Vitamin
B3 (niacin) For 50 Bodily Functions
It’s true,
the vitamin known as B3 or niacin has its hand in 50 of the
body’s functions. Since, many of its primary responsibilities
pertain to the digestive system processes; we will all agree
that it serves an important role. When niacin is not busy improving
nerve cells it is making touch ups to the skin. Not only is
B3 like other B-complex vitamins that are involved in the conversion
of calories from carbohydrates, protein, and fat, but it is
also busy promoting a healthy appetite into energy.
The list
of vitamin B3 benefits is too extensive to list, but below are
other important responsibilities:
•Boosts
the release of calories or energy from food
•Helps in the production of sex hormones
•Reduces cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood
•Stabilizes blood glucose (sugar) levels
Clinical
trials have evaluated the effects of large doses of niacin and
cholesterol. The findings have shown that daily intakes over
1,000 milligrams may lower LDL cholesterol ('bad' cholesterol
that contributes to clogging of the aortic arteries). The research
concluded an improvement of HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol
averts the hardening of the aortic walls) and triglycerides.
Natural resources of the wonder vitamin are contained in tryptophan
(an amino acid that equal to niacin). For example, sixty milligrams
of tryptophan is equivocal to one milligram of vitamin B3. Foods
which contain natural sources of niacin are:
•Turkey
•Fish
•Chicken
•Peanuts
•Red meat
•Yeast
In the
realm of recommended daily allowances (RDAs) of niacin, women
require 14-15 milligrams daily. The RDA for men ranges between
15 to 19 milligrams per day. The signs of a vitamin B3 deficiency
are apparent. They include indigestion, muscular weakness, skin
problems and an inability to eat, aggression, depression, diarrhea
insomnia, hyperactivity, skin rash, and mouth sores.
These health
details on Vitamin B3 should not substitute the recommendation
of a medical practitioner.
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