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Does vitamin B1 supplementation improve Crohn's symptoms?

Vitamin B1 (thiamine) from Wikipedia

"Prevention of endotoxin-induced uveitis in rats by benfotiamine, a lipophilic analogue of vitamin B1" in Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. (2009)
"These results suggest that benfotiamine suppresses oxidative stress-induced NF-kappaB-dependent inflammatory signaling leading to uveitis. Therefore, benfotiamine could be used as a novel therapeutic agent for the treatment of ocular inflammation, especially uveitis."

"Food intake in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease" in ABCD Arq Bras Cir Dig (2011) [full article]
"There was deficiency in food intake in both CD and UC in active and in remission. These deficiencies
are mainly related to the intake of macronutrients, energy and fiber and micronutrients, including ... thiamine...."

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