Niacin: The Real Story, 2nd Edition, by Abram Hoffer, Andrew W. Saul, and Harry D. Foster (Turner Publishing, 2023) Niacin (vitamin B3) is a biomolecule required by all forms of life. It functions as a precursor to NAD, an enzymatic co-factor in hundreds of metabolic pathways. Niacin is called a...
Since 1984, renowned scientist Richard A. Passwater, Ph.D., has been the Science Editor of WholeFoods Magazine, contributing his monthly Vitamin Connection column featuring interviews with the industry's leading experts. In December 2020, we announced Dr. Passwater's retirement. "We know you have enjoyed our popular column Vitamin Connection for decades," Heather...
We have been discussing the importance of niacin with Dr. Andrew Saul. So far we have discussed niacin’s role in overcoming schizophrenia, arthritis, high blood cholesterol, as well as learning and behavior disorders. Now let’s look at skin cancer and birth defect news and a general overview of Dr. Abram...
We have been discussing the importance of niacin with Dr. Andrew Saul. So far we have discussed niacin’s important, but lesser known roles including mental health, arthritis, and learning and behavior disorders. As important as these functions of niacin are, there are two more widely known functions of niacin. When...
L et’s continue discussing some of the many health benefits of niacin with Dr. Andrew Saul. Most people have no clue why niacin is vital to the body. Some are aware that niacin achieved vitamin status (essential for life) because it prevents a disease called pellagra, yet few know or...
Let’s continue discussing the health benefits of niacin with Dr. Andrew Saul. We have discussed niacin’s benefit on patients with schizophrenia, now let’s look at niacinamide’s amazing benefit in relieving the pain of arthritis, and better still, in repairing the damage of osteoarthritis. Niacinamide is another form of vitamin B3.
In the March issue, Dr. Andrew Saul gave us a brief overview of the basics of niacin, one of the compounds classified as vitamin B3. The importance of niacin is largely overlooked even though it is involved in over 500 biochemical reactions in the body. We will discuss some of...
While discussing the many health benefits of megadoses of niacin last month with Dr. Andrew Saul, we decided it would be helpful to give you an actual case history. Dr. Abram Hoffer probably had thousands of similar case histories, but this one is of particular interest to members of the...
I believe that the first vitamins used clinically in “mega” doses were vitamins C and niacin (vitamin B3). Megadoses of vitamin C were used intravenously by Dr. Fredrick R. Klenner of North Carolina to cure polio and other viruses. Megadoses of niacin were used by Dr. Abram Hoffer to successfully...
