DS Haven In Light Of Things
A normal thiamine blood test does not necessarily mean your cells have enough B1. This clip explains why serum and plasma thiamine mainly reflect what is circulating in the blood recently, not what is actually happening inside your cells, and why relying on those results alone can create a false sense of security.
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Parkinson’s is often framed around dopamine, but this clip looks deeper at what may be happening inside the cell. Oxidative stress, inflammation, chronic infection, and environmental toxins can interfere with key thiamine-dependent enzymes involved in energy production, including pyruvate dehydrogenase and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase. That raises a bigger question about whether impaired B1-dependent metabolism is part of the disease process itself.