Re: Benfotiamine instead of TTFD

March 23, 2006

Hi ,

I tried to find out more about Benfotiamine too, because my son has

significant issues whenever we give him sulfur supplements. I asked

on Dr. Yasko's website, and she responded that

" Yes, thiamine does have a single sulfur group in its structure. The

sulfur is in a pentose ring (5 membered ring). The reason that you

don't see thiamine listed on our list is that I don't suggest the use

of plain thiamine. We use benfotiamine which is a " relative " of

thiamine. The sulfur group in benfotiamine is in a different position

in this molecule as compared to it's location in plain thiamine. The

sufur group in thiamine may react more readily as the pentose ring can

open to allow the sulfur to bind. In benfotiamine the sulfur is

located between two carbon atoms, both of which have double bonds on

their other sides. This may be a much more stable configuration. I do

know from experience that while a number of children have issues with

thiamine in oral or transdermal form, I have not seen the same

situation with benfotiamine "

I have honestly had too much on my plate to even get to trying

benfotiamine, but hope this adds to your knowledge.

Judy

>

> Can Benfotiamine (oral, lipid-soluble B1) be used in place of TTFD?

> My son did great on TTFD in the past, leveled off, and stopped for a

> while but would like to get back on to see if it helps even further.

> DAN doctor suggested Benfotiamine. Any comments of suggestions?

>

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