Dr Best Benfotiamine

Benfotiamine, an unconventional, fat-soluble form of Vitamin B1 celebrated for seamlessly crossing cell membranes, offering support for a balanced glycemic response and antioxidant defense. Recognized for its ability to counteract Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) and oxidative stress, our formula helps to maintain tissue health and contributes to overall well-being.

•   Supports antioxidant function
•   Helps support a balanced glycemic & metabolic response already within normal range.

Natural B1 is water-soluble; however, benfotiamine is fat-soluble, as fat-soluble forms like benfotiamine have higher bioavailability and better absorption, making them effective for managing certain health conditions like diabetes.

If you’ve been following me for a while, you know I ordinarily will not recommend a synthetic vitamins because most of them are made from petroleum derivatives. But this is one synthetic product I’m willing to endorse, because it has virtually no side effects.

And it’s a total game-changer for diabetics. I believe every single person with diabetes should be taking benfotiamine.

Why I believe so:

Vitamin B1 is intimately involved in what I call the small engines in your mitochondria that involve your glucose metabolism. The more glucose you have running through those little engines - in other words, the higher your blood sugar - the more depleted of B1 you’ll become, leading to the tingling sensation in your arms and legs, muscle fatigue, and blurry vision, in addition to the effects of diabetes.

With diabetes, there are four main tissues that are most affected by the disease:

• Nerves and brain
• Eyes
• Kidneys
• Heart vessels
   

Yet it just so happens that benfotiamine can help with each of these. Because it’s fat-soluble, it can penetrate 3 to 5 times more deeply into your body’s tissues for significant health benefits.

Benfotiamine particularly protects against oxidation, which is a grave concern for people with diabetes since chronically high blood glucose causes widespread oxidation, with its concurrent free radical damage and tissue breakdown.

But that’s not all.

Although any kind of B1 vitamin will counter the oxidation and its effects, benfotiamine goes further. It will reduce what’s called advanced glycation end products (AGE). These are formed when you combine glucose with a protein, or glucose with fat, and subject them to heat. AGE are sticky proteins, and can be either made by your body or contained in certain foods you consume.

Advanced glycation end products increase oxidation in the body, and accelerate the aging process. The sticky proteins can become glued to the inside of your arteries, in your brain, and in your eyes.

Benfotiamine can counter the effects of AGE. As well, it can help lower your A1C, which is a measurement of your average blood sugar levels over a span of two to three months. Lowering A1C is a crucial part of diabetes management.

With peripheral neuropathy, you can experience pain, numbness, or tingling in your feet and fingers. When your feet are affected, you have difficulty walking. Benfotiamine works like magic for peripheral neuropathy. You want to take at least 600 milligrams per day, either all at once or spread out in several doses over the day.

Suggested Usage: 

Take 1 - 2 capsule daily depending on how severe the situation is, with food that contain healthy fat/oil, or as recommended by a nutritionally informed physician.

Best before: 02/2027