Pellagra is a serious health condition that you might encounter when there is a significant lack of niacin, or vitamin B3, in your diet. This vitamin is crucial for converting food into energy and maintaining healthy cells, particularly affecting the skin, digestive system, and nervous system. If you aren’t getting enough niacin through your diet, or if your body is …
Sources of Vitamin Niacinamide and Its Benefits
Image by nickwheeleroz via Flickr Vitamin niacinamide is also known as vitamin B-3 and is part of the B-group of vitamins. Vitamin B-3 is water soluble and has a number of beneficial effects on the human body. So what are the sources of vitamin B-3? Vitamin B-3 is present in both animal and plant sources. In general, animal sources are …
Vitamin Niacinamide Toxicity and Adverse Effects
Vitamins are generally believed to be safe to use, more so the B- complex group of vitamins. However, while this is true of smaller doses of vitamins, with large doses, also called therapeutic doses, there can be many unpleasant side effects or even serious morbidity. There are mild adverse effects due to niacinamide which are generally self limiting, and usually …
Dosage and Precautions Using Vitamin B3 (Niacinamide)
Vitamin B3 or niacinamide is widely used in the treatment and prevention of a number of health conditions. Among them the most important use is the treatment and prevention of a condition caused by deficiency of vitamin B3. This condition is called pellagra. Pellagra is characterized by three Ds, dermatitis, dementia and diarrhea. The requirement of vitamin B3 in various …
Niacinamide and Arthritis, MS, Diabetes Mellitus, Dyslipidemia, HDL
Most people are aware of the positive effects of the B-complex group of vitamins. Vitamin niacinamide particularly, is well known in the medical community. The beneficial effects of vitamin B3 (niacinamide) on skin and metabolism and prevention of dementia are well established. However, the effects of this vitamin (niacinamide) in the prevention of autoimmune diseases is now being increasingly scrutinized …
Pellagra and Vitamin Niacinamide Deficiency
Image via Wikipedia Pellagra is a disease condition caused by vitamin B3 or niacinamide deficiency. It is characterized by the 3 Ds- dermatitis, diarrhea and dementia. Historically, pellagra was described as early as 1735 by Don Gasper Casal, a Spanish court physician. He named this condition pellagra meaning rough skin due to the predominant finding of scaly, rough skin among …
Amazing Niacinamide
Image via Wikipedia Vitamin Niacinamide-overview: Niacinamide is also called Vitamin- B3 and is one of the group of vitamins under the heading of B-complex. Niacinamide is formed by combining niacin and an amide molecule. Both niacin and niacinamide have different chemical properties and hence different effects on the human body. Niacin has reported effects in reducing blood cholesterol levels while …