Test your
Vitamin B1
Looking for an easy way to test and monitor your Vitamin B1?
It's included in the HealthieOne Complete test.
Vitamin B1
Explanation: Vitamin B1, also known as thiamine, is an essential vitamin that helps the body turn the food into energy. It’s especially important for the health of the nerves, brain, and heart. Thiamine is found in foods like whole grains, nuts, seeds, pork, and fortified cereals. Since the body doesn’t store much of it, it needs to be consumed regularly.
Test purpose: Testing its levels helps detect deficiencies that can cause serious neurological, muscular, or cardiovascular problems, and ensures proper supplementation or dietary adjustments when needed.
- Evaluate nutritional status: Especially in people with poor diets, malabsorption disorders (e.g., celiac disease or Crohn’s disease), or chronic illnesses.
- Monitor risk in alcohol use disorder: Alcohol reduces thiamine absorption and increases the risk of deficiency.
- Assess symptoms of deficiency: Such as fatigue, muscle weakness, confusion, memory problems, or irregular heartbeat.
Other information about this test: ARUP Laboratories, Michigan Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Mount Sinai
An aspect of Vitamins and Minerals.