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BrandsLife Extension Benfotiamine 100mg Antioxidant action glycosylation reduction 120 capsules
Life Extension Benfotiamine 100mg with Thiamine
Antioxidant action - Reduction of glycosylation
Benfothiamine is the fat-soluble form of vitamin B1 (thiamine), which supports and helps the healthy metabolism of blood sugars and thus helps protect the cells and tissues of the body from excessive glycosylation and oxidative stress. Benfothiamine activates glucose metabolism and helps maintain normal blood sugar levels.
It also reduces excessive glycosylation, prevents blood glucose toxicity and repairs endothelial cell damage caused by excessive glycosylation. Finally, it helps in the good health and function of the nerves, kidneys, eyes, heart and blood vessels.
The enzyme transcetolase, which is important for the metabolism of sugars, needs a cofactor to function properly, and this help is provided by thiamine BI. But it is water soluble, so less available inside the cells. Therefore, benthothiamine, which is fat-soluble, can penetrate more easily into cells and help transcetolase as it is more bioavailable.
Various studies have shown that benfothiamine helps and effectively increases the activity of trauscetolase in cell cultures by 300% compared to thiamine which helps by 20%.
This activation is necessary to stop three of the four metabolic pathways that lead to vascular damage and destruction. Benfothiamine also stops the activation of the replicating agent known as nuclear factor Kappa B (NF-kB), which is involved in a large number of inflammatory processes.
