What is TTFD?

What is TTFD?

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Without going into the biochemical details, what we now know is that thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide (TTFD, Lipothiamine) is, for a number of reasons, the best of the bunch of synthetically produced derivatives and has exciting possibilities in therapy. For example, it has been shown from animal studies that Benfotiamine, a non-disulfide derivative, does not get into the brain whereas TTFD enables absorption of thiamine into the brain where it stimulates energy synthesis. When we take in thiamine, occurring only in our naturally formed food, it is biologically inert. It has to be “activated” within the body that possesses genetically determined mechanisms for its absorption and activation. To cut a technically difficult explanation, let me state that TTFD bypasses this process. It enables thiamine to split away from its disulfide attachment and enter the cells where its activity is required. The concentration achieved in the target cells is much greater than that achieved by the administration of the thiamine from which it was derived.

The Japanese scientists studied the effect of cyanide in mice and found that thiamine propyl disulfide (TPD), a forerunner of TTFD, gave significant protection from the lethal effect of this poison, an incredible discovery that alone should raise eyebrows. They studied this effect and were able to show its mechanism. They also found that it would protect animals from the effect of carbon tetrachloride, a poison that affects the liver. It is using its vitamin actions in a therapeutic manner.

Being myself a consultant pediatrician in a prestigious medical institution, I was able to obtain an independent investigator license (IND) from the Federal Drug Administration, and obtained TTFD from Takeda Chemical Industries in Osaka, Japan, the makers of this product. TTFD is a prescription item in Japan, sold under the commercial name of Alinamin. I have read several publications, showing that it reverses fatigue in both animal and human studies. I was able to study the value of this incredible substance in literally hundreds, if not thousands of patients. Far from being toxic, as this person claims, I never saw a single item that suggested toxicity. Its therapeutic potential is largely untapped in America. This is because the current medical model does not recognize that defective energy metabolism, genetic errors and the nature of stress are the interrelated components whose variable effects in combination are the cause of disease. Do not mistake the use of the word stress, a word that is so commonly used inappropriately. An infection and any form of physical or mental trauma represent a form of stress. It is the ability or the inability to meet the required energy demand to resist that stress that matters in the preservation of health.

Clinical Benefits of TTFD

It is important to understand that the beneficial activity of TTFD is exactly the same as the thiamine from which it is derived. It is the mechanism of its introduction to cells, particularly those in the brain, that enable it to have such an effect on energy metabolism. Because of its strategic position in the cell, thiamine is of vast importance in oxidative metabolism in the complex mechanisms of energy production. There are at least two methods by which thiamine deficiency can be induced. The commonest one is an excess of sugar and fat that overwhelms the capacity of thiamine to conduct the mechanisms involved in energy synthesis. The discovery that thiamine has a part to play in fat metabolism is quite recent. The other one is because of genetic errors involving its biochemical action. However, we now know from a relatively new science called epigenetics that some mistakes in DNA can be overcome by the use of an appropriate nutritional substance like thiamine. The completely non-toxic use of TTFD depends merely on its ability to introduce thiamine into the cells of the body that require its magic. Under these circumstances, the big doses of thiamine are acting like a pharmaceutical by stimulating the missing action. We are not dealing with simple vitamin replacement. This should represent a new era in medicine when nutrient biochemistry takes its place in patient care.

Conclusion

The person that wrote this criticism fails to understand that TTFD and other thiamine derivatives represent a new basic principle of therapy. It recognizes that healing is a function of the body, not the activity of a so-called “healer”. All it requires is the foundation substances needed for repair and sufficient energy to use them. It demands a dramatic change in thinking about health and disease. If you understand the principles involved, it forces the conclusion that the word “cure” is a pipe dream. The only form of pharmaceutical drug that matters is one that safely kills an attacking microbe. Almost all the rest of them merely relieve symptoms and have no effect on the ultimate outcome. Tweet