My Insights Regarding Safe and Effective Niacin Flushing
Health Trend: Niacin Overdosing
One of the most popular health trends of 2011 was niacin flushing. Niacin flushing simply entails that you take in a surplus of niacin in order to enhance blood flow. Circulation is improved because the veins will become a little wider after niacin consumption. This process has several benefits for health, including but not limited to: Improved cholesterol, prevention of depression and growing back hair naturally. This article will provide some guidelines concerning safe and proper niacin flushing in order to achieve these benefits yourself too.
How Niacin Flushing Works
When you take in an overdose of niacin, your body gets a chance to get rid of poisonous waste stored in the capillaries. Toxic waste is cluttered here, because blood flow is normally weak. This process enhances cholesterol.
Moreover, regular niacin flushing can also help prevent depression. You will inevitably become depressed if your diet is lacking in niacin. This happens because the body will produce niacin by itself if it doesn’t get enough, however in order to produce niacin the body needs to use the amino acid tryptophan. Tryptophan is also needed to make serotonin, a hormone that causes happy feelings. Needless to say if all tryptophan is used for the production of niacin, there is nothing left anymore for serotonin production, ultimately leading to depression.
Finally, niacin can help you to grow back hair in a natural way. By increasing blood flow, the circulation to the scalp is also improved. This improves the production of hair. Moreover, niacin flushing decreases production of DHT, a form of testosterone that can make men bald at young age.
Niacin Consumption: Achieving a Flush
There are basically two ways to cause a niacin flush. First of all you could eat lots of niacin dense foods or you could take in niacin supplements. Personally, I prefer to eat lots of niacin dense foods, because this is healthier and these foods also contain other important micronutrients. The following list contains my favorite niacin rich foods:
Sun dried tomatoes | 10.2 mg vitamin b3 per 100 grams serving.
Raw Crimini mushrooms | 6.7 mg vitamin b3 per 3 OZ.
Peanut butter | 5.3 mg vitamin b3 per 2 ounce serving.
Organic chicken| 11.9 mg vitamin b3 per 2 ounces serving.
Wild salmon | 9.7 mg niacin per 2 ounces serving.
Avoiding Niacin Side Effects
In order to avoid niacin side effects, it is best to monitor your consumption closely. Around 50-80 mg is more than enough to cause a flush. However, if you exceed amounts of 700 mg this will certainly lead to some intense side effects like a red skin and tingling feeling in the chest. Finally, you could take in an aspirin 30 minutes prior to niacin flushing.
If you follow this advice, you can enjoy the benefits of niacin flushing without having to worry about side effects.