Benfotiamine promotes healthy thiamine levels in tissues and cells and it may promote healthy nervous system function. Benfotiamine is a lipid-soluble, synthetic variant of thiamin (vitamin B-1). It's known to be the most effective of the allithiamines, or compounds present in trace quantities in roasted crushed garlic and other vegetables from the Allium genus. Benfotiamine is believed to raise the blood level of thiamin pyrophosphate (TPP), the biologically active coenzyme of thiamine, and stimulate transkotelase, a cellular enzyme vital for maintenance of normal glucose metabolic pathways....<Read more> |