Benfotiamine as Thiamine Supplement - Professional Supplement Review | National Nutrition Canada
Benfotiamine was originally discovered over 50 years ago in roasted crushed garlic and onions. It is a precursor to thiamine (vitamin B1), in which the ring substructure remains open. This means that it is fat-soluble and can cross cellular membranes more freely than thiamine's closed-ring structure. Once inside the cell, benfotiamine is quickly converted to thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP), the water-soluble, active coenzyme form of vitamin B1. To read more about Benfotiamine, please click here: https://www.nationalnutrition.ca/articles/supplements/benfotiamine/ Benfotiamine Benfotiamine was originally discovered over 50 years ago in roasted crushed garlic and onions. It is a precursor to thiamine (vitamin B1), in which the ring substructure remains open. This means that it is fat soluble and can cross cellular membranes more freely than thiamine's closed-ring structure. Once inside the cell, benfotiamine is quickly converted to thiamine pyr...