Niacin
Health Benefits
Essential for hormones production, the synthesis of sex hormones and promotes healthy circulation and healthy skin.
Niacin assists in energy production and the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and proteins also the production of hydrochloric acid to aid good a beneficial digestive system. Niacin is present in all cells and facilitates glucose and fat metabolism.
B3 Improves normal secretion of bile and stomach fluids. Niacin also reduces cholesterol and high blood pressure. This vitamin also relieves cramps, migraine headaches and is a memory enhancer.
Therapeutic Uses
Anxiety, aggressiveness, schizophrenia, depression, stress, irritability, fatigue, sleep disorders, alcoholism, arthritis, atherosclerosis, diarrhoea, heart burn, tinnitus, dizziness, headaches, nervousness, migraine, neuropathy, dermatitis, itchy skin, dry skin, liver spots, psoriasis, diarrhoea, burns, fatigue, halitosis (bad breath), headaches, cancer, indigestion, insomnia, limb pains, loss of appetite, low blood
sugar, cramps, high blood cholesterol, muscular weakness, Hodgkin’s disease, autism, Alzheimer’s, Bell’s palsy, downs syndrome, multiple sclerosis, poor circulation, dysmenorrhea, protein deficiency and imbalances, Asthma, tooth growth, retarded growth, age related macular degeneration, retinopathy, male
pattern baldness, kidney failure, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, skin eruptions, smoking withdrawal, burns, diabetes, cholera and inflammations.
Antagonists: sugar, excess starch, antibiotics, excess physical exercise and trauma.
Dietary Sources
Fruit
- Passionfruit
Dried Fruit
- Dates
- Prunes
Starch Foods
- White rice
- Brown rice
- Corn
- Legumes
Other
- Brewer’s yeast
- Torula yeast
- Royal jelly
Vegetables
- Green leafy veggies
- Green peas
- Mushrooms
- Spirulina
- Barley grass
- Alfalfa
- Peppers
- Ginger
- Ginger
- Kelp
- Chili
Protein Foods
- Salmon
- Sardines
- Anchovies
- Chicken
- Red Meat
- Beef
- Lamb
- Veal
Protein Foods
- Seeds
- Sunflower seeds
- Sesame seeds
- Linseeds
- Nuts
- Almonds
- Hazelnuts
- Pecan
- Peanuts
- Chestnuts
- Pistachio
- Macadamia
- Brazil
- Coconut
- Cashew
- Walnuts
- Eggs
- Fish
- White fish
- Mackerel
- Cod
Herbal Source
- Hops flower
- Feverfew herb
- Red raspberry leaf
- Ginkgo
- Eyebright
- Slippery elm
- Asparagus herb
- Chamomile
- Hydrangea root
- Red clover flower
- Black cohosh
- Peppermint
- Gotu kola
- Damiana
- White willow bark
- Mullein leaf
- Dandelion
- Parsley
- Alfalfa
A Guide to Vitamins Found Naturally in Food
Categories
- Allergies
- Blood Sugar Maintenance
- Cardiovascular Health
- Children’s Health
- Cognitive Health
- Dental Health
- Digestive Health
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- Eye Health
- Hair Health
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- Joint Health & Musculoskeletal
- Kidney & Bladder Health
- Liver & Detoxification Support
- Men’s Health
- Mental Health
- Food
- Nail Health
- Nervous System
- Other Conditions
- Pregnancy Health
- Reproductive Health
- Respiratory Health
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- Women's Health