RE: [>Htech] [Fwd: Nicotinamide and aging]

From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Thu May 08 2003 - 20:42:43 MDT

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    This stresses the nutritional differences between nicotinic acid and
    nicotinamide. Both of these are sold as "vitamin B3" even though they are
    not quite interchangeable. Even back in 1993 when I researched my nutrients
    catalog, there was enough research to convince me to classify these
    substances as separate vitamins. I even included a warning that
    nicotinamide was sometimes incorrectly identified as "niacin". Among the
    differences known at that time, nicotinamide does not help with skin
    problems, gout, liver problems, headaches, ulcers, low blood sugar and
    doesn't lower cholesterol levels as the nicotinic acid form did.

    I have always avoided the nicotinamide form because it failed to perform as
    well as nicotinic acid in so many ways. Now it appears that besides lacking
    helpful functionality, the nicotinamide form could have harmful
    side-effects. Lucky for me, my vegetarian diet provides the nicotinic acid
    mostly found in grains, and avoids the nicotinamide form found in meats.

    --
    Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, IAM, GSEC, IBMCP
    <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> <www.Newstaff.com>
    


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