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NIH – Niacin Fact Sheet for Health Professionals

14 September 2022 No Comments

Source: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Niacin-HealthProfessional/ This is a fact sheet intended for health professionals. For a reader-friendly overview of Niacin, see our consumer fact sheet on Niacin. Introduction Niacin (also known as vitamin B3) is one of the water-soluble B vitamins. Niacin is the generic name for nicotinic acid (pyridine-3-carboxylic acid), nicotinamide (niacinamide or pyridine-3-carboxamide), and related derivatives, such as nicotinamide riboside [1-3]. Niacin is naturally present in

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The Gift of Vitamin C

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Laraine C. Abbey R.N., C.N.S.1 Source: Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine Vol. 18, Nos. 3 & 4, 2003 Introduction The British government sponsored Foods Standards Agency warns that vitamin and mineral supplement users should confine vitamin C intake to no more than 1,000 mg daily in order to assure a “safe upper level” and to avoid symptoms such as intestinal gas and diarrhea. The implication of

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The Method of Determining Proper Doses of Vitamin C for the Treatment of Disease by Titrating to Bowel Tolerance

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Robert F. Cathcart, III, M.D.1 Source: ORTHOMOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY, VOLUME 10, NUMBER 2, 1981, Pp. 125-132 My experience (Cathcart 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979) in utilizing vitamin C in large doses has extended over a nine year period and has in- volved over 9,000 patients. Much of the or- iginal work with large amounts of vitamin C was done by Fred R, Klenner, M.D. (1948, 1949, 1971,

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