A lot of people on animal-based diets are accidentally under-eating thiamine.
This usually has nothing to do with animal foods being “bad.”
It mostly comes down to how the diet is built.
A lot of animal-based diets end up being mostly:
- Beef
- Eggs
- Dairy
- Fruit
- Honey
- Maple syrup
- Maybe some organs
That can work well for some people, but there’s one micronutrient that can get missed:
THIAMINE, also known as vitamin B1.
Why?
Because many people remove the foods that usually provide a lot of B1:
- Legumes
- Seeds
- Whole grains
- Pork
Then they add a lot of carbs from fruit, honey, juice, or maple syrup.
Carbs are not the problem, like perhaps those in the carnivore community may argue. The issue is that carbohydrate metabolism needs thiamine.
Your body uses thiamine to make thiamine pyrophosphate, which helps enzymes move glucose into energy production.
Important enzymes here include:
- Pyruvate dehydrogenase
- Alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase
- Transketolase
When B1 is low, glucose metabolism can become less efficient.
That can impact various areas of physiology, such as:
- Mitochondrial ATP production
- Nervous system function
- Brain energy metabolism
- Cardiac function
- Lactate handling
- Redox balance through the pentose phosphate pathway
So if your animal-based diet is mostly beef, eggs, dairy, fruit, and honey, don’t just assume your B vitamins are covered.
The best thiamine sources to consider:
- Pork, especially pork loin/chops
- Trout
- Mussels
- Tuna or salmon
- Sunflower seeds
- Macadamia nuts
- Lentils
- Black beans
- Split peas
- Oats
- Nutritional yeast if tolerated
For a stricter animal-based version, pork is usually the big one. Don't sleep on lamb liver though...
If you’re eating a higher-carb animal-based diet, especially with a lot of fruit and honey, B1 becomes even more important.
The goal is not to fear carbs, but rather, to make sure you have the micronutrients needed to actually metabolize them.
@Mitopapi Ever since I began using Lactoferrin, my sugar cravings came back. Do you think it's because it also interferes with Candida biofilms? Perhaps opened some up?
PEA & THE GUT-BRAIN AXIS:
The gut-brain axis is often destabilized by chronic inflammation, intestinal permeability, and immune overactivation.
PEA has been shown to strengthen tight junctions, reduce levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines like TNF-α and IL-1β, and modulate enteric glial cell activity.
EMERGING APPLICATION OF PEA:
PEA's primary strength lies in its ability to be an absolute Swiss Army Knife compound. Its systemic reach is undeniable.
And emerging research continues to show this over and over again.
In adipose tissue, it appears that PEA is able to promote the conversion of white fat to beige fat, showcasing potential metabolic benefits such as improved thermogenesis and energy expenditure.
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