Vitamin B1 and SUGAR Experiment: WARNING

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1:00Warning, do not try this at home. I'm talking about the experiment between sugar and what sugar does to vitamin B1. And the average person in the US is definitely doing this experiment unknowingly. And so today we're going to talk about what this experiment is in relationship to what high levels of carbohydrates do to certain nutrients specifically vitamin B1 and all the consequences that occur from that. And of course, the sugar I'm talking about at the top of the list is the refined sugars, but not only that, there's hidden sugars like starches. A starch is really sugar. If you're consuming the starch that is in most foods in the US. So it's a combination of the starches and sugars that will deplete your B1 and create all sorts of symptoms that you might think are connected to something else, but they're merely a vitamin B1 deficiency. But let me just touch on my personal story with sugar and B1 growing up. I live done a lot of sugar. But further along my 20s, I'm not my future wife. We ended up at a restaurant and we both consumed a tremendous amount of pasta,

2:03pizza, wine. And one of the waiters was going past us with a dessert tray. And he said this before I throw these out, if you want to sample any of these desserts, I was raised. You never want to waste food. So of course, we sampled every single dessert. Now, as I drove home that night, I had this thought, I think I ate too much sugar. I put my head on the pillow and what do I hear pounding in my inner ear? Just my heart is just pounding like crazy. But you would think I would learn from that situation. No, I continued to consume pasta breads, cereals, crackers for several years later. And then of course, I had a sleeping problem at that point. So what did I do? I created a sugar coma to sleep every night. I had a pint of Ben and Jerry's every night before I went to sleep. Now, that worked to at least keep me to sleep, but I woke up completely with fluid retention, which by the way is the B1 deficiency. But when it happens, when you eat that much sugar without the B1, you get too much lactic acid. And that developed something called Russus Lych syndrome. As time went on, my health started going down,

3:06down, down, down, down to the point where I had pre-diabetes. The inside of my eyelids were completely like sandpaper blood shot. I didn't know what that was. Obviously, I finally figured things out and here I am today and I don't have a B1 deficiency anymore. But at that time, I was in an experiment just like I think a lot of people are in the same experiment right now. An average person's diet is well over 50 to 60 to even 70% refined carbohydrates. But I want to kind of hone in on this B1. B1 is a fascinating vitamin and a lot of the complications that occur from all sorts of diseases, especially type 1 and type 2 diabetes, is a lot with just the B1 deficiency. B1 has everything to do with supporting a healthy nervous system. Also, everything to support the fuel to be turned into energy. But I want to kind of hone in on this B1 deficiency. So one of the first symptoms is nervous tension, irritability, restlessness, brain fog, and also

4:09something called air hunger where it affects your breathing. You're going to start getting numbness on the bottom of your feet or the fingertips. You might have tremors with the hands. You might be very confused. Also, your pulse rate might be low, but then when you actually do just a little bit of something, it goes way too high. Personality changes. They have very low tolerance to stress. You see this a lot with alcoholics. Well, that's because the alcohol really depletes B1, probably more than sugar does. Loss of manual dexterity, the coordination is off. Headaches, insomnia, constipation. Other than that, you're going to be perfectly fine. Nothing to worry about. Some people will say, well, when I eat my junk food, it's enriched with B vitamins. Let's just talk about natural versus synthetic B1. Unfortunately, the top one of days are synthetically made, and the name for the synthetic version would be thymine. Ultra running shoes are all about space. The space to go further, to feel better, to do something you never thought possible. And this space starts with ultra

5:11fit. Unlike traditional running shoes, ultra fit gives toes more room to move naturally. So every step is strong, balanced, and comfortable. Whatever you're leasing up for, stay out there with ultra. Shop now at ultra running dot com. That's ALTRA running dot com. Your heart can tell you a lot about your health. Apple Watch Series 12 measures your heart rate every five seconds with the most accurate heart rate sensing and awareable. So your vitals app, now with heart rate variability, can tell you when something is off. And your readiness score can let you know when to rest and when to push. Here are the story in every heartbeat with Apple Watch Series 12. The features described are for wellness purposes only and not for medical use. iPhone 11 or later require based on Apple conducted study of heart rate accuracy August 2026. Visit apple.com slash Apple Watch Series 12. I don't nitrate extremely cheap. You can buy a kilogram of this stuff for roughly 30 bucks. So when you see a bottle of 100 pills and each one has a hundred milligrams of B1, and it only costs $5.50. You have to realize you're still making a massive profit. The bottle is

6:16more expensive than the material, whereas natural B1 is more expensive because you have to use natural sources. One natural version that I like is called alathamine. It's very different than the synthetic version. It's actually a fat sible. And so it can penetrate a lot of different tissues, whereas the water sible one is not able to penetrate through some of these fat sible membranes. The synthetic version is dependent on something called active transport when it gets absorbed, which means there's a certain protein that allows it to go into the body. Number one, it gets saturated pretty quick. So only certain amount goes into your body. Also, if you have gut problems, because I'm talking about the absorption and the small intestine, anything going out with the GI system or inflammation, you're going to have a hard time absorbing the synthetic version to be one. Whereas the natural B1 doesn't need active transport. It can go right in. So you can get a lot of it with just small doses. One thing I like about the natural version, it can penetrate the blood-brain barrier. When you're taking this synthetic version and you're also consuming

7:20carbs, alcohol, chances are you're not going to get very much absorption. When I talked about B1, helping you make energy, it's this natural version of B1 that really can help the mitochondria produce more energy. Another question that people want to know is what about Benfotamine? Benfotamine is good for something called advanced glycation and products. Now, what does that mean? Well, that's a situation when you're consuming sugar and carbohydrates at the same time. And with this sugar connects to the protein and makes the protein unavailable. So it basically makes a lot of sticky proteins that clog everything up in your body. So if you're diabetic, go with the Benfotamine. The other thing you should really know is in order for B1 to work, you need to have coenzymes. And the big one is magnesium. Like I said before, when you consume too much carbohydrate and you don't then compensate by taking more B vitamins, that fuel is not going to be utilized. Of course, over time, all that sugar without the B1 damages the machine. Now, you're going to have a hard time

8:25using energy. And this is what's behind Alzheimer's because the neurons can no longer get energy from glucose. And many other tissues, and this is why the ketogenic diet is so important because it bypasses all that. And it gives the body a different type of fuel from fat, not sugar. And it's in a form of kind of a packaged fat that we can absorb called ketones. Now, we can start supporting these cells. But you better also increase the B1 that's deficient or else you might still have issues. Let's talk about the foods that have the most B1. It's not really vegetables. Vegetables have some, but they have anti B1 nutrients like oxalates, right? That's an anti B1. Pork, believe it or not, has the most B1. And then beef, wheat germ, whole grains, but I don't recommend that because that's going to give you the gluten and the other issues with the carbs, organ meats, eggs, fish, nuts, things like that. But fat and dairy don't have a lot of B1. Nutritional yeast that's unfortified has a good amount of B1. So like I said before, warning,

9:25do not try this experiment at home. If you are on a high carbohydrate diet, go on a low carbohydrate diet. Also, make sure you don't become vitamin B1 deficient. Your heart can tell you a lot about your health. Apple Watch Series 12 measures your heart rate every five seconds with the most accurate heart rate sensing and awareable. So your vital's app, now with heart rate variability, can tell you when something is off. And your readiness score can let you know when to rest and when to push. Here's the story in every heartbeat with Apple Watch Series 12. The features described for wellness purposes only and not for medical use. iPhone 11 or later require based on Apple conducted study of heart rate accuracy August 2026. Visit Apple.com slash Apple Watch Series 12.

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