Vitamin B3: Are You Getting Enough Niacin In Your Diet?

Niacin is a member of the B vitamin family (B3), and can be found from a variety of natural food sources, as well as derived from synthetic sources. For those men and women who require higher doses of vitamin B3, a prescription is sometimes required.

Niacin is very abundant in most natural whole foods that you probably eat everyday. Beef and potatoes are both high and vitamin B3, as well as chicken, liver, peanuts, turkey, and soybeans. Fish is another food readily available food source that contains plenty of niacin. However, you should stick to halibut, swordfish, and tuna.

What are the benefits getting enough niacin (vitamin B3)?

Niacin has been shown to dramatically reduce cholesterol levels and triglycerides that are in the blood. People that suffer from dizziness and ringing in the ears can also relieve their symptoms with vitamin B3. Supplementing with niacin can fix the problem.

There are some other benefits to niacin that researchers are still studying. However, it is important to know that the following benefits, although showing promising signs, are not officially recorded as a way to be remedied with niacin. Those possible benefits are:

1. Relief from depression.
2. Contributes to proper digestion.
3. Can help reduce the risk of heart attacks.
4. May potentially be a remedy for migraine headaches.

Should you supplement with extra niacin?

Before you embark on taking any type of supplement or nutritional change within your diet, it is important to first see your doctor. Everybody is different and not all "good" vitamins and minerals are necessary. Now that you understand this, below are examples of people that may potentially have more need for extra niacin in their diet than the average person:

1. Adults and children that are currently suffering from severe burns.
2. People that abuse alcohol on a regular basis.
3. If you are over the age of 50 and have a very poor diet.
4. Women whom are pregnant as well as those that are currently breast-feeding.
5. And anyone that is suffering from a disease that is causing their body to deplete itself of important vitamins and minerals.

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