellular demand even further. Parenteral nutrition with vitamins is not common practice in many resource-limited settings. If you have a loved one in a hospital ask your doctor to add a Thiamine supplement. I did this with my mom and it was a life saving decision. A Thiamine deficiency can lead to Disautonomia, a condition where the Autonomic Nervous system can no longer regulate itself with potentially devastating consequences. Nutrition should always be a part of any kind of medical treatments. Most medical treatments deplete the body’s reserves of essential vitamins and minerals.

[@Acts-1322]

So true! It's an epidemic "Hiding in plain sight". Sepsis, lactic acidosis, dysautonomia, neuropathy, lesions on the spinal cord mimicking MS, it mimicks dementia too, causes edema & heart failure, gastroparesis, nystagmus & ophthalmoplegia or myopathy (eye muscle tracking problems)... you name it!!

[@galactikbutterfly]

This is very very interesting educational

[@siobhancleary3018]

Awesome Information thank you so much

[@pharmdog1]

Most docs don't even know what thiamine is and what it actually does. With liberty and heart failure for all!

[@lmwlmw4468]

Great video.

[@elisebrooks6160]

I don’t take any medication and I get abused by the receptionist of the doctors office. All I wanted was to have a blood test so I can continue driving Im 75 yrs old. Hence I don’t go to doctors

[@socratese5]

It’s because they are trained salespeople who don’t really understand true health, 😊👍

[@MunawarHussain-r8z]

Brilliant work

[@minniegibson8722]

Thank you.❤

[@Henni12-j4w]

A video about enema would be nice.

[@joecaner]

Highly processed foods + Seed oils (also processed) = Bad (low Thiamine levels) Got it!

[@wildheart3793]

I know someone in her 40s, that her doctor could not believe she was not on any prescriptions./// If there is more harm than benefit, then I am not going to benefit in the long term , from allopath medicine. The current allopath definition has been spun quit a bit. When I first learned of allopath medicine, it was defined as medicine that treated symptoms (not the root cause of illness). Allopath medicine is the current way illness is treated. About the last 10 years , I noticed some improvements of American medicine, like testing and prescribing of vitamin D. ( and their dosage of vitamin D is too low for my fibromyalgia relief)

[@Acts-1322]

Just curious what your 25OH-D is now? And did it resolve your fibro? A couple studies point to a vast majority of fibro having some degree of insulin resistance/ glucose abnormality

[@CAWN_G]

I have a high carb, high protein and high fat diet. My metabolism is still high in my 40s as an endurance athlete. What is the consensus in that? Should I still supplement with which B1 family? I currently take Benfothiamine. Thanks

[@danielscarbrough4363]

Yes...Benfotiamine is also my choice

[@slipperyjoines6629]

What is the right dosage to take for Seniors in good Health ?

[@Acts-1322]

As much as I love exercise as a physical therapist, I also recognize how damaging repeated mega-doses of it is on the body. You deplete micronutrients and the severe strain is risky. I know you're not looking to stop, but chronic marathon level exercise is rarely a good thing, if that's what you're doing thinking it's the ultimate health improvement

[@waunetag.2106]

I've tested 30 pts serum Thiamine over the past 2 years. 25 low. Vitamin C.... all 30 < 5 in the serum.

[@Acts-1322]

Thank you THANK YOU for being one of the few, well researched clinicians. We are uncommon, but we are actually helping our pts instead of feeding them controlled toxins to tame a symptom

[@heatherthompson3670]

I’ve lost the lunula on my finger and toe nails. On internet it says it can be due to lack of B1. Does anyone have experience of this please?

[@RubGoddess]

When is best time to take bentofamine? Empty stomach?

[@now591]

it is fat soluble so taken on empty stomach no good.

[@sharonlasper8999]

With fat, as its a fat soluble vitamin B1

[@lucieclinckers4100]

Asked this same question SEVERAL TIMES HOW MUCH B1 LEVEL IS TOO MUCH MINE IS AFTER BENFOTHIAMINE WAY ABOVE NORMAL MAX.. ???😊😊😊

[@daviddeiss7907]

So if the microbiom creates b vitamins then what strain of beneficial bacteria is responsible?

[@LifeIsThePrayer]

I don’t know but I do know that the true health promoting gut bacteria cannot be grown outside of the body because they die quickly when exposed to oxygen. What you can do though is feed the beneficial bacteria what they need. Prebiotics. Get a variety. Inulin, corn bran, rice bran or wheat bran, resistant starches like in green banana, cold cooked potatoes or Rob’s Red Mill Potato Starch and pectin like in apples or carrots. Good healthy gut bacteria will keep opportunistic pathogenic bacteria under control. Stay away from antibiotics and protein pump inhibitor medications if at all possible.

[@ibdalia69]

I reckon I've no thiamine in my body.

[@bobmarshall3700]

People who do presentations while talking to a white-board are just not 'with-it'.

[@yvonne3903]

It's not good for the deaf who lip read and no subtitles

[@KORTOKtheSTRONG]

big thiamine energy

[@nevewellness2352]

Can You do a video about lipadema? 🫶🏻