Dietary Thiamin (Vitamin B1)

  • Unitmg
  • SinceiOS 8.0 (2014)
  • KindQuantity

By PulsHealth. Updated

Research reviewed .

What does Apple Health record?

Thiamin, also spelled thiamine, supports enzymes involved in energy metabolism. Apple Health intake entries estimate consumed amounts rather than measuring metabolism or vitamin status. Apple defines this type as cumulative intake in mass units. It is entered or imported through a source that supplies nutrition data. An Apple Watch does not sense the nutrient amount in a meal.

Why do enriched and unenriched foods matter?

Enrichment and processing can change thiamin content, and discarding cooking water can remove some of this water-soluble vitamin. Use a food database entry that matches preparation and enrichment. Carbohydrate logs may help audit the same meal, but their amount cannot calculate thiamin intake or diagnose a deficiency. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements explains the nutrient background and distinctions.

What to checkWhy it changes interpretation
Enriched foodConfirm that the database item matches the product actually eaten.
Cooking methodA raw ingredient estimate may differ from the prepared serving.
Carbohydrate comparisonMatch source and meal coverage; do not infer B1 content from carbohydrate grams.

Why is the chart empty or missing some days?

The reviewed example data contained no raw samples or stored aggregates for this type in the 365-day window from October 2025 through September 2026. There is no measured range, recording cadence, outlier distribution or daily trend to plot. Missing records do not establish zero intake, deficiency or absence of supplement use.

This HealthKit type is not in the current PulsHealth sync catalog. An empty database result therefore does not establish that Apple Health on the phone has no entries.

A nutrition source can export only selected nutrients. Check the source app, its Health permissions and whether the food entry contains this nutrient before treating an empty chart as a dietary finding.

How should entries become daily totals?

Keep units visible: 1 mg equals 1,000 mcg, and 1 g equals 1,000 mg. Here mg is the presentation unit; inspect the unit supplied in an export before adding values. Sum compatible contributions from a source after checking serving size, repeated imports and whether each entry is a serving, meal or already a daily total.

Report both the total and how many days contain logs. An average over logged days differs from an average over all calendar days; filling gaps with zero changes the question. A source switch can create an apparent intake change through a different food database or export policy.

Without records for this nutrient, the review could not estimate relationships with other nutrient logs.

When records are available, compare compatible sources and days with adequate logging. Similar timestamps for B vitamins may indicate a shared food or supplement entry, but explicit meal membership requires a stored link. Related intake types provide bookkeeping context rather than a test of absorption or health status.

What should I check before interpreting an extreme value?

Review the unit, serving count, source revision and duplicate candidates before drawing a health conclusion. Preserve the original record while investigating it. The nutrition log can help organize a conversation about food or products; its amounts are not blood-test reference ranges or individualized supplement instructions.

Understanding your records

Recording frequency, source and coverage affect what you can conclude from this data. Read the recording guide.

One record
Cumulative recorded nutrient mass; a sample may represent a serving, meal or source-defined contribution.
Frequency
Source-specific logging and import cadence, not continuous nutrient sensing. No intervals were observed in the reviewed data.
Context
Review food or supplement items, portions and declared nutrient amounts; these intake entries do not establish a blood nutrient concentration.
Coverage and gaps
No samples or aggregates in the reviewed window. Missing entries are unavailable coverage, not zero intake.
Summaries
Sum compatible source contributions after unit, serving and duplicate review; retain logged-day counts and source nutrient conventions.
Metadata
Optional food context cannot identify every nutrient form, ingestion time or explicit meal membership.
Technical details
IdentifierHKQuantityTypeIdentifierDietaryThiamin
SourceHealthKit
Aggregationcumulative
Availability
iOS 8.0 (2014)
Last updated: 2026-10-14

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