Dr Sam Soete

One of the most commom presentations I see in clients these days: "I feel like my whole system has been stuck in a constant state of stress, I can’t get my nervous system to calm down or return to a real sense of safety or rest."

The brainstem needs a HUGE amount of energy to function optimally and regulates the processes of the body. If you are dealing with weird symptoms spanning many organ systems, look into the brainstem and energy production.

Centralized medicine is unable to square the idea that malnutrition and obesity can coexist.

Complex disease stemming from impaired energy metabolism cannot be identified or effectively managed in the centralized model of organ-system hyperspecialization. This leads to massive amounts of people being diagnosed and essentially gaslighted with "functional disorder" labels. This model forces an artificual compartmentaluzation of disease/dysfunction = inability to recognize causal factors spanning multiple organ system (such as impaired mitochondrial function leading to low ox phos and dysautonomia).

Excessive caffeine use will also deplete B1 status. It reduces B1 absorption & increases B1 wasting at the kidney level. Combine excessive coffee use at work with alcohol consumption after work for long periods of time and you can get into trouble. Not to mention the synergistic requirements of B1 and magnesium.