Dosage of vitamin B1 for children

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The article was professionally consulted by Resident Doctor Ho Thi Hong Tho - Neonatologist - Pediatrics - Neonatology Department, Vinmec Phu Quoc International General Hospital
Supplementing with vitamin B1 for children helps regulate sugar metabolism, increase digestibility and stimulate appetite. Parents need to pay attention to the dose of vitamin B1 for children and properly supplement it so that the child receives the best benefits.

1. When to supplement vitamin B1 for children?

For children who are developing normally, are healthy, have a good diet, sleep well, and have no signs of thiamin deficiency, they do not need to give them vitamin B1 supplements, but only need to absorb them through food. Daily refill is enough. Supplementing with vitamin B1 for children is usually only necessary for children who are too anorexic, malnourished, whose diet is not enough to provide energy for children to function daily.
When giving children vitamin B1, parents also need to balance with other groups of nutrients to build a reasonable nutrition for the baby.

2. What is the dose of vitamin B1 for children?

Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) has the following forms and strengths: capsules, oral tablets (50 mg), solution for injection (100 mg/ml), tablets (50 mg, 100 mg and 250 mg) and dietary forms. functional products, food supplements.
Dosage of vitamin B1 for children with deficiency is 0.3 - 0.5mg for infants, 0.5 - 1mg for children per day.
In addition, for children with Beriberi disease related to vitamin B1 deficiency mainly due to malabsorption or pathological causes, it is necessary to supplement with 10 - 25 mg as intramuscular or intravenous injection daily or 10 - 50 mg by mouth. orally every day, maintained for 2 weeks.

3. Give vitamin B1 to children before or after meals?

Giving children vitamin B1 before or after meals has the potential to affect the body's ability to absorb and respond.
The common characteristic of B vitamins including vitamin B1 is their ability to dissolve in water, absorbed into the body through the digestive tract and excreted through the urinary tract. Accordingly, vitamin B1 should be taken into the body on an empty stomach and will work best in the morning before breakfast about 30 minutes, when the stomach is empty.

4. Supplementing vitamin B1 for children with nutrition

In addition to using directly through preparations containing vitamin B1, parents need to pay attention to regular and adequate nutritional supplements for the baby through the diet.
Foods rich in vitamin B1 include:
Salmon: Rich in riboflavin, niacin, vitamins B1, B6 and B12. In addition, this is also a source of fats and omega-3s, which help brain development in children. Green vegetables such as amaranth rice, lettuce, lettuce, mung bean sprouts,... All kinds of meat, fish, eggs. Rice and whole grains (concentrated in the outer layer). Vitamin B1 plays a very important role in the comprehensive development of children, especially when children are anorexic and malnourished. To help their children develop healthy, parents need to respond to the dose of vitamin B1 for children by appropriate measures.
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