| 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. |
