The sufferers of heart attack could improve their chances of surviving by consuming a vitamin in their routine foods like Marmite, believe researchers. An imitative of vitamin B1 accelerates the healing process of tissue subsequent to heart damage, revealed a study.
A separate study found that the substance known as benfotiamine can prevent heart failure due to complication of diabetes. The food supplement that contains benfotiamine can become a part of diabetes treatment. Vitamin B1 is also called thiamine and is found in many ordinary foods.
The best source of B1 other than Marmite may include vegan constituent like milk, cheese, eggs, pork, dried and fresh fruits and wholegrain bread. The lab study was carried out by research team from Bristol University on the mice, some of which had diabetes and some of which did not.
The benfotiamine was give to both types of mice some of which suffering diabetes and some of which did not suffer the same. The treatment noticeably improved the survival of both non-diabetic and diabetic mice in comparison to those given no treatment.
In a separate study trail, research team found that while treating diabetic mice with benfotiamine from the formative years of the condition could holdup the sequence of heart failure, reported the study published in the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology.
The above study suggests that a derivative of vitamin B1 which is found in Marmite speeds up the healing of tissue following heart attack.