Does Niacin Actually Work for Raising HDL?
Niacin seems like a healthy way to get better HDL levels and decrease heart disease risk. But, how realistic is niacin for this purpose? That’s what we’re going to find out.
Ideally, we should be getting the nutrients that we need from our diet. However, there are many situations where doing so isn’t feasible or realistic. We may also find that we need more of a given nutrient than our diet offers. As a result, supplements can be a powerful tool, allowing us access to health benefits that wouldn’t be obtainable otherwise.
The selection of posts in this category cover various supplements that do offer health benefits overall. Many other nutrients can also be taken in supplement form, but this category only considers those where the supplement approach has been explicitly discussed.
Niacin seems like a healthy way to get better HDL levels and decrease heart disease risk. But, how realistic is niacin for this purpose? That’s what we’re going to find out.
Eating fish can be a good way of improving health, but fish oil itself is also significant because of its potential to lower triglycerides. The question remains though, are you better off with supplements or real fish?
Even if you think that you get enough vitamin D – you might be surprised. As researchers continue to look deeper into this vitamin, it is becoming increasingly clear that many of us simply do not get enough of it. If that’s true for you, you might not even know, which is really why this is a ‘hidden’ epidemic.