Information about Thiamine Deficiency and Benfotiamine

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Added reference to today's study described by the BBC that found thiamine deficiency in 76% of Type 1s and 75% of Type 2s and connected this with the possibility that this deficiency leads to microvascular complications. Added references to research published over the past couple years in Diabetes Care, Nature, etc. supporting the idea that supplementation with benfotiamine, a safe form of Thiamine, blocks damage by AGEs and improves neuropathy and retinopathy.