I am wondering if thiamine deficiency could be a tie in between so many of the diseases that entail brain fog to one degree or another.
Brain fog in ME/CFS could be due to thiamine deficiency caused by any number of reasons, but in relation to alcohol induced dementia, it could be caused by the aldehydes produced by c. albicans.
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/vitamins/thiamin
And see how the active forms of thiamin are phosphorylated? One would have to make sure they have a dietary source of phosphorus.
Thiamin occurs in the human body as free thiamin and as various
phosphorylated forms: thiamin monophosphate (TMP), thiamin triphosphate (TTP), and thiamin pyrophosphate (TPP), which is also known as thiamin diphosphate.
It's also necessary for the production of energy, which we all seem to be certainly lacking, although there could be any number of reasons.
"P
yruvate dehydrogenase,
α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase, and
branched-chain α-ketoacid dehydrogenase (BCKDH) each comprise a different enzyme complex found within cellular
organelles called
mitochondria. They
catalyze the
decarboxylationof pyruvate, α-ketoglutarate, and branched-chain amino acids to form acetyl-coenzyme A (CoA), succinyl-CoA, and derivatives of branched-chain amino acids, respectively. All products play critical roles in the production of energy from food through their connection to the
citric acid (Krebs) cycle(2"