Kidneys and Diabetes
People fear going on dialysis and they should. Dialysis sucks and I’ve seen it firsthand with having a close family friend suffer and finally succumb to Kidney failure. The good news is that thiamin has been shown to help considerably in the treatment of kidney function including kidney proteinuria in diabetics. In one study (http://www.springerlink.com/content/51l034044218455j/?p=c5bea8fb1ebd4a62bedc8ac4726e797f&pi=3), 300 mg of thiamin (Vitamin B1) a day regressed microalbuminuria to normal kidney function in 35% of the diabetics with microalbuminuria. If you have microalbuminuria and health insurance, you can consider taking benfotiamine (a form of thiamin). Either way, the cheap benefits of thiamin are real!
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