
IN THIS ARTICLE
- Cholesterol
- Cholesterol Fitness & Your Diet
- Leptinal & Healthy Fat Cells
- Pantethine Energizes Metabolism
- Tocotrienol Vitamin E & Cholesterol Metabolism
- Niacin & Cardiovascular Support
- Managing LDL Cholesterol
- Healthy Homocysteine Levels
- Fiber & Heart Health
- Protein for Breakfast
- Sluggish Thyroid & Cholesterol
Niacin & Cardiovascular Support
Your cellular engines (mitochondria) convert food to energy (ATP) through a complex process of many steps, similar to a production line in a factory. When someone on the production line is not functioning up to par it affects everything else down the line. Niacin is the backbone of two key enzymes (workers on the production line) known as NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) and NADP (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate) who perform an important role in how your cells make energy. They are also team players, helping as many as 200 other energy-related enzymes do their work. The ability of your body to break down fats, carbohydrates, and proteins and use them to make energy is dependent on having adequate niacin.*
These niacin-containing enzymes play many other roles in your body, including assisting your DNA to repair itself. Niacin is
Niacin is best known for its role in supporting HDL cholesterol metabolism, helping maintain healthy levels of HDL and its very important component, ApoA1. Niacin also helps your body metabolize triglycerides in a healthy way.*
Overall, niacin is an excellent cardiovascular support nutrient. In general, a dose from 1200 mg 1800 mg a day is likely to help circulation and support HDL cholesterol and triglyceride metabolism.*
Lipid Helper™
Contains a non-flushing form of niacin, inositol hexanicotinate, consisting of six molecules niacin bound to an inositol molecule. As your body metabolizes this form of niacin it is slowly released which significantly minimizes any flushing – while assisting in the healthy metabolism of HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and triglycerides. Niacin also helps relax your vascular system through nitric oxide production, another angle on improved circulation.*