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Tuesday, February 18, 2003Diabetic rats were treated with benfotiamine and compared to animals left untreated and a diabetes-free group. The rats receiving no treatment developed diabetic retinopathy within nine months, a condition in which the blood vessels of the eye deteriorate, leading to blindness. The eye tissue in the treated rats remained as healthy as in rats that did not have diabetes. ..Researchers also reported benfotiamine produced a similar protective effect in the kidneys of the diabetic rats. Kidney failure is one of the top leading causes of death among diabetics. But don’t worry. It’s pretty harmless if you want to give it a try. As one of the researchers put it: "Thiamine is water soluble and you pee it out if you get too much of it." Not sure if the same holds true for its derivative, though. posted by Sydney on 2/18/2003 05:42:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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