Niacin versus Niacinamide

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1:06We have niacin and niacidamide. The two big differences are this. Niacin will give you the flush, okay, that flushing response, that basodilation response. But niacidamide won't, so it's a non-flush effect of B3. Another 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

2:08like in cirrhosis, and so niacin is a really good to remove fat from your liver. Now what's interesting about this B3? If niacin and niacinamide is the amount of research that is done on this compound, I mean, 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 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 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.

3:11Well, 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 may think. I mean, when you think about even watching a commercial, a drug commercial in the US, 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? Down there is one article I want to bring up just right now, related to niacin increasing your liver enzymes, right? Which again is rare. But one doctor had an interesting commentary on that point because when you start to increase niacin

4:12and you start to increase this co-factor 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-T-1, is the enzyme for making niacin, interesting coincidence. So if any of you know anyone with schizophrenia, definitely haven't watched 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.

5:15And 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. Now let's shift over to niacidamide, 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 it in capsule form as well as in the cream. There's a lot of things that it can 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 cl- Eczema is unpredictable, but you can flare less with Eczema. A once-monthly treatment for moderate to severe eczema. After an initial four-month or longer dosing phase, about four and ten people taking Eczema, achieved itch-relate and glare are almost glare skin at 16 weeks.

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8:19You can 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 a trip to fan, which is an amino acid that turns into Nytocinamide. And so the early Indians, when they used to 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 Nytocin that was necessary to prevent Pallegra. 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 to corn, chances are you probably are going to develop Pallegra. In summary, Nytocin gives you the flesh. Nytocinamide won't give you the flesh. Nytocin is really good for cholesterol, all aspects of cholesterol.

9:20Your lipids and a fatty liver, it's good for all that. It's also good for schizophrenia, dyskinesia. And then Nytocinamide 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. President Barack Obama. Virginia, we are counting on you. Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to raid the next election and wield unchecked power for two more years. But you can stop them by voting yes by April 21st. Help put our elections back on a level playing field and let voters decide not politicians. Vote yes by April 21st. Paid for by Virginians for fair elections.

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