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Had a recent question from someone that wanted to know , is the niacin flesh harmful or dangerous ?
Well , the answer is no .
It is not harmful or dangerous .
What's happening , you're getting this massive relaxation of the muscles inside your blood vessels .
It's called vasodilation .
And that's occurring because niacin increases something called prostaglandins .
Now what is a prostaglandin ?
It's a lipid or fat compound that has a hormone effect and prostaglandins increase vasodilation .
They help reduce blood pressure .
It helps blood clotting .
It's also involved in headaches and fever .
This is why when you take an aspirin , which blocks prostaglandins , and it can reduce a fever .
So that's really what's happening when you're getting this flushing red response .
Some people don't like it .
They think it's gonna damage something .
Some people like it .
I actually like it myself .
I like that flushing response , but it's not dangerous at all .
The thing you need to know about niacin is that it therapeutically , it's been used over 50 years , and it is the most effective natural agent for increasing your HDL , the good cholesterol , by 20 to 40% .
It also can decrease the LDL , specifically the small dense type , the damaging LDL , and it can has the potential to decrease your triglycerides .
Now , of course , if you did the ketogenic diet and you did intermittent fasting , that would help your cholesterol greatly .
But if you're concerned about cholesterol , you should be on niacin for sure , but you would have to take higher amounts of it , 1 to 2000 milligrams a day .
Now if you take the type of niacin that is non flushing , it doesn't have those cholesterol lowering benefits .
Now the other thing that niacin has been proven beneficial for is by reducing schizophrenia .
There's some great data on this .
I'm gonna put some links down below , but niacin has many other benefits , but these are 2 big benefits .
If you haven't seen my other videos on niacin , I'm gonna put them up right here .
Check them out .