It’s true, the vitamin known as B3 or niacin has its hand in 50 of the body’s functions. Since, many of its primary responsibilities pertain to the digestive system processes; we will all agree that it serves an important role. When niacin is not busy improving nerve cells it is making touch ups to the skin. Not only is B3 like other B-complex vitamins that are involved in the conversion of calories from carbohydrates, protein, and fat, but it is also busy promoting a healthy appetite into energy.

The list of vitamin B3 benefits is too extensive to list, but below are other important responsibilities:

•Boosts the release of calories or energy from food
•Helps in the production of sex hormones
•Reduces cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood
•Stabilizes blood glucose (sugar) levels

Clinical trials have evaluated the effects of large doses of niacin and cholesterol. The findings have shown that daily intakes over 1,000 milligrams may lower LDL cholesterol ('bad' cholesterol that contributes to clogging of the aortic arteries). The research concluded an improvement of HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol averts the hardening of the aortic walls) and triglycerides.
Natural resources of the wonder vitamin are contained in tryptophan (an amino acid that equal to niacin). For example, sixty milligrams of tryptophan is equivocal to one milligram of vitamin B3. Foods which contain natural sources of niacin are:

•Turkey
•Fish
•Chicken
•Peanuts
•Red meat
•Yeast

In the realm of recommended daily allowances (RDAs) of niacin, women require 14-15 milligrams daily. The RDA for men ranges between 15 to 19 milligrams per day. The signs of a vitamin B3 deficiency are apparent. They include indigestion, muscular weakness, skin problems and an inability to eat, aggression, depression, diarrhea insomnia, hyperactivity, skin rash, and mouth sores.

These health details on Vitamin B3 should not substitute the recommendation of a medical practitioner.