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Overcome age-related diabetes with Benfotiamine.

Benfotiamine, a synthetic variant of vitamin B1, can help prevent nerve and blood-vessel damage caused by diabetes. Two of the main impacts of diabetes are circulatory difficulties and vision problems. These symptoms are caused by a build-up of sugar in the tissues. As there are considerable changes in insulin and glucose tolerance with age – sometimes referred to as age-related diabetes – similar symptoms have often been considered part of the aging process.

Now researchers have reported that Benfotiamine halts much of that sugar accumulation. This could result in a vastly improved quality of life for those with the disease and those suffering the age-related symptoms.

Much of the damage of diabetes is caused when glucose-derived compounds, called triosephosphates, accumulate in vascular and nerve cells. The activation of the enzyme transketolase, turns triosephosphates into chemicals that are harmless.

Transketolase is a thiamine-dependent enzyme, so it has been thought that thiamine, (also known as vitamin B1) could activate Transketolase. But, thiamine only activates it at level around 20%, which isn't enough to stop the glucose-derived compounds accumulating in healthy cells. However, recent research has found that Benfotiamine increases the levels of transketolase by 300%!

While its action has not been tested on the process that controls nerve cells, it is thought that it may work similarly there. Even so, whatever the outcome of that research, we already understand enough about Benfotiamine to realise that it can prevent many diabetes-related complications.

Manufacturer's Insert

MILGAMMA ® MONO 50

Ingredients:
50.0 mg Benfotiamin per tablet

Ingredients:
Corn starch, talc, magnesium stearate, polyvinol K25, Arabic gum, titanium dioxide (E171), glucose syrup, white clay, macrogol 6000, carboxymethyl cellulose sodium, magrogol glycerolhydroxystearat, calcium carbonate, natriumdodecylsulphate, montanglycolwachs

• Does not contain lactose

Description:
Milgamma ® mono 50 is used to prevent and treat Vitamin B1 deficiencies if it was not possible to remove this deficiency through nutrition. For example:
1) Poor nutrition

• Diet and fasting
• Unbalanced nutrition (e.g. Wernicke's disease, alcoholic cardiomyopathy,
• Malabsorption
• Parenteral nutrition

2) Increased need
3) Hemodialysis

Side effects:
Do not use milgamma ® mono 50 if you are hypersensitive towards Benfotiamin or thiamine. In special cases the patient can show a hypersensitive reaction (skin rash, nettle rush). If you show symptoms of any side effects stop using this product and contact your doctor.

Use during pregnancy and nursing:
This medicine is to be used during pregnancy and nursing only for a measured serious Vitamin B1deficiency and should be stopped as soon as the Vitamin B level is back to normal.

Dosage:
If no other regimen is recommended by the attending doctor,

• 1-2 tablets weekly as prevention
• 1-3 tablet daily as treatment
  

To be swallowed whole with a small volume of water.