Today we’re continuing on with our discussion around micronutrients and their impact on endo and period pain

In this episode, we’re beginning with the first of the B vitamins, B1, otherwise known as thiamine.

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B1 properties

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.21.639433v1.full

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5625949/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4825494/pdf/GJHS-6-144.pdf

Period pain and low B1 levels

https://www.jpagonline.org/article/S1083-3188(06)00186-0/abstract

https://go.gale.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE|A123709137

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17455057231185624?icid=int.sj-full-text.similar-articles.9

Endo and low B1 levels

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.21.639433v1.full

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11536846/

B1 and period, endo and musculoskeletal pain relief

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7146731/pdf/jcs-9-47.pdf

https://academicjournals.org/journal/AJPP/article-full-text-pdf/71051DE28902

https://www.isca.me/IJBS/Archive/v1i1/9.ISCA-JBS-2012-022.pdf

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25363189/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hussain-Alharbi/publication/389210700_Efficacy_and_safety_of_combining_NSAIDs_with_vitamin_B_for_musculoskeletal_pain_a_systematic_review_and_meta-analysis/links/67b8dab7461fb56424e4fd2a/Efficacy-and-safety-of-combining-NSAIDs-with-vitamin-B-for-musculoskeletal-pain-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis.pdf

https://poliklinika-harni.hr/images/uploads/2743/nutricijski-protokol-endometiozra.pdf

B1 doses

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25363189/

https://academicjournals.org/journal/AJPP/article-full-text-pdf/71051DE28902

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-b/

B1 food intake

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.21.639433v1.full

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916523022773?via=ihub

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-b/

https://www.myfooddata.com/articles/thiamin-b1-foods.php

https://nutritionsource.hsph.harvard.edu/vitamin-b1/

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