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I’d like to explain the difference

between the two different forms of B3 we

have niacin and we have niacinamide the

two big differences are this

niacin will give you the flush okay that

flushing response that vasodilation

response but niacinamide won’t so it’s a

non-flush effect of B3 the other

important distinction is with niacin you

get all the lipid benefits okay so you

have all these great benefits with

lowering cholesterol lowering LDL

increasing HDL decreasing inflammation

inside the artery whereas niacinamide

does not have those benefits so if

you’re trying to lower your cholesterol

niacin is the one you want to use now

both of these vitamins chemically work

in a similar way especially in turning

food into energy now niacin

is really effective for fatty liver not

just the fatty liver but a liver that’s

inflamed a liver that is developing Scar

Tissue like in cirrhosis and so niacin

is a really good to remove fat from your

liver now what’s interesting about this

B3 both niacin and niacinamide is the

amount of research that is done on this

compound I mean it’s like it’s

mind-blowing and to me I’m just curious

like why would they do all this research

on something that’s like a a vitamin

it’s so cheap when that competes for

certain drugs

I mean they found niacin to be a

standalone effective remedy for managing

your cholesterol and doctors used to use

niacin before statins came on stage but

if you dig a little bit further you’re

going to see

um quite a few articles and internet

links to the dangers of niacin so I want

to talk about that you know it’s a lot

of discouragement from using niacin

because it could be dangerous to your

liver can create liver toxicity and if

you actually read some of these articles

you would never take Niacin well if you

dig a little further you’re going to

find out that it’s rare

it’s usually involved with a certain

percent of the population like 20 of the

population that is taking very high

doses over a long period of Time and

Time release niacin it’s actually not as

common as you might think I mean when

you think about even watching a

commercial a drug commercial in the U.S

I mean may cause projectile vomiting

suicide it might put you in coma and you

might die I mean think about the side

effects from medication and then you

compare that to some rare side effect

from a vitamin it just does not compare

I mean do you know any medication that

doesn’t produce side effects very

commonly now there is one article I want

to bring up just right now related to

nice and increasing your liver enzymes

right which again is rare but one doctor

had an interesting commentary on that

that point because when you start to

increase niacin and you start to

increase this cofactor of making energy

not just in your liver but in all the

organs apparently there’s going to be

more demand for liver enzymes to make

that happen so one potential possible

reason for an increase in liver enzymes

is just that you’re converting more

energy and giving more energy to the

rest of the body so now that I got that

out of the way let’s talk about some

other benefits niacin apparently

it has been effective for schizophrenia

now there is some data related to

certain genetic variations or problems

which can put someone at risk for having

schizophrenia and apparently this Gene

which is n a p r T1 is the enzyme for

making niacin interesting coincidence so

if any of you know anyone with

schizophrenia definitely have them watch

this video and there’s also another

condition that I want to bring up called

drug induced dyskinesia which is a

condition where you’re having these

involuntary abnormal movements of your

body and there’s some great research on

adding niacin and manganese for that

condition so if you have dyskinesia you

may want to use those two things so now

let’s shift over to niacinamide talk a

little bit more about that what other

conditions has this been shown to be

effective in well number one acne

dermatitis

rosacea and even psoriasis both taking

in capsule form as well as in a cream

there’s a lot of things that it could

help you with that I’m not going to get

into but basically it’ll lower your

histamines it will reduce certain immune

inflammatory factors it’ll help decrease

the flaking or the plaques on your skin

and for acne it can actually help

decrease sebum which is the oil in the

sebaceous gland which is inflamed

niacinamide has also been effective for

arthritis it’s used a lot with certain

facial creams for preventing aging and

hyperpigmentation niacinamide is also

good for the person who has a temper you

can give it to your kids that have have

a temper tantrum and it’ll just chill

them out it’s good for anxiety okay and

so is B1 but B3 is also good as I was

reading the side effect from niacin

you know I was just thinking what if you

became deficient in B3 what would be the

side effects of that right people don’t

talk about that that’s called pellegra

that is a serious condition where you

have diarrhea you have depression uh you

could die you can get dementia and

develop a really serious skin disorder

but you can develop a B3 deficiency by

drinking a lot of alcohol by consuming a

lot of refined Foods especially corn

apparently corn tends to bind up uh

tryptophan which is amino acid that

turns into niacinam and so the early

Indians when they used to

um use Maize or corn in their food they

had a technique they would soak it in

lime and that would alkalize this corn

meal and that would free up the niacin

that was necessary to prevent pellegra

but of course nowadays we don’t do that

right we just grind up the corn and we

just eat it in corn chips and all sorts

of foods but if you’re living on a diet

just a corn chances are you probably are

going to develop pellegra in summary

niacin gives you the flesh niacinamide

won’t give you the flesh niacin is

really good for cholesterol all aspects

of cholesterol your lipids and a fatty

liver it’s good for all that it’s also

good for schizophrenia dyskinesia and

then niacinamide is really good for

everything related to the skin and

inflammation and arthritis and anxiety

now since we touched on these lipids and

cholesterol I did an exclusive video on

the relationship between taking niacin

and what it can do for your cholesterol

in more detail you should check that out

I put it up right here