Ideally, prevention is the best approach to thiamine deficiency.
Eating a diet rich in thiamine-containing foods can help maintain adequate thiamine stores in the body. Again, deficiencies are rare in communities living in highly industrialized countries with consistent access to food.
Most adults should aim to get 1.1–1.2 mg of thiamine per day.
Eating a diet rich in thiamine-containing foods can help maintain adequate thiamine stores in the body.
Some common sources of dietary thiamine include the following:
enriched white rice, 1 cup (186 grams) cooked: 0.3 mg
enriched egg noodles, 1 cup (160 grams) cooked: 0.5 mg
black beans, 1/2 cup (92 grams): 0.2 mg
whole wheat bread, 1 slice: 0.1 mg
macadamia nuts, 1/2 cup (66 grams): 0.5 mg
pork chop, 3 ounces (85 grams) : 0.5 mg
yogurt, plain, 1 cup (245 grams): 0.1 mg
sunflower seeds, 1/4 cup (35 grams): 0.5 mg
lentils, 1 cup (198 grams) cooked: 0.33 mg
Additionally, a thiamine-containing supplement, such as a multivitamin or vitamin B complex, will generally provide most of the recommended daily needs for thiamine per serving. Just be sure to check the supplement facts panel to see how much is in yours if you choose to take one.
There is no established upper limit for thiamine. That’s because we don’t have any evidence suggesting that taking it in high doses poses negative health risks.
For severe cases of diagnosed thiamine deficiency, high dose supplementation may be used under medical supervision. For example, thiamine supplementation may be given orally, via injections, or using an IV in a clinical setting.
Using this type of clinical thiamine deficiency correction, some heart-related symptoms can be reversed within hours to days.
It may take 3 to 6 months to reverse brain and nervous system effects, and people with severe neuropathy due to a delay in diagnosis or treatment may have permanent damage.
Eating a diet rich in thiamine-containing foods can help maintain adequate thiamine stores in the body. Again, deficiencies are rare in communities living in highly industrialized countries with consistent access to food.
Most adults should aim to get 1.1–1.2 mg of thiamine per day.
Eating a diet rich in thiamine-containing foods can help maintain adequate thiamine stores in the body.
Some common sources of dietary thiamine include the following:
enriched white rice, 1 cup (186 grams) cooked: 0.3 mg
enriched egg noodles, 1 cup (160 grams) cooked: 0.5 mg
black beans, 1/2 cup (92 grams): 0.2 mg
whole wheat bread, 1 slice: 0.1 mg
macadamia nuts, 1/2 cup (66 grams): 0.5 mg
pork chop, 3 ounces (85 grams) : 0.5 mg
yogurt, plain, 1 cup (245 grams): 0.1 mg
sunflower seeds, 1/4 cup (35 grams): 0.5 mg
lentils, 1 cup (198 grams) cooked: 0.33 mg
Additionally, a thiamine-containing supplement, such as a multivitamin or vitamin B complex, will generally provide most of the recommended daily needs for thiamine per serving. Just be sure to check the supplement facts panel to see how much is in yours if you choose to take one.
There is no established upper limit for thiamine. That’s because we don’t have any evidence suggesting that taking it in high doses poses negative health risks.
For severe cases of diagnosed thiamine deficiency, high dose supplementation may be used under medical supervision. For example, thiamine supplementation may be given orally, via injections, or using an IV in a clinical setting.
Using this type of clinical thiamine deficiency correction, some heart-related symptoms can be reversed within hours to days.
It may take 3 to 6 months to reverse brain and nervous system effects, and people with severe neuropathy due to a delay in diagnosis or treatment may have permanent damage.