Why You May Absorb Only A Fraction Of The B1 You Take

Taking 200 mg of thiamine doesn’t necessarily mean your body gets 200 mg. Standard forms like thiamine hydrochloride rely on transport proteins in the gut, cells, and brain that can become saturated. This clip explains why that creates a bottleneck in B1 absorption and why increasing the dose doesn’t always translate into the same increase in thiamine reaching your tissues.

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If every supplement aimed at boosting mitochondrial energy makes symptoms worse, the problem may not be a lack of support. This clip explains how mold, stealth infections, and other ongoing stressors may push cells to deliberately downregulate energy production as a protective response. In that state, trying to force mitochondrial output higher can sometimes backfire until the underlying stressor is addressed.