B3 ~ NIACIN

All B vitamins should be taken with B-Complex

Vitamin B3 Niacin
Nicotinic Acid
Niacinamide
Vitamin P
B-Complex Vitamin

"Happy Vitamin"
water soluble

Pellagra Prevention
Pellagra- depressing mental illness with insanity, delusion,
violence, and death in later stages.

Some quanities found in food usually needs a supplement.
Synthetic form of niacin is used to enrich white flour products.
Called "Happy Vitamin," because it helps with stress.

Encourages optimism and happiness
Improves nervous system function

Being used to treat; schizophrenia,
Autistic Children and migraine headache relief.

Improves circulation of blood
Required for synthesis of sex organs
Reduces complaints of cold hands and feet

Helps proper function of skin, tongue and digestive sytem
Healthier looking skin

Eases some cases of diarrhea and constipation.

Using amino acid, trypophan,
the body can manufacture its own niacin.

Helps metabolize; proteins, fats and  carbohydrates.

FOOD SOURCES
liver
dessicated liver
chicken
turkey
tuna fish
fish
lean meat
whole milk
milk products
brewer's yeast
rice bran
peanuts
whole cereals
dates
figs
prunes
blueberry leaves
watercress
wheat germ
flax seed
alfalfa leaves
blue cohosh
burdock seed
capsicum/ cayenne
catnip
chickweed
dandelion
eyebright
fenugreek
ginger
goldenseal
hawthorn
hops
kelp
licorice
marshmallow
mullein
papaya
red clover
rose hips
parsley
sage

SIGNS OF DEFICIENCY
depression
suspicion
unnecessary worry
personality changes
hostility
loss of humor
poor thinking
poor memory
mental dullness
headaches
hyperactive problems
halitosis (bad breath)
backaches

TOXITY
Essentially none known
Can cause flushing of skin in some individuals.
It goes away in 20-30 minutes.
These individuals should decrease dosage and make
sure they take niacin (B3) with a B-Complex vitamin.

Another form of B3, niacinamide (nicotinaide)
does not cause flushing, niacin (nicotinic acid) does.

Niacin flushing can be minimized by taking it
with a meal or an equivilent amount of inositol.

Interesting to note that usually those who have deficiency
in this vitamin are ones to have problems with flushing.

ENEMIES
water
sulfa drugs
alcohol
food processing techniques
sleeping pills
estrogen
sugar

B-Complex There are a large number of B vitamins all involved in the process of the metabolism of living cells. Working with proteins, they serve as coenzymes in the various enzyme systems of the body. B vitamins must be replaced regularly because they are water-soluble and are not stored in the body to any extent. Because B vitamins work together synergistically, insufficient intake of one or more B vitamins can hamper the utilization of others, causing an imbalance to occur.Solgar’s Formula B-Complex product is a high potency formula that contains balanced amounts of all the essential B vitamins: thiamin(B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin(B3), pyridoxine(B6), cobalamin(B12), folic acid, biotin and pantothenic acid.

Super B Complex This B-vitamin- complex contains a unique blend of vitamins B1, 2, 3, 6, 12, folic acid, biotin, pantothenic acid, choline, inositol, PABA and L-methionine. Because B-vitamins are used to support the body's metabolism of the major nutrients- carbohydrate, fat and protein - this supplement can be used for its role in energy metabolism. In addition, B-complex is recommended as an anti-stress formula due to its role in supporting brain and nerve function. This unique formula provides extra nutrients needed for heart health such as choline and the amino acid, L-methionine.

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