Re: can i save my diabetic mom's vision??(edited)

Jackson,
Agreed (IMO)…with your thinking on benfotiamine. My post’s link-research (above) was about eye damage (diabetes-related eye disease) if that’s the (major) fact within # 109287’s Mother’s medical actuality (seems logical with a diabetic).

My additional point, aim was about added urination (more info from my post on diabetes forum about 30days.. ago) as to removing heavily water soluble nutrition (not only vits but also the minerals magnesium, zinc and chromium pass out along with the urine) within an usual fact (higher urination) with high glucose readings (which would be a fact if I was eating high carbs..& high processed foods ..such as lovely tasting potato chips-which I have to stay away from..eating ..too..sadly realized) ..

some more links, info…about benfotiamine…

http://www.benfotiamine.org/FAQ.htm#faq1

numerous info (about benfotiamine) from the above link such as:

1. WHAT IS BENFOTIAMINE?
Benfotiamine is a lipid-soluble form of thiamine (vitamin B-1). It is perhaps the most effective of the allithiamine group of naturally occurring, thiamine-derived compounds, found in trace quantities in roasted crushed garlic and other vegetables from the Allium genus (such as onions, shallots, and leeks). The best description of benfotiamine I have found was assembled by AOR, a Canadian nutriceutical company: Abstracts & Summary Description of Benfotiamine. If you are interested in the benfotiamine molecule, you may view it here: Benfotiamine Molecule. You may also view the original U.S. patent for benfotiamine here: Adobe Version of Benfotiamine Patent.

7. WHAT IS THE FDA POSITION ON BENFOTIAMINE?
At first I was curious as to whether benfotiamine is considered a drug or a supplement. I have established to my satisfaction (and based on the expert opinion of others in the industry) that benfotiamine, a synthetic derivative of vitamin B-1, is a dietary supplement under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994. During 2003 I have successfully imported to the U.S. both bottled tablets as well as bulk benfotiamine, with full disclosure and full FDA and U.S. Customs review and approval at the respective U.S. ports of entry. Let me emphasize that. The FDA did a hands-on review and inspection of my imported benfotiamine, with full disclosure as to contents by both name and chemical formula, and approved all items for import. Benfotiamine may be imported under Tariff Number: 2936.22.00.00, (thiamine and its derivatives).
For those curious as to the current FDA stance on dietary supplements, I offer the following quote from their website:
“Under DSHEA, a firm is responsible for determining that the dietary supplements it manufactures or distributes are safe and that any representations or claims made about them are substantiated by adequate evidence to show that they are not false or misleading. This means that dietary supplements do not need approval from FDA before they are marketed.” See: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ds-oview.html.
As to the safety of benfotiamine, please see the data provided above in this document.

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http://www.benfotiamine.org/Benfotiamine.htm#summary

from the above link:

PRODUCT SUMMARY: (Compiled by Advanced Orthomolecular Research (AOR) of Canada)

Benfotiamine and the "Caramelization of the Flesh"

Advanced Glycation Endproducts, or “AGEs” as they’re appropriately called, are the end result of the complex chemical process through which the structure of proteins is warped by exposure to sugars or by other, much more reactive molecules. AGE chemistry is the cause of the “browning” you see when you roast a chicken or make toast, but the same “browning” chemistry is at work in your body every day of your life. In your arteries. In your kidneys. In your heart, your eyes, your skin, your nerves. In every cell, the Sugar that your body uses for fuel is busily at work at this very moment, caramelizing your body through exactly the same chemical processes that caramelize onions or peanut brittle.

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Glycation math is simple: more Sugar equals more AGEd proteins. As a result, people with diabetes begin to feel the effects of glycation at much younger ages than do people with more normal blood Sugar levels. Watching people with diabetes age is like watching “normal” aging played on fast-forward. Slowly, imperceptibly, AGE reactions create chemical handcuffs, which gum up your proteins, deactivate your enzymes, trigger unhealthy biochemical signaling in your cells, and damage your DNA. Aging you.

**EDITED***forwhatitisworth…(why I think we need to look at our food for much more nutrition-less depend on a “bottle‘s“stuff-withinreason)also know they are some who think (from research) differently…so..to be fair and balanced (cause I don’t know for certain..I’m outhear learning by trail&errorss) but for all that look/research I’ll add this link:
http://www.news-medical.net/news/2008/06/15/39210.aspx

From above link:
A popular vitamin supplement is being advertised with claims that are demonstrably untrue, as revealed by research published in the open access journal BMC Pharmacology.
Benfotiamine is a synthetic derivative of thiamine (vitamin B1). It is marketed heavily as a dietary supplement using a selection of unsubstantiated, 'not-quite-medical' claims that tend to characterize this field. A large part of this campaign has been built around the belief that benfotiamine is lipid-soluble and, therefore, more physiologically active. Scientific research led by Dr Lucien Bettendorff of the Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology at the University of Liège, Belgium, has entirely disproved these claims.
A severe deficiency of thiamine ….more from link above… Tweet