More on niacin: No flush, no good
Several readers wrote in wanting to know more about why we don't recommend no-flush niacin products. A little bit of background will help us explain.
acin,In the mid-1950s, researchers discovered that nicotinic acid — but not nicotinamide — was remarkably effective at lowering cholesterol and triglyceride levels. We talk about niacin having these good effects, partly because niacin appears on ingredient and nutrition labels, but strictly speaking, it's just nicotinic acid that does.
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