Vitamin B1(Thiamine)

Vitamin B1 is also known as Thiamine. It is a water-soluble vitamin (meaning that the body does not store them).

All B vitamins help the body convert food (carbohydrates) into fuel (glucose), which is used to produce energy.These B vitamins, often referred to as B complex vitamins, also help the body metabolize fats and protein.

Health Benefits

Vitamin B1 involves in Energy production, Development of Myelin sheaths, Ensures proper Cardiac functions, Prevents Cataracts, reduces the effects of Ageing, Ensures proper digestion, prevents Alzheimer's disease, improves Memory, helps in the production of Blood cells and improve Appetite.

Amount per Day

Newborns - 6 months: 0.2 mg (adequate intake)

Infants 7 months - 1 year: 0.3 mg (adequate intake)

Children 1 - 3 years: 0.5 mg (RDA)

Children 4 - 8 years: 0.6 mg (RDA)

Children 9 - 13 years: 0.9 mg (RDA)

Men 14 - 18 years: 1.2 mg (RDA)

Women 14 - 18 years: 1 mg (RDA); 1.5 mg if lactating.

Vitamin B1 Deficiencies

Beriberi, 

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a brain disorder caused by thiamine deficiency.
It can lead to Alzheimer's disease.

Heart Failure .

Vitamin B1 Toxicities

Even at extremely high doses of 500 milligrams per day, vitamin B1 intake does not appear to carry a risk of toxicity. This vitamin is often supplemented in high doses during treatment of maple sugar urine disease (MSUD), and may be given intravenously in treatment of alcoholism; these clinical circumstances have provided a broad basis for determining the low risk of toxicity associated with increased intake of thiamin. 

Good Vegetable Sources

• Fruits: Avocado, Boysenberries, Breadfruit, Cherimoya, Dates, Grapes, Grapefruit, Guava, Loganberries, Mango, Orange, Pineapple, Pomegranate, Watermelon etc.
• Vegetables: Asparagus, Brussels Sprouts, Butternut Squash, Corn, French Beans, Lima Beans, Okra, Parsnips, Peas, Potatoes, Spirulina, Sweet Potato etc.
• Nuts & Grains: Brazil Nuts, Buck Wheat, Cashew Nuts, Chest Nuts, Flax Seed, Filberts, Macadamia Nuts, Millet, Oats, Peanuts, Pecans, Pine Nuts, Pistachios, Quinoa, Rice Brown, Rye, Spelt, Wheat Durum, Wheat Hard Red, Wheat Hard White  etc.
• Legumes: Black Beans, Black Eye Peas, Kidney Beans, Navy Beans, White Beans, Winged Beans etc.