Vitamin B-3 also known as Niacin or Nicotinic Acid is a precursor to NAD (Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide). NAD is a coenzyme found in every cell of your body and a critical component in cellular energy production inside the 50,000 mitochondria of your 60 trillion cells. Niacin (not nicotinamide) is well known to increase HDL production which in turn helps lower and balance high LDL production. Niacin deficiency results in a disease known as pellagra. Niacin is involved in the production of serotonin the neurotransmitter most often acted upon in the psychiatric treatments. More information to follow as I conduct some self study.
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