Overdosing Niacin
I have always been a bit of a health nerd. I have read a lot about health in magazines, books and on school. However, the greatest revelation for me was niacin flushing. Niacin might be better known as vitamin B3. If you overdose this micro-nutrient, your body will go into a sort of ‘flushing’ state that gets rid of toxic waste cluttered in the capillaries and fatty tissues. It was already known for a long time that overdosing niacin could detox the body and improve cholesterol; however, recently scientific research showed that niacin flush has more salutary effects on your health. This article will explain how this is possible.
Slimming
First of all I have to state that niacin is by no means the next wonder pill that will instantly drop all of your superfluous fat. However, when you overdose niacin, your will get an extra burst of energy. This extra burst of energy could be used to do one more exercise at the gym or run just ten minutes longer. Indirectly, niacin can help you to slim.
However, this is not the only way in which niacin can help you lose weight. Regular niacin overdosing can also help preventing the production of cortisol, a stress hormone that usually puts a lot of fat on your belly.
Hair Growth
When you consume an overdose of niacin, your veins will instantly widen. This increases blood flow. The increased blood flow also improves circulation to the scalp. This stimulates the natural production of hair by your body. Niacin flushing also reduces the production of DHT, a form of testosterone that often makes men bald at young age.
Anxiety and Depression
When you are deficient in niacin, your body will use the amino acid tryptophan in order to produce niacin itself. However, tryptophan is also very important for the production of the hormone serotonin that causes ‘happy feelings.’ If all tryptophan in the body is used for the production of niacin, no serotonin will be produced anymore, and as a consequence you can become depressed.
A lack in vital micro-nutrients is an often overlooked cause of depression. Moreover, health experts and general practitioners can make no money by prescribing you to increase daily niacin consumption. Be sure to consume 15-20 mg per day and more if you binge drink often, since alcohol can destroy niacin in the body.
Niacin Consumption
In order to attain this daily niacin consumption, you can eat niacin dense foods like: Champignons, salmon, tuna, chicken breast or tamari. I highly recommend you to consume your daily dose of niacin naturally, since these foods also contain other important micro-nutrients. However, if you are pressed for time, a supplement like Slo niacin, will work fine too.
