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I'd like to explain the difference between the two different forms of B3.

We have niacin and niacidamide.

The two big differences are this.

niacin will give you the flush, okay, that flushing response, the vasodilation response.

But niacidamide won't, so it's a non-flush effect of B3.

The other important distinction is with niacin, you get all the lipid benefits, okay?

So you have all these great benefits with lowering cholesterol, lowering LDL, increasing

HDL, decreasing inflammation inside the artery, whereas niacinamide does not have those

benefits.

So if you're trying to lower your cholesterol, niacin is the one you want to use.

Now both of these vitamins chemically work in a similar way, especially in turning

food into energy.

Now niacin is really effective for fatty liver.

Not just the fatty liver, but a liver that's inflamed, a liver that is developing scar tissue

like in cirrhosis, and so niacin is a really good to remove fat from your liver.

Now what's interesting about this B3, both niacin and niacidamide is the amount of research

that is done on this compound.

I mean, it's like, it's mind blowing.

And to me, I'm just curious, like, why would they do all this research on something that's

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