Comments on: Niacin Benefits and Side Effects: The Underrated and Surprising Health Benefits Of Vitamin B3

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 23:46:36 +0000

Thanks for this excellent and well organized post! Niacin is wonderful.
For the skepticals… read, study, do your own research. Stop taking toxic pills and focus on nutrients, good nutrition and healthy life style, there are not magic pills.

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 20:41:31 +0000

I take 500 mg. of Niacin 3 times daily after each meal. You’ll get much more of a flush if you take it on an empty stomach. The reason more people don’t take Niacin is that they can’t get through the flush the first few times. It’s pretty bad at first—you feel like you’re burning up and itching all over like crazy! But if you stay with it for about 3 weeks–you start getting addicted to that flush & enjoying it! The itching pretty much stops. I know that sounds strange when it feels so uncomfortable at first, but it’s true, and I notice others who use it regularly have mentioned it. I love the flush feeling now. I will never stop taking it. One thing I noticed since I started taking it is I never gain weight–no matter what I eat! I spent December pigging out on all kinds of cake & pies & candy during the holidays—no exercise, and I actually lost 1 lb! It really doesn’t make you lose weight, but if you can diet & get to the weight you want to be–it’ll keep you from gaining it again! Not sure why, but it has worked that way for me ever since I started it. I started taking it to bring cholesterol levels down, and it has worked for that, too!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 21:17:49 +0000

Is there an optimal time of day to take niacin? I’m 39, cholesterol just slightly high and trying to improve that as well as energy levels. Would I be better off taking 500 mg 2 x daily, or all in one dose? Also, is it better to take daily or every other day, etc?

By: Carney

Carney — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 00:00:33 +0000

Want to try niacin to help manage high blood pressure, but I take Uloric for gout and read niacin will aggravate gout. Your thoughts? I hate BP meds and the way they mess up the endocrine system. Thank you.

By: Ronel Dreyer

Ronel Dreyer — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 15:23:12 +0000

Using it about 2000 mg every night, love the flush and all the benefits! My husband’s cholesterol came down from 6,8 to 4,6 and sleeps well, hair growth and skin improved dramatically. My son 11, takes 4x daily, helps with immunity, ADD, better sleep, more focus and concentration (together with vit C, zinc, magnesium glycinate, Brahmi)????????

By: Bryan Henke

Bryan Henke — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 22:49:49 +0000

Many top lipid doctors say that it causes insulin resistance and although in theory can lower APO B, in actuality it doesn’t. There are studies on cholesterol that showed anything statistically significant except the negative effects of it at such high doses. See Tom Dayspring for more on this. Can be very dangerous to suggest these therapeutic benefits without the research. Research is not statistically significant to prove any of these claims you made

By: Dr Sam

Dr Sam — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 10:27:37 +0000

Is it right to use niacin while on regular anti hypertensive?

By: Toli

Toli — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 00:14:35 +0000

thank you for this article, I have a question: do you know if the no-flush type niacin has the same effects as regular type? I suppose the flushes are important for the detoxification effect?

By: baldev

baldev — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 13:35:26 +0000

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By: Kay Carter

Kay Carter — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:56:56 +0000

In reply to Julie Harrington.

Wow… she left it without producing facts… No creditability…