Is a Niacin Flush Harmful or Dangerous

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 .