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What does niacin do?

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Niacin Niacin helps produce skin and digestive system stay healthy and blocks cholesterol production.

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Niacin is used to treat and prevent a lack of natural niacin in the body, and to lower cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood. It is also used to lower the risk of heart attack in people with high cholesterol who have already had a heart attack.

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Niacin (nicotinic acid) is used to to lower cholesterol and triglycerides. Thanks!

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Niacin is used to treat a lack of natural niacin in the body, and to lower cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood. It is MORE?

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Niacin helps metabolize the food you eat into energy your body can use.Niacin also is used for DNA repair.Thanks for using ChaCha!

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Niacin is used to lower cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood. It is also used to lower the risk of heart attack. ChaCha!

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Niacin

Niacin is one of the essential human nutrients. It is a colorless, water-soluble solid commonly known as Vitamin B3. Without this nutrient humans can suffer from diseases such as Pellagra. An overdoes of Niacin can also be harmful.

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