Thiamine - Vitamin B1 - Fatigue, and Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

[OMI100]

Interesting article. Will hit Walmart up for some B-1 on Sunday and see if it helps....
http://thyroid.about.com/od/Vitamin...B1-Fatigue-and-Autoimmune-Thyroid-Disease.htm

 

[Nelson Vergel]

It is a very rare deficiency since many foods have thiamine

 

[OMI100]

True. I think the point of the article was that there is a possibility that Hashimoto's MAY have a negative impact in some people. "Researchers have theorized that some people, and in particular, those with autoimmune diseases, may have a dysfunction or enzymatic imbalance that negatively affects the body's ability to process thiamine at the cellular level." While the study was almost anecdotal (3 people), all 3 people responded to the addition of B-1 supplementation to reduce fatigue. B-1 is an inexpensive vitamin (I bought a bottle of 100ea 250mg tabs at Walmart for $4.00) to do a test run. If you feel better then keep taking. If you don't then stop.

 

[Vince]

Scientists Just Confirmed a 67-Year-Old Hypothesis About Vitamin B1

You often need a lot of patience to be a scientist, and that's certainly been the case for researchers who have now found solid evidence for a hypothesis around vitamin B1 (or thiamine) that was first put forward almost 70 years ago.

www.sciencealert.com