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Niacin - Feels like I'm on fire

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Alex Rast

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at Mon, 07 Feb 2005 13:14:05 GMT in
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(Bob) wrote :

>Alex wrote:
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>> IMHO better still is to get your niacin from food. Tuna, peanuts and
>> (beef) liver all have high amounts of niacin - about 3 mg/oz, so that
>> 10 oz. or so will give you 30 mg. And just think - which tastes better
>> - a tuna steak or a pill?
>
>When my doctor told me that he wanted me to take niacin to lower my
>cholesterol, my reaction was similar. The conversation went something
>like this:
....
>Doing the math from the quoted paragraph, I'd need 1000 ounces (62.5
>pounds) of tuna per day to meet my niacin quota. I like tuna, but not
>THAT much!

Of course doctor-prescribed regimens are entirely different. I'm thinking
of somebody who's looking to get more niacin for more normal, daily needs.

Ironically, I'll point out that eating practical quantities of tuna might
well have the same effect as the mass niacin, for a different reason : in
addition to the niacin, tuna has very large quantities indeed of the Omega-
3 polyunsaturated fats, which also help to reduce cholesterol, and are
perhaps more effective than niacin at doing so. In fact, if I needed to
reduce cholesterol, I think I'd be looking at putting quite a bit more fish
in my diet no matter what.

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